I've Vowed to Die a Maid
Celladon, when Spring came on,
Wooed Sylvia in a grove,
Both gay and young, and still he sung
The sweet delights of Love,
Wedded joys in girls and boys,
And pretty chat of this and that,
The honey kiss, and charming bliss
That crowns the Marriage Bed.
He snatched her hand, she blushed and fanned,
And seemed as if afraid.
"Forbear," she cries, "your fawning lies:
I've vowed to die a maid!"
Celladon at that began
To talk of apes in Hell,
And, what was worse, the odious curse
Of growing old and stale,
Loss of bloom, when wrinkles come,
And offers kind when none will mind;
The rosy joy, and sparkling eye,
Grown faded and decayed—
At which, when known, she changed her tone,
And to the shepherd said:
"Dear swain, give o'er! I'll think once more
Before I'll die a maid!"
- Hesperus
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My Thing Is My Own: Bawdy Songs of D'Urfey (1653-1723)
- The Surprised Nymph Time: 2:09
- Off She Goes (instrumental) Time: 1:17
- My Thing Is My Own Time: 4:41
- De'il Take The War Time: 2:12
- British Grenadiers March (instrumental) Time: 1:07
- Robin in the Rushes Time: 5:09
- I've Vowed To Die A Maid Time: 2:26
- Twangdillo Time: 3:38
- Oh, Mother Time: 1:41
- Scotch Cap (instrumental) Time: 1:57
- A Little Of One With t'Other - John Palyford - English Country Dancing Master Time: 3:20
- The Mousetrap Time: 1:07
- Madison's Whim-Confess-Half Hannekin (instrumental) Time: 3:16
- I Never Knew Ye Loved Me (instrumental) Time: 1:38
- Jenny My Blithest Maid - Rowallan ms Time: 3:20
- The Tunbridge Doctors Time: 2:06
- Packington's Pound (instrumental) Time: 2:05
- The Old Fumbler - Playford Time: 1:24
- Tom Tinker Time: 2:04
- The Courtier and the Country Maid Time: 4:13
- Would Ye Have a Young Virgin Time: 1:55
- The Lusty Young Smith Time: 2:19
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