by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Shall I abide this jesting?
Language: English
Shall I abide this jesting? I weep, and she’s a-feasting! O cruel fancy, that so doth blind me To love one that doth not mind me! Can I abide this prancing? I weep, and she’s a-dancing! O cruel fancy, so to betray me! Thou goest about to slay me.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 99.
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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 Richard Allison (flourished 1599-1606), "Shall I abide this jesting?", published 1606, from the collection An Howres Recreation in Musicke [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 49