Poem- Sigh No More, Ladies Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more. Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea, and one on shore, To one thing constant never. Then sigh not so, but let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into hey nonny, nonny. Sing no more ditties, sing no more Of dumps so dull and heavy. The fraud of men was ever so Since summer first was leafy. Then sigh not so, but let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into hey, nonny, nonny. This short, light song on men's inconsistency in love is taken from the well-known romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing(Act-III, Scene-iii) by the well known playwright and poet William Shakespear. It is sung by Balthazar, the servant to Don Pedro, prince of Arragon for his master's pleasure. Shakespeare wrote numerous excellent songs, sad and gay, his plays, whether tragedies, co
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