by Robert Gould (d. 1709)
Take not a woman's anger ill
Language: English
Our translations: CAT
Take not a woman's anger ill, But let this be your comfort still, That if one won't, another will; Though she that's foolish does deny, She that is wiser will comply, And if 'tis but a woman, what care I? Then who'd be damn'd to swear untrue, And sigh and weep, and whine and woo, As all our supple coxcombs do? All women love it, and though this Does sullenly forbid the bliss, Try but the next, you cannot miss.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Take not a woman's anger ill", 1960 [ voice and piano ], a realization of the Purcell song. Confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Take not a woman's anger ill", Z. 609 no. 11 (1695), from The Rival Sisters -or- The Violence of Love, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "No et prenguis malament la còlera d’una dona", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 80