EBBA 34192

National Library of Scotland - Rare Books I.262

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[AL]LAN WATER
OR, A
[L]OVER
IN
[CA]PTIVITY
A
NEW SONG
Very much in request.
[Sung] with its own pleasant new Air.

[ALL]AN Water's wide and deep,

[and] my dear Anny's very bonny;

[Wides the Str]aith that lyes above't,

[if't were min]e I'de give't all for Anny:

[But why, O wh]y should she disdain,

[Since my Hear]t's Love to her I carry?

[Tho I had a Th]ousand Hearts in one

[unshar'd I'de] give them all to Anny.

[Her Countenan]ce and her black Hair

[first captiv'd] me, and then like Thunder

[She disappear']d, and ruin'd me,

[and] my poor Heart's quite burnt to Tinder.

[But wh]y, O why, should I dispair?

[for su]re the gods to pity will move her,

[And sen]d her to this Heart of mine,

[some] cooling Balsom to deliver.

[Dear A]nny wilt thou look and see,

[and su]re am I thou'll take compassion

[On this] poor Heart that mourns for thee,

[such l]ove alas is out of fashion.

[All Day] I wish, all Night I sigh,

[and sti]ll I hope to find her changed;

[But ah,] alas! all is in vain;

[for sure my] Ruine is designed.

[F]INIS.