If thou would'st have me sing and play
As once I play'd and sung,
First take this time-worn lute away,
And bring one freshly strung.


If Thou would'st have Me sing and play. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)


If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.

If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.

If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.

If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.