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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Fie, what a coil is here!
Language: English 
Fie, fie! What a coil is here!
Why strive you so to get a kiss? 
Do, do, do what you will,
You shall be ne'er the near. 

Had I been willing
So to be billing, 
You had prevailed long ere this.

Sweet, stand away; let me alone,
Or else in faith I'll get me gone

Come, come, do you not perceive
I am not yet disposed to yield?
Stay, stay, stay but a while;
My love will give you leave. 

This my denial
Is but a trial 
If faint desire will fly the field. 

Whoop! Look you now, I pray be still.
Nay, then in faith do what you will.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 17th century. )  [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 Robert Jones (fl. 1597-1615), "Fie, what a coil is here!", <<1620. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 110

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