Ah, well-a-day! True love is a jewel!

Why hence away? Oh, my Chloe cruel.

Tell the damsel, should ye meet her,

That, alas! no heart have I,

For her love I would entreat her;

Fickle maid, why didst thou fly?

Ah, well-a-day! True love is a jewel!

Why hence away? Oh, my Chloe cruel.

Prythee shepherds, her discover,

I her face again would see;