Song [Sylvia the Fair]

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SYLVIA the fair, in the bloom of fifteen
Felt an innocent warmth, as she lay on the green:
She had heard of a pleasure, and something she guessed
By the towzing and tumbling and touching her breast:
She saw the men eager, but was at a loss,
What they meant by their sighing and kissing so close;

By their praying and whining,
And clasping and twining,
And panting and wishing,
And sighing and kissing,
And sighing and kissing so close.

Ah! she cried, ah! for a languishing maid
In a country of Christians to die without aid
Not a Whig, or a Tory, or Trimmer at least,
Or a Protestant parson or Catholic priest
To instruct a young virgin that is at a loss
What they meant by their sighing and kissing so close;

By their praying and whining,
And clasping and twining,
And panting and wishing,
And sighing and kissing,
And sighing and kissing so close.

Cupid in shape of a swain did appear,
He saw the sad wound, and in pity drew near,
Then showed her his arrow, and bid her not fear,
For the pain was no more than a maiden may bear;
When the balm was infused, she was not at a loss
What they meant by their sighing and kissing so close;

By their praying and whining,
And clasping and twining,
And panting and wishing,
And sighing and kissing,
And sighing and kissing so close.

[John Dryden]
 

• [members of the Norman Luboff Choir]
  • The Earthy Side
    • King David [recitation]  Time: 0:10
    • There Was An Old Farmer  Time: 0:45
    • Dead-eye Dick [recitation]  Time: 0:41
    • Her Whole Estate  Time: 0:29
    • Love Song [recitation]  Time: 0:12
    • Old Fashioned Harlot  Time: 1:36
    • Some Die Of Drinking Whiskey  Time: 0:21
    • Dark-eyed Gentleman  Time: 1:54
    • Old Boy [recitation]  Time: 0:15
    • Gentlemen Will Please Refrain  Time: 0:55
    • His Only Limitation [recitation]  Time: 0:06
    • Yellow, Yellow Yorlin  Time: 2:08
    • Invitation [recitation]  Time: 0:12
    • Young Man Of Calcutta  Time: 0:28
    • Advise To A Young Man [story]  Time: 2:04
    • Adultery Ad Absurdum  Time: 0:32
    • Ropey Squadron  Time: 1:35
    • Funiculi, Funicula  Time: 0:47
    • Pastorale ["The Sheepherd Lay in the Tall, Tall Grass...", recitation]  Time: 0:42
    • Lydia Pinkham  Time: 2:15
    • Now That I'm Old [recitation, has been used as a toast]  Time: 0:32
    • Yankee Doodle  Time: 1:08
    • Song [aka Sylvia The Fair]  Time: 1:54
    • Did I Say All [recitation, has been used as a toast]  Time: 0:28
    • John Harrolson  Time: 2:02
    • Twenty Toes [toast]  Time: 0:12
    • Old Dan Tucker  Time: 1:19
    • Punkt [recitation]  Time: 0:06
    • The Sexual Life Of The Camel  Time: 0:29
    • My Lady's Coachman  Time: 0:52
    • A Man Of Audacity [recitation]  Time: 1:13
    • Bona Nox  Time: 0:42
    • Bastard King Of England  Time: 1:53

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