'Song – Julia'
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From Act 1, Scene 2 of The Strange Gentleman (Lord Chamberlain’s Copy, 1836).
Creator
Dickens, Charles
Source
Lord Chamberlain’s Copy, British Library.
'Song – Julia.' The Strange Gentleman. The Letters of Charles Dickens. The Pilgrim Edition. Edited by Madeline House and Graham Storey. Volume 1 (1820-1839), p. 696. Oxford University Press, 1965.
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Dickens, Charles. 'Song – Julia.' The Strange Gentleman (1836). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1836_The_Strange_Gentleman_Song_Julia.
Transcription
Ah, me, I am a lonely maid
That’s made alone to sigh,
Ah, me, I am so sore afraid
That I a maid shall die.
I’m sure I am not very tall
Tho’ long enough I’ve waited
Nor yet am I so very small
Th’ I’m so underrated.
I for a husband try each day
But can’t a husband gain
Each night I for a husband pray
But praying is in vain.
That’s made alone to sigh,
Ah, me, I am so sore afraid
That I a maid shall die.
I’m sure I am not very tall
Tho’ long enough I’ve waited
Nor yet am I so very small
Th’ I’m so underrated.
I for a husband try each day
But can’t a husband gain
Each night I for a husband pray
But praying is in vain.
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Dickens, Charles, “'Song – Julia',” Dickens Search, accessed April 25, 2024, https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1836_The_Strange_Gentleman_Song_Julia.