Shoot, false Love, I care not (Robert Pearsall)

Shoot, false Love, I care not by Robert Pearsall
Performed by the Summer Fling Singers
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Lifecycles: Madrigals about life and loss by John Wilbye and Robert Pearsall - August 24, 2024
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Shoot, false Love! I care not;
Spend thy shafts and spare not!
Fa la la!
I fear not thy might,
And less I weigh thy spite!
See! see! I unarm me,
If thou canst, now shoot and harm me!
So lightly I esteem thee
As now a child I dream thee.
Fa la la!

Long thy bow did fear me,
While thy pomp did blear me;
Fa la la!
But now I perceive
Thy art is to deceive;
And every simple lover
All thy falsehood can discover.
Then weep, Love, and be sorry,
For thou hast lost thy glory.
Fa la la!