View source for Annotation:Had I a Heart for Falsehood Framed

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|f_annotation='''HAD I A HEART FOR FALSEHOOD FRAMED.'''  AKA and see "[[Gramachree]]," "[[Maid in Bedlam]]," "[[Molly Asthore]]."  Irish (originally), Scottish, English; Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.   The title comes from a song by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), penned for his opera '''The Duenna''' (1775), set to a version of "[[Molly Asthore]]." 
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''Had I a heart for falsehood framed,''<br>
''I ne'er could injure you;''<br>
''For though your tongue no promise claimed,''<br>
''Your charms would make me true:''<br>
''To you no soul shall bear deceit,''<br>
''No stranger offer wrong;''<br>
''But friends in all the aged you'll meet,''<br>
''And lovers in the young.''<br>
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''For when they learn that you have blestv
''Another with your heart,''<br>
''They'll bid aspiring passion rest,''<br>
''And act a brother's part;''<br>
''Then, lady, dread not here deceit,''<br>
''Nor fear to suffer wrong;''<br>
''For friends in all the aged you'll meet,''<br>
''And lovers in the young.''<br>
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