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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Sweet Kate
Language: English 
Sweet Kate of late ran away and left me plaining:
"Te-he-he" quoth she, "gladly would I see any man to die with loving!"
"Abide!" I cried, "or I die with thy disdaining".
"Never any yet died of such a fit; neither have I fear of proving!"
 
Unkind! I find thy delight is in tormenting:
"Abide!" I cried, "or I die with thy consenting".
"Te-he-he" quoth she, "make no fool of me!
Men I know have oath at pleasure;
but their hopes attain'd, they bewray they feign'd,
and their oaths are kept at leisure".
 
Her words, like swords, cut my sorry heart in sunder:
Het flouts with doubts kept my heart's affections under.
"Te-he-he" quoth she, "what a fool is he stands in awe of once denying!"
Cause I had enough to become more rough: so I did. O happy trying!

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 (flourished 1597-1615), "Sweet Kate", published c1570 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Sweet Kate" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 140

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