The Captain of Love

Captain of Love

There was a rich noble, as lately we hear,
Who had but one daughter, most charming and fair,
He often admired this beautiful child,
But soon by sly Cupid her heart was beuil’d.

Her father he died; and one day, at her ease,
To visit her workmen she rode in her chaise;
A handsome young plough man she then did espy,
And in raptures upon him she then fix’s her eye.

The flame in her bosom so strongly did glow,
To gaze on his beauty to the fields she would go;
He whistled so sweet that the allies did ring,
And his cheeks they did bloom like the roses in spring.

Then home to her maidens the lady she goes,
Resolving to dress in gay military clothes,
With a broadsword in hand, she went to the grove,
And the plough man was press’s by this captain of love.

Unto this young plough man the lady she said,
Come, come, jolly farmer, and join the parade;
No longer to toil at the plough and to sow,
But abroad for a soldier with me you must go.

You are handsome and proper, welll fitted to shine,
With lac’d hat and feather, and scarlet so fine;
With me you’ll away, and your captain Ill be,
And a lady shall court you of noble degree.

When to a close room he was straightway confin’d,
While she changed her clothes, and told him her mind;
He flew to her arms, and he solemnly swore,
That the captain of love he’d for ever adore.

Then straight off to church this couple they went,
And in wedlock were join’d by mutual consent:
How happy was the plough man, for Chang’s now is he,
From a poor man’s estate, a rich noble to be.

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ECCO Gale Document Number: CW3324620727