by Sir Alexander Boswell (1775 - 1822)
Irish Air. Pat & Kate
Language: English
"Och! pretty Kate, my darling Kate, "Here, take my hand, and I'm your mate," 'I'd rather die,' "Fye, Kate, fye, fye!" 'Did ever fool talk at such a rate?' 'O Patrick, you're a teazing lad, 'The basest plague that e'er I had: 'The live long day, you prate away, 'I really believe you'll put me mad.' "O Kate, I am a pleasing lad, "The neatest swain that e'er you had: "I sigh all day, I pine away, "I really believe you'll put me mad." "Ah! little Norah would be mine, "I know by many a leering sign." 'Then take your drab, you boasting blab, 'For Katrine never will be thine.' 'O Patrick, you're a teazing lad, 'The basest plague that e'er I had: 'The live long day, you prate away, 'I really believe you'll put me mad.' "O Kate, I am a pleasing lad, "The neatest swain that e'er you had: "I sigh all day, I pine away, "I really believe you'll put me mad." "No, Kate, sweet Kate alone can please, "She keeps the key of all my ease: "Then, if you frown, poor Patrick's down, "You'll kill me, Kate, it's plain as pease." 'O Patrick, you're a teazing lad, 'The basest plague that e'er I had: 'The live long day, you prate away, 'I really believe you'll put me mad.' "O Kate, I am a pleasing lad, "The neatest swain that e'er you had: "I sigh all day, I pine away, "I really believe you'll put me mad."
Authorship:
- by Sir Alexander Boswell (1775 - 1822) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Irish Air. Pat & Kate", subtitle: "A Love-Dialogue", JHW. XXXII/4 no. 312, Hob. XXXIa no. 241. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-06
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Word count: 250