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T:I Care Not For These Ladies 
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C:Thomas Campion - tune 1601
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G | c2 d | e2 f | e3 | d2 B | c2 c | f2 e | d3 |
w:I care not for these la-dies That must be wooed and prayed:
z2 G | c2 d | e2 f | e3 | d2 B | c2 c | f2 e | d3 |
w:Give me kind Am-ar-ill-is, the wan-ton coun-try maid.
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w:Na-ture art dis-dain-eth her beau-ty is her own.
z2 g | g3/2 (f/2 e) | e2 e | f3 | z2 f | g3/2 (f/2 e) | e2 e | d3 |
w:And when we - court and kiss she cries, for - sooth, let go
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w:But when we come where com-fort is she - ne-ver - will say no
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W:I care not for these ladies
W:That must be wooed and prayed:
W:Give me kind Amarillis,
W:The wanton country maid.
W:Nature art disdaineth;
W:her beauty is her own.
W:Her, when we court and kiss,
W:She cries, forsooth, let go,
W:But when we come where comfort is,
W:She never will say no.
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W:2
W:If I love Amarillis,
W:She gives me fruit and flowers:
W:But if we love these ladies,
W:We must give golden showers.
W:Give them gold that sell love;
W:give me the nut-brown lass,
W:Who when we court and kiss,
W:She cries, forsooth, let go,
W:But when we come where comfort is,
W:She never will say no.
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W:3
W:These ladies must have pillows,
W:And beds by strangers wrought:
W:Give me a bower of willows,
W:Of moss and leaves unbought,
W:And fresh Amarillis,
W:with milk and honey fed,
W:Who when we court and kiss,
W:She cries, forsooth, let go,
W:But when we come where comfort is,
W:She never will say no.

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Song by Thomas Campion
Country of origin: England

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