And this the burden of his song
Forever used to be,—
I care for nobody, no, not I,
If no one cares for me.


Love in a Village (1762), Act i, scene 2. Compare: "If naebody care for me, I'll care for naebody", Robert Burns, I hae a Wife o' my Ain; "I envy none, no, no, not I, And no one envies me", Charles Mackay, The King and the Miller.

Isaac Bickerstaffe Quotes

And this the burden of his song Forever used to be,— I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me.

And this the burden of his song Forever used to be,— I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me.

And this the burden of his song Forever used to be,— I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me.

And this the burden of his song Forever used to be,— I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me.