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T:Love Me A Little
C:Unknown composer
O:England C16th.
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W:1
W:Love me little, love me long, Is the burden of my song.
W:Love that is too hot and strong Burneth soon to waste:
W:Still, I would not have thee cold, Nor too backward, nor too bold;
W:Love that lasteth till ’tis old Fadeth not in haste.
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W:2
W:If thou lovest me too much It will not prove as true as touch;
W:Love me little, more than such, For I fear the end:
W:I with little am content, And a little from thee sent
W:Is enough, with true intent, To be steadfast friend.
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W:3
W:Say thou lov’st me while thou live; I to thee my love will give,
W:Never dreaming to deceive Whiles that life endures:
W:Nay, and after death, in sooth, I to thee will keep my truth,
W:As now, when in my May of youth: This my love assures.
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W:4
W:Constant love is moderate ever, And it will through life persèver:
W:Give me that, with true endeavor I will it restore.
W:A suit of durance let it be For all weathers that for me,
W:For the land or for the sea, Lasting evermore.
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W:5
W:Winter’s cold, or summer’s heat, Autumn’s tempests, on it beat,
W:It can never know defeat, Never can rebel:
W:Such the love that I would gain, Such the love, I tell thee plain,
W:Thou must give, or woo in vain: So to thee, farewell

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Country of origin: England

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