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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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IIII. Dye not beefore thy day

Dye not beefore thy day

Dye not beefore thy day, poore poore man condemned, But lift thy low lookes, from the humble earth, Kisse not dispaire & see sweet hope contemned: The hag hath no delight, but mone but mone for mirth, O fye poore fondling, fie fie be willing, to preserue thy self from killing: Hope thy keeper glad to free thee, Bids thee goe and will not see thee,


hye thee quickly from thy wrong, so shee endes hir willing song.

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