Love me little, love me long,
Is the burden of my song,
Love that beareth right or wrong,
Joy or sorrow fell.
Such the love that I would gain,
Such the love, I tell thee plain,
Thou must give or woo in vain,
So to thee, farewell.

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• by Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (1884 - 1956), "Love me little, love me long", published c1934 [ voice and piano ], Paris : Sydney ; Boosey & Co
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