[Dorothy:]
You swear to be good and true
To the maid whom you say you adore,
And tell her you love her as few
Have ever lov'd woman before.
[Lydia:]
You swear to be good and true
To the maid whom you say you adore,
[Both girls:]
And tell her you love her as few
Have ever lov'd woman before.
[Wilder:]
I swear to be good and true
To the maid whom I fondly adore.
I never was in love before,
I never was in love before
[Wilder & Sherwood:]
'Tis only you that I adore,
[Wilder:]
I never was in love before,
[Both men:]
'Tis only you that I adore.
[Sherwood:]
We will devote our lives to you.
[Wilder:]
And swear to be for ever true.
[Both girls:]
Then swear to be good and true
To the maid whom you fondly adore,
And tell her you love her as few
Have ever lov'd woman before.
[Both men:]
We will devote our lives to you
And swear to be for ever true.
[Both girls:]
Oh! never, never, never, never, never,
never were such impudent deceivers!
[Dorothy:]
We will defy
[Lydia:]
We will defy
[Dorothy:]
The men who try
[Lydia:]
The men who try
[Both girls:]
To make us weak believers,
Oh! never, never, never, never, never,
never were such impudent deceivers!
[Wilder:]
'Tis only you...
[Both girls:]
He says it's true
[Wilder:]
That I adore.
[Both girls:]
He loves but you,
And swears that he is dying.
[Both men:]
We will devote our lives to you,
[Lydia:]
(A lover kneels a-sighing.)
[Both men:]
And swear to be for ever true.
[Dorothy:]
(And swears that he is dying.)
[Both men:]
We will devote...
[Both girls:]
We won't believe a word you say,
[Both men:]
...our lives to you
[Both girls:]
We hear the same thing ev'ry day,
[Dorothy:]
And yet it's sweet,
[Lydia:]
And yet it's sweet,
[Dorothy:]
when at your feet,
[Lydia:]
when at your feet,
[Both girls:]
A lover kneels a-sighing.
Oh! never, never, never, never, never,
never were such impudent deceivers!
[Wilder:]
'Tis only you...
[Both girls:]
He says it's true
[Wilder:]
That I adore.
[Both girls:]
He loves but you,
And swears that he is dying.
[Both men:]
We will devote our lives to you,
[Lydia:]
(A lover kneels a-sighing.)
[Both men:]
And swear to be for ever true.
[Dorothy:]
(And swears that he is dying.)
[Both men:]
We will devote...
[Both girls:]
We won't believe a word you say,
[Both men:]
our lives to you
[Both girls:]
We hear the same thing ev'ry day,
[Dorothy:]
He says it's true
[Lydia:]
He says it's true
[Dorothy:]
He loves but you,
[Lydia:]
He loves but you,
[Dorothy:]
He says it's true
[Lydia:]
He says it's true
[All:]
He loves but you,
For ever true,
For ever true.