Philip Potter - Oh, False One, You Have Deceived Me lyrics

[FREDERIC] Oh, false one, you have deceived me! [RUTH] I have deceived you? [FREDERIC] Yes, deceived me! [FREDERIC AND RUTH, ALTERNATING] You told me you were fair as gold! And, master, am I not so? And now I see you're plain and old. I'm sure I'm not a jot so. Upon my innocence you play. I'm not the one to plot so. Your face is lined, your hair is grey. It's gradually got so. [FREDERIC] Faithless woman, to deceive me, I who trusted so! [RUTH] Master, master, do not leave me! Hear me, ere you go! My love without reflecting, Oh, do not be rejecting! Take a maiden tender, Her affection raw and green, At very highest rating, Has been accumulating Summers seventeen! Summers seventeen. [RUTH] Don't, beloved master, Crush me with disaster. What is such a dower to the dower I have here? My love unabating Has been accumulating Forty-seven year – forty-seven year! [FREDERIC] Yes, your former master Saves you from disaster. Your love would be uncomfortably fervid, it is clear If, as you are stating It's been accumulating Forty-seven year – forty-seven year! [FREDERIC] What shall I do? Before these gentle maidens I dare not show in this alarming costume! No, no, I must remain in close concealment Until I can appear in decent clothing!