A Song in the Mad Lover, Set by M r I: Eccles, Sung by M rs. Bracegirdle

[...] Must y n a faithful Lover go, scorn'd & banish'd, banish'd like a Foe, Oh! let me Rave, Oh! let me Rave, dispair, dispair, [...] curse, curse my Fate, yet bless, yet bless, bless the Fair, for oh inspight of her disdain, I still must Love. I still must Love & hug my Chain, [...] yet why, why shou'd Love, why shou'd Love my Heart molest, w n Hate, w n Hate, w n Hate, her Love possesses, reveng, reveng or Scorn, revenge, re­venge [...] or Scorn, or Scorn shou'd rule my Breast, w n such a Swain, such a Swain, such a Swain she Blesses, w n such a Swain, [...] she [...] Blesses: Then I'll no more to Coyness Sue, Faith & constant Love adieu, farewell dotage, fond Disease, welcome freedom, welcom ease, welcome [...] freedom welcome ease. I'll rove & I'll range, I'll love & I'll change, I'll rove & I'll range, I'll love & I'll change: [...] Every hour & every place, every fair & every face; I'll vow & protest, I'll swear & deceive, all, all who like me are so [...] Mad to beleive, all, all, all, all, all, all, all who like me are so Mad to beleive. I'll [...]

For the Flute. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]

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