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Adieu, ye city pris'ning towers (Thomas Tomkins)

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Editor: Diana Thompson (submitted 2010-01-01).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 62 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2006-05-07).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 59 kbytes   Copyright: GnuGPL
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Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-15).   Score information: Letter, 9 pages, 92 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 V. M. Brennan

General Information

Title: Adieu, ye city pris'ning towers
Composer: Thomas Tomkins

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1605

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Original text and translations

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Adieu, ye city pris'ning towers,
Better are the country bowers.
Winter is gone, the trees are springing,
Birds on ev'ry hedge sit singing.
Hark, how they chirp, come, love, delay not,
come, come, sweet love, O, come and stay not.

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