Since all thy vows, false maid See base text
Language: English
Since all thy vows, false maid,
Are blown to air,
And my poor heart betray'd
To sad despair,
Into some wilderness,
My grief I will express
And thy hardheartedness,
O cruel Fair!
Have I not grav’n our love
On ev’ry tree
In yonder spreading grove,
Though false thou be?
Was not a solemn oath
Plighted betwixt us both,
Thou thy faith, I my troth,
Constant to be?
...
And when a ghost I am,
I'll visit thee:
O thou deceitful dame,
Whose cruelty
Has kill'd the kindest heart
That e'er felt Cupid's dart,
And never can desert
From loving thee.
Composition:
- Set to music by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Since all thy vows, false maid", published 1936, stanzas 1-2,5 [ low voice and piano ], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 5, no. 2, Bayley & Ferguson; confirmed with Songs of Francis George Scott, selected and edited by Neil Mackay, Roberton Publications, Aylesbury 1980, page 42.
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Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-08
Line count: 40
Word count: 163