A Song in the Play call'd, Rule a Wife and have Wife.
Set by Mr. HENRY PURCELL. Sung by Mrs. Hudson.
THERE's not a Swain on the Plain,
Wou'd be blest like me,
Oh! cou'd you but, cou'd you but, cou'd you but, on me smile;
But you appear so severe,
That trembling with fear,
My heart goes pit a pat, pit a pat, pit a pat, all the while.
If I cry must I die, you make no reply,