The Complaining Lover- A New Song: (Lon) broadside c.1795
[Madden Ballads 2-1082, ESTC T198961. "Must I Be Bound" is the opening stanza, showing its importance. Stanza 4 is a "gift" stanza. This broadside also has a strong connection to Died for Love,
R. Matteson 2017]
"The Complaining Lover - A New Song." (ca. 1795 )
Must I be bound that can go free,
Must I love one that loves not me.
Let reason rule thy wretched mind,
Altho' I wink I am not blind.
He loves another one he loves not me,
No cares he for my company,
He loves another I'll tell you why
Because she has more gold than I.
Gold will wast and Silver will flys,
In time she may have as little as I,
Had I but gold and Silver in store,
He would like me as he has done before.
He gave me honey mixt with gall,
He gave me words and blows withal,
He bought me a dilacte [sic! i. e. delicate] Gown to wear,
Hem'd with sorrow and stich'd with care.
If I should gain my Liberty,
In a short time I shall get free,
I will buy me a dilacate gown to wear,
Not hem'd with sorrow or stich with care.
No Vallintine shall ev'r me see,
No wanton Lad shall lie with me,
No man shall come a near my ground,
'Until I see my loves health go round.
Tis his healthe I mean to drink,
From his arms I never will shrink,
He has my heart with a free good will,
And wherever he goes I will love him still.
My love he is not Black but he is brown,
And still he is worthy to where [sic! i. e. wear] a crown,
He has a handsome foot and a delicate toe
And a Blessing go with him wherever he goes.