by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

Thou gav'st me leave to kiss
 (Sung text for setting by P. Warlock)
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Language: English 
Thou gav'st me leave to kiss;
Thou gav'st me leave to woo;
Thou mad'st me think by this 
And that, thou lov'dst me too.
But I shall ne'er forget,
How, for to make thee merry,
Thou mad'st me chop, but yet,
Another snapt the cherry.

Composition:

    Set to music by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Thou gav'st me leave to kiss", 1923, published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Two Short Songs, no. 2

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45