Injurious hours, whilst any joy doth bless me (Henry Lichfield)

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• (Posted 2024-09-15)  CPDL #81983: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-15).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch for SSATB or transposed down a fourth for SATTB.

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Title: Injurious hours, whilst any joy doth bless me
Composer: Henry Lichfield
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Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SSATB or SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1613
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English text

Injurious hours, whilst any joy doth bless me,
With speedy wings you fly, and so release me.
But if some sorrow do oppress my heart,
You creep as if you never meant to part.