A Collection of twenty four songs written by several hands, and set by several masters of musick ; vvith the tunes engraven on copper-plates with great care : most of them within the compass of a flute.

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Title: A Collection of twenty four songs written by several hands, and set by several masters of musick ; vvith the tunes engraven on copper-plates with great care : most of them within the compass of a flute.
Publication: London :: Printed by F. Leach, for Charles Corbet, and published by W. Davis ...,; 1685.
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Subject terms: Songs, English -- England.
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A Song,

IWill Love I know not who,
But when that I do know it;
I'le not fail to tell her so,
Nor will I fear to shew it.
He that Loves and dares not speak,
Is but a Fop in Fashion;
And must love a Nymph that's weak,
Or ne'r will find Compassion.
If I meet with one I Love,
I'le lose no time in Sporting,
While the Fop his Fame doth prove,
By way of Silent Courting.
Women seem fond of such Fools,
Because they'll Fetch and Carry;
And they know them proper Tools,
When one thing's Lost they Marry.