The Irish Disappointment
| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Bawdry |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A4 B4 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 4v 4l + 4l ch |
| TIME SIGNATURE | 94 |
| TONAL CENTRE | A |
| INCIPIT | GF♯EEBEEBEGF♯E |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | 'The Irish Disappointment' (London: Cross, c.1710) British Library I.530.(123.) |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | Once I lov'd a Lady , a Lady |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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The Irish Disappointment1.Once I lov’d a Lady, a Lady from top to toe,But I was a blockhead, a blockhead, and durst not tell her so.Cou’d I but tell her, tell her, how I languish and die, Cou’d I but tell her, tell her, what a blockhead was I.2.She is very pretty, she is a little genteel;But she is so Witty, so Witty, and more I’m bound to feel:Cou’d I but tell her etc.3.She is very merry, she is a little Coquet;Her Lips are as red as a Cherry, her Eyes as black as Jet.Cou’d I but etc.4.First I would Ogle, Ogle, then I would squeeze her hand;And then I would kiss her, kiss her, till she could not withstand.Cou’d I but etc.