jan 1, 1600 - A Peculiar Proposal
Description:
A song by an unknown author, composed in the 17th century. It talks about how he wishes to find a human woman to help him get over his heartbreak from the forest nymph he once met.
Oh I’ve been searching,
Everywhere
To find a maid
Who can compare
With the nymph
I met
in the trees
in the wood
While I was tramping
homeward bound-
While I was tramping home.
Oh I’d been thinking
As I walked
About the day
That I had spent
With the girl
I met
At the inn
In the town
While I was drinking
Ale and brown
While I was drinking ale.
Oh I was walking
By a ride
When from the glade
I passed beside
Came a nymph
A sylph
From the trees
In the wood
She filled my arms and
Danced with me
And filled my arms and danced.
And I was lost and
In her spell
I floated high
Before I fell
Into love
We lay
In the shade
Of the trees
Entranced by her I
Gave my all
Entranced by her I gave.
And then she rose and
Faded fast
Amid the green
Her body passed
And she cried
Farewell
From the trees
In the wood
My eyes are wet with
Tears and still
My eyes are wet with tears
Oh I am lost and
So bereft
The nymph and I
Alone are left
In our worlds
Apart
A village
And a wood
I’ll find solace and
Love again.
I’ll find solace and love.
Now I’ve been searching,
Every week
To find a love
A maid I seek
Like the nymph
I met
in the trees
in the wood
While I was tramping
homeward bound-
While I was tramping home
So hold me, kiss me,
Darling maid
Be like my sylph
In that fair glade
Be the love
I kiss
in the house
in the home
And then you’ll hold my
Heart and hand-
And then you’ll hold my heart.
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Love Throughout the Ages
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