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O Softly Singing Lute (Francis Pilkington)
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= HELP- CPDL #11587: Finale 2006
- Editor: Roel Griffioen (submitted 2006-04-28). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 120 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: O Softly Singing Lute
Composer: Francis Pilkington
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
O softly, softly singing lute,
See with my tears,
thou Time do keep,
Yet softly gentle strings,
Agree with love, that cannot sleep,
Sorrow hy'st whenas it sings,
When tears do fall,
then sighs arise,
So grief oft shines in most sad eyes,
Yea love through heart it dies,
Yea, dies.
