EBBA 34183 - UCSB English Broadside Ballad Archive

EBBA 34183

National Library of Scotland - Rare Books I.262

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The Forsaken Lover;
OR
The Female's Blast.

HEr vows of love

They seem'd to prove,

Most faithful unto me,

But now I've found

Which doth me wound

In them no constancy,

She now and then

Seem'd to maintain,

Her amorous Affection,

Which proved false,

Yea turned was,

To odious rejection,

Most certainly

Now do I see

That Females do advise

Deceit and guile,

Even with a smile,

Vain lovers then be wise.

Let not vain love

Your fancy move,

From whence nought can redound

But may at last

Prove but a blast,

To thee a fatal wound,

Experience,

doth teach me hence,

That love which in great measure

Fantastick brain

Doth count as gain

Nought is but ending pleasure,

For love they may

For you to day

Protest; tomorrow none,

For they perhaps

Take a relapse.

Then thou art left rlone.

FINIS