The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Chop-cherry

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364. CHOP-CHERRY.

Thou gav'st me leave to kiss,
Thou gav'st me leave to woo;
Thou mad'st me think, by this
And that, thou lov'dst me too.

But I shall ne'er forget
How, for to make thee merry,
Thou mad'st me chop, but yet
Another snapp'd the cherry.

Chop-cherry, another name of cherry-bob.