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{{Vs|1}} Now fie on love, it ill befits, | |||
Or men and women know it; | |||
Love was not made for people in their wits, | |||
And they that fondly show it, | |||
Betray their too much feathered brains, | |||
And shall have only Bedlam for their pains. | |||
{{Vs|2}} To love is to distract my sleep, | |||
And waking to wear fetters, | |||
To love is but to go to school to weep, | |||
I'll leave it to my betters; | |||
If single love be such a curse, | |||
To marry is to make it ten times worse. | |||
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[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] |
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-03-25). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 93 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Now fie on love
Composer: George Alexander Macfarren
Lyricist: Thomas Goffe
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 15, no. 417
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Now fie on love, it ill befits,
Or men and women know it;
Love was not made for people in their wits,
And they that fondly show it,
Betray their too much feathered brains,
And shall have only Bedlam for their pains.
2 To love is to distract my sleep,
And waking to wear fetters,
To love is but to go to school to weep,
I'll leave it to my betters;
If single love be such a curse,
To marry is to make it ten times worse.