The first set of English Madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices

Wilbye, John (1574-1638)

Of 3. voc.

Of 4. voc.

Of 5. voc.

XIII.

[XIII. Dye haplesse man]

XIIII.

[XIIII. The first part. I Fall, I fall, O stay mee]

XV.

[XV. The second part. And though my loue abounding]

XVI.

[XVI. The first part. I Allwaies beg]

XVII.

[XVII. The second part. Thus Loue commaunds]

XVIII.

[XVIII. Lady, your words doe spight mee]

XIX.

[XIX. Alas, what a wretched life is this]

XX.

[XX. Vnkinde, O stay thy flying]

XXI.

[XXI. I Soung sometimes my thoughts and fancies pleasure]

XXII.

[XXII. Flora gaue me fayrest flowers]

Of 6. voc.

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[XIX. Alas, what a wretched life is this]

Alas, what a wretched life is this, Nay, what a death,
Wher the tyrant Loue commaundeth?
My flouring daies are in their prime declining,
All my proud hope, quite falne, and life vntwining:
My ioyes each after other, In hast are flying,
And leaue mee dying, For hir that skornes my crying:
O shee from hence departs, My Loue refraining,
For whom all hartles, Alas, I dye complayning.

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[XIX. Alas, what a wretched life is this]