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Minguillo
English source:
John Gibson Lockhart
Since for kissing thee, Minguillo,
My mother scolds me all the day,
Let me have it quickly, darling;
Give me back my kiss, I pray.
If we have done ought amiss
Let’s undo it while we may –
Quickly give me back the kiss
That she may have nought to say.
Do! She keeps so great a pother,
Chides so sharply, looks so grave;
Do, my love, to please my mother,
Give me back the kiss I gave.
Out upon you, false Minguillo!
One you give, but two you take;
Give me back the two, my darling,
Give them, for my mother’s sake.
My mother scolds me all the day,
Let me have it quickly, darling;
Give me back my kiss, I pray.
If we have done ought amiss
Let’s undo it while we may –
Quickly give me back the kiss
That she may have nought to say.
Do! She keeps so great a pother,
Chides so sharply, looks so grave;
Do, my love, to please my mother,
Give me back the kiss I gave.
Out upon you, false Minguillo!
One you give, but two you take;
Give me back the two, my darling,
Give them, for my mother’s sake.
Composer
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was a British composer and conductor.
