"This story is old, I know, but it goes on..."
Likewise
"And I can woo you, I can amuse you, but there is nothing I can do to make you mine"
oh girl-with. who are you trying to woo and amuse?
a fellow East Anglian?
Of course. I'm rather too lazy to try and woo anyone from another region.
A wise policy indeed, Girl-with-the-Thorn.
I made the mistake of attempting some inter-regional wooing earlier in the summer. Never again!