by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Fie, what a coil is here!
Language: English
Fie, fie! What a coil is here! Why strive you so to get a kiss? Do, do, do what you will, You shall be ne'er the near. Had I been willing So to be billing, You had prevailed long ere this. Sweet, stand away; let me alone, Or else in faith I'll get me gone Come, come, do you not perceive I am not yet disposed to yield? Stay, stay, stay but a while; My love will give you leave. This my denial Is but a trial If faint desire will fly the field. Whoop! Look you now, I pray be still. Nay, then in faith do what you will.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 17th century. )  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Jones (fl. 1597-1615), "Fie, what a coil is here!", <<1620. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 110