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The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres

of 2. 4. and 5. parts: With Tableture for the Lute or Orpherian, with the Violl de Gamba. Composed by Iohn Dovvland ... Also an excelent lesson for the Lute and Base Viol, called Dowlands adew [by John Dowland]
Dowland, John (1563?-1626)

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To the right Noble and Vertuous Ladie, Lucie Comptesse of BEDFORD.
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II. Flow my teares fall from your springs
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III. Sorrow sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares
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IIII. Dye not beefore thy day
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V Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse fled
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VI. Times eldest sonne, olde age the heyre of ease
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VII. Second part. Then sit thee downe, and say thy Nunc Demittis
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VIII. Third part. When others sings Venite exultemus
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III. Sorrow sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares

Sorrow sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares

Sorrow sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares, to a woefull, wretched wight, hence, dispaire with thy tormenting feares: doe not, O doe not my heart poore heart affright, pitty, help now or neuer, mark me not to endlesse paine, alas I am cōdempne'd, I am condempned euer, no hope, no help, ther doth remaine, but downe, down, down, down I fall, downe


and arise, I neuer shall.

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