Isaac Bickerstaffe Quote

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.


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.