Pre-1600: I Care Not For These Ladies<br>
I Care Not For These Ladies<br>
T. Campion, printed 1601<br>
From "The Elizabethan Handbook", p. 98<br>
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"I Care Not For These Ladies"<br>
is performed by Andrew<br>
Scarhart<br>
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I care not for these ladies<br>
That must be woo'd and pray'd<br>
Give me sweet Amaryllis<br>
The wanton country maid,<br>
Nature Art disdaineth,<br>
Her beauty is her own:<br>
Chorus:<br>
And when we court and kiss<br>
She cries 'Forsooth, let go!'<br>
But when we come where comfort is<br>
She never will say no.<br>
If I love Amaryllis<br>
She brings me fruit and flowers<br>
But if we love these ladies<br>
We must bring golden showers<br>
Give them gold that sell love<br>
Give me the nut-brown lass<br>
Chorus<br>
These ladies must have pillows<br>
And beds by strangers wrought<br>
Give me a bow'r of willows<br>
Of moss and leaves unbought,<br>
And fresh Amaryllis<br>
On milk and honey fed,<br>
Chorus<br>
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