False Philander (James Oswald)

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• (Posted 2022-12-01)  CPDL #71753: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-12-01).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 172 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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General Information

Title: False Philander
Composer: James Oswald
Lyricist: John Dryden
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo

First published: 1740
Description: Published in The Musical Entertainer and probably written for use in the London pleasure gardens.

Original text and translations

English text

Farewell, thou false Ohiolander,
Since now from me you rove
And leave me here to wander,
No more to think of love.
I must forever languish,
I must forever mourn;
From love I now am banish'd,
And shall no more return.

Farewell, ungrateful traitor!
Farewell, thou perjured swain
Let never injured creature
Believe your vows again.
The passion you pretended,
Was only to obtain;
For now the charm is ended,
The charmer you disdain.