Two contented cuckolds, or, Tit for tat/A New Love Song

A NEW LOVE SONG.

DDOWN by yon shadow'd grove,
One day I chanc'd to rove,
Where the fields & the meadows look gay,
⁠I spy'd a lovely maid,
⁠She has my heart betray'd,
And she's caus'd me a while for to stay.

⁠Her cheeks they are like roses,
⁠Her eyes are as black as floes,
Her skin is far whiter than the snow,
⁠She is a lovely maid,
⁠She has my heart betray'd,
And the more of her mind I will know.

⁠I said my own sweet heart,
⁠My jewel that thou art,
I have set my affection on thee,
⁠Thou set my heart on fire,
⁠It's all that I desire,
My true love in constancy to be.

⁠It is for you alone,
⁠That here I sigh and moan,
For true love will never decay,
⁠Sweetheart you know my mind,
⁠I hope you will prove kind,
Though my dwelling it lies far away.

⁠There is some of your friends,
⁠They think I have no means,
O they hate me because I am poor,
⁠If I had great store of coin,
⁠All your friends would me join,
They would make up all matters therefore.

⁠Like David and his clan,
⁠Banish'd from his native land,
Like Lazarus.I am hated too,
⁠Which caused me to weep,
⁠Ev'ry night when I should sleep,
O my darling still thinking on thee.