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X:1
T:VII. Say love if ever thou didst find,
T: Cantus.
C:John Dowland
H: From The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires.
M:C
L:1/4
%%MIDI nobarlines
%%MIDI ratio 3 1
N:Original clef, C on first line
K:G mix
z2 z d c B A G | A A G 
w: 1.~Say love if e- ver thou didst find,
w: 2.~But could thy fi- ry poy- sned dart
w: 3.~How might I that faire won- der know,
w: 4.~To her then yeeld thy shafts and bowe,
G ^F G A d | d ^c d2
w: A wo- man with a con- stant mind,
w: At no time touch her spot- lesse hart,
w: That mockes de- sire with end- lesse no
w: That can com- mand af- fec- tions so:
A B c2 
w: None but one, 
w: Nor come neare,
w: See the Moone
w: Love is free,
z2 z z/ B/ A G ^F G | A B A
w: And what should that rare mir- ror be, 
w: She is not sub- ject to Loves bow,
w: That e- ver in one change doth grow,
w: So are her thoughts that van- quish thee,
c B A ^G A | B c B2
w: Some God- desse or some Queen is shee 
w: Her eye com- maunds, her heart saith no, 
w: Yet still the same, and she is so;
w: There is no queene of love but she,
z c z A | z B z G G G G G2 ^F G
w: Shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, and one- lie she,
w: No, no, no, no, no, no, and on- ly no,
w: So, so, so, so, so, so, and one- ly so,
w: Shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, shee, and one- lie she,
G | G G G G G G G2 G3 |]
w: She one- ly Queene of love and beau- tie.
w: One no a- no- ther still doth fol- low.
w: From heaven her ver- tues she doth bor- row.
w: She one- ly Queene of love and beau- tie.

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VII. Say love if ever thou didst find,