The Unkind Parents:
OR,
The Languishing Lamentation of two Loyal Lovers.
To an Excellent New Tune.
Licensed according to Order.
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(1.)
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NOw fare thou well my Dearest Dear,
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and fare thou well a while,
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Altho' I go, I'll come again;
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if I go ten thousand mile, Dear Love,
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if I go ten thousand mile.
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(2.)
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Ten thousand miles is far, dear Love,
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for you to come to me,
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Yet I could go full ten times more,
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to have thy company, dear Love,
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to have thy, etc.
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(3.)
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Thou art my Joy and chief delight,
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Love, leave me not behind,
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If from my presence you take flight,
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then are you most unkind, dear Love,
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then are, etc.
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(4.)
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I cannot be unkind, my Dear,
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my heart is link'd to thee;
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But while on Shore I tarry here,
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thy Friends does frown on me, dear Love,
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thy Friends, etc.
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(5.)
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For they in Riches so abound,
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that I am held in scorn;
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This gives my heart a fatal wound,
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which makes my life forlorn, dear Love,
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which makes, etc.
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(6.)
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O cruel Parents, most unkind,
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the cause of all my woe;
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This parting to my grief I find,
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will prove my overthrow, dear Love,
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will prove, etc.
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(7.)
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If thou dost cross the roaring Seas,
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into a Forreign Land,
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My heart will never be at ease,
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destruction is at hand, dear Love,
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destruction, etc.
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(8)
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O say not so, let patience guide
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thy heart, and don't complain;
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For tho' I cross the Ocean wide,
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I may return again, dear Love,
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I may, etc.
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(9.)
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Thy Parents that are so unkind,
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who does our peace annoy,
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May then be of another mind,
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and Crown our days with Joy, dear Love,
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and Crown, etc.
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(10.)
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Maid.) If thou shouldst languish in distress
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in Forreign parts alone;
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Thy grief in Tears thou might'st express,
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and I not hear they moan, dear Love,
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and I, etc.
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(11.)
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If solemnly you do ingage
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to range perpetually,
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I will in habit of a Page,
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go through the world with thee, dear Love,
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go through, etc.
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(12.)
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Ah! say not so my Charming Fair;
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for why sweet Saint behold,
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Thy tender nature cannot bear
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the melting heat and cold, dear Love,
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the melting, etc.
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(13.)
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Altho' I may in Deserts range,
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my heart is linked fast;
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Therefore my mind shall never change,
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so long as life does last, dear Love,
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so long, etc.
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(14.)
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Mountains and Rocks on wings shall fly,
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and roaring Billows burn.
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E're I will act Disloyalty;
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then wait for my return, dear Love.
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then wait, etc.
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(15.)
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Love, might I have a Lord or Earl,
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the chief Nobility,
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Who would deck me with Orient Pearl,
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I'd slight them all for thee, dear Love,
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I'd slight, etc.
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(16.)
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And even as the Turtle Dove
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sits Cooing on a Tree,
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For the return of his true Love,
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so will I wait for thee, dear Love,
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so will I wait for thee.
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