An Excellent New SONG:
OR,
No KISSING at all.
In a Dialogue between CORIDON and MOPSIPHIL,
as it was sung in a late Opera in the Theatre Royal.
To an Excellent New Tune.
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Cor. NOw the maids and the men are making of hay,
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We have left the dull fools, and are stol'n a-way
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Then Mopsa no more
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Be coy as before,
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But let us merrily, merrily play,
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And kiss, and kiss, the sweet time away.
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Mop. Why how now, sir clown, how came you so bold?
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I'd have you to know I'm not made of that mold.
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I tell you agen,
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Maids must kiss no men.
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No, no; no, no; no kissing at all;
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I'll not kiss, till I kiss you for good and all.
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Cor. No, no.
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Mop. No, no.
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Cor. Not kiss you at all?
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Mop. Not kiss, till you kiss me for good and all.
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Not kiss, etc.
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Cor. Should you give me a score,
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'Twould not lessen the store,
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Then bid me chearfully, chearfully kiss,
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And take, and take my fill of your bliss.
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Mop. I'll not trust you so far, I know you too well;
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Should I give you an inch, you'd take a whole ell:
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Then lord like you rule,
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And laugh at the fool.
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No, no, etc.
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Cor. Nay but Mopsa, my dear, soft kisses invite,
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Longing lovers to feast on a greater delight;
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Then do not deny,
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But freely comply;
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And I will lovingly, lovingly right
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My dear, my dear, in pleasures of night;
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Mop. Stand back master clown, your suit is in vain,
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I tell you that I will unspotted remain;
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For kisses they may
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Young damsels betray,
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Go, go; go, go; go, let me alone,
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I'll not kiss till you lawfully are my own.
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Cor. No, no.
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Mop. No, no.
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Cor. Not kiss you at all?
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Mop. Not kiss, till you kiss me for good and all,
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Not kiss, etc.
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Cor. Dearest trust me, he cry'd,
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I will make thee my bride,
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And love thee faithfully, faithfully too,
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My heart, my heart, is conquer'd by you.
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Your disconsolate swain, lies languishing here,
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Let me kiss thee but once, my dull spirits to chear,
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Mop. Your a slippery blade,
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I'll not kiss you she said.
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Cor. No, no.
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Mop. No, no.
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Cor. Not kiss you at all?
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Mop. Not kiss, till you kiss me for good all,
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Not kiss, etc.
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FINIS.
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