“O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed,
By keeping men off, you keep them on.”
John Gay (1685–1732) English poet and playwright
Act I, sc. viii, air 9
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
“Macheath: And I would love you all the day,
Polly: Every night would kiss and play,
Macheath: If with me you’d fondly stray
Polly: Over the hills and far away.”
— John Gay
Act I, sc. xxxiii, air 16
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
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