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 XXIII. THE QUAKER SONG

'O dear me! I've lost my lover! Hum-hum-hum-hum-hum! How shall I his loss recover? Hum-hum-hum-hum-hum!' 'Seek him dearest, thou shalt find him, Fa-la-la-la-la-li-gee-wo. Seek him when the spirit moves you, Fa-la-la-la-la-li-gee-wo.'

'O but how he does disdain me! Hum-hum-hum, etc. His cruel looks have almost slain me! Hum-hum-hum,' etc. 'As for looks they need not matter, Fa-la-la, etc. You must learn to fawn and flatter, Fa-la-la,' etc.

'But that dreadful sin of lying, Hum-hum-hum, etc. A guilty conscience when I'm dying, Hum-hum-hum,' etc. 'Love and conscience ne'er went courting, Fa-la-la, etc. Youth and death is ill consorting, Fa-la-la,' etc.