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cause_n love_n love_v see_v 3,860 5 4.0181 3 true
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B06942 The woody queristers when birds could speak, and women they, had neither good nor ill to say? The pritty birds fill'd with pain, did to each other, thus complain. To the tune of, The bird-catchers delight. 1684-1686? (1686) Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[581] 1,190 1

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the_o woody_n querister_n when_o bird_n can_v speak_v and_o woman_n they_o have_v neither_o good_a nor_o ill_a to_o say_v the_o pretty_a bird_n fill_v with_o pain_n do_v to_o each_o other_o thus_o complain_v to_o the_o tune_n of_o the_o bird-catcher_n delight_n oh_o say_v the_o cuckcow_n loud_a and_o stout_a i_o fly_v the_o conntry_n round_o about_o while_o other_o bird_n my_o young-one_n feed_v and_o i_o myself_o do_v stand_v in_o need_n then_o say_v the_o sparrow_n on_o her_o nest_n i_o love_v a_o lass_n but_o it_o be_v in_o jest_n and_o ever_o since_o that_o self_n same_o thing_n i_o make_v a_o vow_n i_o near_o will_v sing_v in_o come_v the_o robin_n and_o thus_o he_o say_v i_o love_v once_o a_o well_o favour_v maid_n her_o beauty_n kindle_v such_o a_o spark_n that_o on_o my_o breast_n i_o bear_v the_o mark_n then_o say_v the_o lark_n upon_o the_o grass_n i_o love_v once_o a_o well_o favour_v lass_n but_o she_o will_v not_o hear_v her_o true_a love_n sing_v though_o he_o have_v a_o voice_n will_v please_v a_o king_n then_o say_v the_o blackbird_n as_o he_o flee_v i_o love_v one_o but_o she_o be_v dead_a and_o ever_o since_o my_o love_n i_o do_v lack_n this_o be_v the_o cause_n i_o mourn_v in_o black_n then_o say_v the_o bonny_a nightingale_n thus_o i_o must_v end_v my_o mournful_a tale_n while_o other_o sing_v i_o sit_v and_o mourn_v lean_v my_o breast_n against_o a_o thorn_n gh_o say_v the_o water-wag-tail_n then_o i_o never_o shall_v be_v myself_o again_o i_o love_v one_o but_o can_v not_o prevail_v and_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n i_o wag_v my_o tail_n then_o say_v the_o pretty_a colour_a jay_n my_o dear_a love_n be_v flee_v away_o and_o in_o remembrance_n of_o my_o dear_a a_o feather_n of_o every_o sort_n i_o wear_v then_o say_v the_o leather-winged_n batt_n mind_v but_o my_o tale_n and_o i_o will_v tell_v you_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n i_o do_v fly_v by_o night_n because_o i_o lose_v my_o heart_n delight_n then_o say_v the_o green-bird_n as_o she_o fly_v i_o love_v one_o that_o prove_v untrue_a and_o since_o she_o can_v no_o more_o be_v see_v like_o a_o love-sick_a make_v i_o turn_v so_o green_a then_o do_v begin_v the_o chatter_a swallow_n my_o love_n she_o be_v flee_v but_o i_o will_v not_o follow_v and_o now_o upon_o the_o chimney_n high_a i_o sing_v forth_o my_o poor_a melody_n oh_o say_v the_o owl_n my_o love_n be_v go_v that_o i_o so_o much_o do_v dote_v upon_o i_o know_v not_o how_o my_o love_n to_o follow_v but_o after_o she_o i_o hoop_n and_o hollow_a then_o say_v the_o lapwing_n as_o she_o fly_v i_o search_v the_o meadow_n and_o the_o sky_n but_o can_v find_v my_o love_n again_o so_o about_o i_o fly_v in_o deadly_a pain_n then_o say_v the_o thrush_n i_o squeak_v and_o sing_v which_o do_v to_o i_o no_o comfort_n bring_v for_o oftentime_n i_o at_o midnight_n record_v my_o love_n and_o heart_n delight_n the_o canary-bird_n she_o then_o come_v in_o to_o tell_v her_o tale_n she_o do_v begin_v i_o be_o of_o my_o dear_a love_n bereave_v so_o i_o have_v my_o own_o country_n leave_v the_o chafinch_n than_o begin_v to_o squeak_v for_o love_n quoth_v he_o my_o heart_n will_v break_v i_o grieve_v so_o for_o my_o only_a dear_a i_o sing_v but_o two_o mounth_n in_o a_o year_n then_o quoth_v the_o magpie_n i_o be_v cross_v in_o love_n and_o now_o my_o dear_a be_v lose_v and_o want_v of_o my_o heart_n delight_n i_o mourn_v for_o he_o in_o black_a and_o white_a oh_o say_v the_o rook_n and_o eke_o the_o crow_n the_o reason_n why_o in_o black_a we_o go_v it_o be_v because_o we_o be_v forsake_v come_v pity_v we_o poor_a crow_n and_o rook._n the_o bulfinch_n he_o be_v in_o a_o rage_n and_o nothing_o can_v his_o wrath_n assuage_v so_o in_o the_o wood_n he_o will_v not_o dwell_v but_o spend_v his_o time_n in_o lonesome_a cell_n thus_o you_o do_v hear_v the_o bird_n complaint_n take_v delight_n in_o their_o restraint_n let_v this_o to_o all_o a_o pattern_n be_v for_o to_o delight_n in_o constancy_n