NEVER LOVE THEE MORE
Longways duple minor, proper, Barnes
Key: G  Meter: 6/8 (but gentle, not jiggy) 

Intro:

Step and honor the Presence.
Step and honor partner.
Lead up a double and back twice.

Dance:

Back to back partner right shoulder.
Back to back partner left shoulder.
1s whole figure eight through twos.

All four circle half and fall back.
Partners cross over, making a large turn right to finish proper.
Right hands across.
Left hands across.



Outro: (PB2011: Finale)
Lead up a double and back twice.
Step and honor partner.
Step and honor the Presence.


The outro is a Bay Area local tradition.
PBALL2011: Bob prefers skip-change step to skipping step for NLTM.
Alan's note:  This is a setting of this verse, by James Graham, Marquis of
Montrose (1612-1650).

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MY dear and only Love, I pray 
That little world of thee 
Be govern'd by no other sway 
Than purest monarchy; 
For if confusion have a part 
(Which virtuous souls abhor), 
And hold a synod in thine heart, 
I'll never love thee more. 

Like Alexander I will reign, 
And I will reign alone; 
My thoughts did evermore disdain 
A rival on my throne. 
He either fears his fate too much, 
Or his deserts are small, 
That dares not put it to the touch, 
To gain or lose it all. 

And in the empire of thine heart, 
Where I should solely be, 
If others do pretend a part 
Or dare to vie with me, 
Or if Committees thou erect, 
And go on such a score, 
I'll laugh and sing at thy neglect, 
And never love thee more. 

But if thou wilt prove faithful then, 
And constant of thy word, 
I'll make thee glorious by my pen 
And famous by my sword; 
I'll serve thee in such noble ways 
Was never heard before; 
I'll crown and deck thee all with bays, 
And love thee more and more.