Sweet Daphne, stay thy flying (Henry Lichfield)

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• (Posted 2024-09-15)  CPDL #81975: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-15).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 77 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Sweet Daphne, stay thy flying
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

Sweet Daphne, stay thy flying,
And hark to my complaining.
Fly not, my dear, so fast away,
But suffer me with thee to play;
Which if thou shalt deny me,
Of life thou dost deprive me.