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by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940)

The flirt
Language: English 
A pretty game, my girl, 
To play with me so long; 
Until this other lover 
Comes dancing to thy song, 
And my affair is over. 

But love, though well adored, 
Is not my only note : 
So let thy false love-prattle 
Be in another man's throat 
That weaker man's death-rattle. 

Ah, such as thou, at last, 
Wilt take a false man's hand : 
Think kindly then of me, 
When thou'rt forsaken, and 
The shame sits on thy knee. 

Text Authorship:

  • by William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940), "The flirt", appears in The Song of Life and Other Poems, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Alfred Kunz (b. 1929), "The flirt", published 1972 [ TTBB chorus and piano ], from Three Works for Male Chorus [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-15
Line count: 15
Word count: 76

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