I love and I must, Z. 382

I love and I must
I love and I must
And yet I would fain
And yet I would fain
With a la...arge
Dose of reason cure my pain
With a la...arge
Dose of reason cure my pain

But I am past hope
But I am past hope
And yet it seems strange
A thing that's called man
A thing that's called man
Not subject to change

Had I power to scorn
As she to despise
I might at once be inconstant
At once be inconstant
Inconstant and wise

Then tell me, oh! tell me
Tell me, oh! tell me
Tell me, oh! tell me
How, how, how it should be
So easy, so easy, so easy to men
Yet so hard
So hard, so hard, so hard
Yet so ha...ard to me

Then tell me, oh! tell me
Tell me, oh! tell me
How, how, how it should be
So easy, so easy, so easy to men
Yet so hard
So hard, so hard, so hard
Yet so ha...ard to me

[ Traditional ]

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I love and I must, and yet I would fain
With a large dose of reason cure my pain
But I am past hope, and yet it seems strange
A thing that's called man not subject to change

Had I power to scorn as she to despise
I might at once be inconstant and wise
Then tell me, oh! tell me, how it should be
So easy to men, yet so hard to me

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