My dear mistress had a heart (Reginald Spofforth)

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  • (Posted 2021-09-27)  CPDL #65903:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-09-27).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 128 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

General Information

Title: Mydear mistress had a heart
Composer: Reginald Spofforth
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: SecularGlee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

    2nd published: 1852 Novello's Glee Hive no.55
Description: Novello's Glee Hive no.55

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Original text and translations

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My dear mistress had a heart,
Soft as those kind looks she gave me,
When, with love's resistless art,
And her eyes, she did enslave me;
But her constancy's so weak,
She's so wild and apt to wander,
That my jealous heart would break,
Should we live one day asunder.

Melting joys about her move,
Killing pleasures, wounding blisses;
She can dress her eyes in love,
And her lips can arm with kisses:
Angels listen when she speaks,
She's my delight and mankind's wonder,
But my jealous heart would break,
Should we live one day asunder.