Oh! how I sigh, when I think on the man, &c. Or, the amorous virgin; VVho never till this time, did fancy a man, but now she must love; let her do what she can. To a dainty new tune, much sung in the Duke of York's Play-house. 1663-1674 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53248 Wing O188B ESTC R222531 99833694 99833694 38172

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 eng Ballads, English -- 17th century. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Oh! how I ſigh, when I think on the man, &c. Or, the Amorous Virgin; Who never till this time, did fancy a man, But now ſhe muſt love; let her do what ſhe can. To a dainty new Tune, much ſung in the Duke of York's Play-houſe.

To little or no purpoſe, I ſpent many a day, In Manging the Parks The Exchange, and the Play; For ne're in my Rambles till now, did I prove So lucky to meét with the Man I could love, But Oh! how I ſigh, when I think on the Man, I find I muſt love, let me do what I can. How long I ſhall love him, I can no more tell, Then had I a feaver when I ſhould be well; My Paſſion ſhall kill mee before I will ſlow it, And yet I would give all the World he did know it: But Oh! how I ſigh, when I think, ſhould he wooe me, I cannot deny what I know wou'd undoe me, I alwaies did wonder, how Maids could lov • Men, How Ladies fell ſick, when Men lov'd not agen; I could not tell where the blind Boy then did lurk, Or how the inticing Temptations did work: But now I cry out, I dye for the Man; Let wiſdome, and Reaſon do all that they can.

He is the moſt handſom'ſt that ever I ſaw, for Love hath no Reason, and Fancy no Law: Were all Mens perfections contracted in one Accompliſhed Gallant, 'tis himſelf alone: For Cupid I ſee is a ve • y Trapan; And I m • ſt have Charles, let me do what I can. When fi • ſt I espyed him, he daz'd my eyes, And fla •• es, like Lightning did th • row me fly; I bluſhst, ſigh'd, and patend, my Pu • ſes did move, I am of • pinion there's Witchcraft in Love: But let Love and Reason do all what they can; The Grav • will have me, If I ha • e not the Man. I am ſo • uch perplext, ſometimes I could find In my h •• rt to go to him and t • l • him my mind: Why, if I did ſo, what could he ſay then: Such boldneſs would make him not love me agen? A Woman is ſtreightned much more than a Man; But yet I muſt love him do what I can. This amorous Virgin was lying alone, Hid in a cloſe Arbor, and ſighing this Song, And lay in a Poſture Attired in a Dr • ſs, Would tempt a Per • i • n unto wickedneſs: But all her complaint was, I muſt have the Man or I ſhall be Ruin'd do I what I can. The Man whom ſhe fancied was up to the brim, In love with her perſon as she was with him: And being i' th' next Arbor, where ſhe made her moan, He ſcal'd a ſtrong wall, that was built all of Stone: And there he preſents her the very ſame Man, That muſt be her Lover do ſhe what ſhe can. They clung ſo together. no Power could unlooſ • 'um She did her fond Bluſhes, in's neck, and his boſum: And there to each other their hearts they reveal; And tell theſe kind ſecrets they cannot • en •• al: At laſt ſhe is like to be bleſt with the Man, That ſhe muſt love do all what ſhe can. They vow their Affections, and there plight their Troth They make up a Contract, bound faſt by an Oath: They wedded, they bedded, by Parents conſent The Maid hath her wiſhes, the Man is content: When Providence orders a Maid and a Man; They ſhall have each other, do all what they can.

LONDON, Printed by E. C. for F. Colos, T. Veres and J. Wrighs.