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[Grosvenor] Prithee, pretty maiden, prithee, tell me true,
(Hey, but I'm doleful, willow willow waly!)
Have you e'er a lover adangling after you?
Hey willow waly O!
I would fain discover
If you have a lover!
Hey willow waly O!

[Patience.] Gentle sir, my heart is frolicsome and free;
(Hey, but he's doleful, willow willow waly!)
Nobody I care for comes acourting me;
Hey willow waly O!
Nobody I care for
Comes acourting : therefore,
Hey willow waly O!

[Grosvenor] Prithee, pretty maiden, will you marry me?
(Hey, but I'm hopeful, willow willow waly!)
I may say, at once, I'm a man of propertee;
Hey willow waly O!
Money, I despise it;
Many people prize it,
Hey willow waly O!

[Patience] Gentle Sir, although to marry I design:
(Hey, but he's hopeful, willow willow waly!)
As yet I do not know you, and so I must decline.
Hey willow waly O!
To other maidens go you:
As yet I do not know you,

[Both] Hey willow waly O!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Patience No. 8
Lyrics
Patience
Grosvenor
Right Hand
Left Hand
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