Alas, alas my Daphne (Henry Lichfield)

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• (Posted 2024-09-15)  CPDL #81968: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-15).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Alas, alas my Daphne
Composer: Henry Lichfield
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Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1613
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English text

Alas, my Daphne, stay but and hear my moaning;
Oh stay,or I faint with groaning.
Nay, you run away as if you meant to leave me,
I'll set me down and die, if thus you grieve me.
Adieu, my Daphne, for ever,
I'll tell Apollo how cruel you persever.
But if you by returning do revive me,
I'll sing again of Daphne.