Lamentation over Boston

X:2
T:Lamentation over Boston
T:Alto
C: William Billings
O: From The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778
L:1/4
M:3/2
K:A minor
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w:By the Ri- vers of _ Wa- ter- town we sat down and wept, we wept, we wept we
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w:wept when we re- mem- ber'd _ thee _ _ O Bos- ton, when we re- * mem- ber'd thee, O Bos- ton As for our
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w:Friends, Lord God _ of _ Heav- en, pre- serve them de- * fend them, de liv- er and re- store _ them un- to us, pre- *
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w:serve them, de- fend them, de- liv- er and re- store them un- * to us a- gain. *
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E2 A A | A4 | E2 E2 | [M:3/2] E4 z2 | [M:C|][L:1/4]G2 E E | E4 | G2 G2 | G3 G |
w:For- bid it, Lord God, for- bid, For- bid it, Lord God, for- bid that
AG/F/ E G | G A2 G | G2 G A | G3 G | AB A G | F F E2 | E4 | z2 E2
w: those _ _ who have suck- ed Bos- ton- i- an Breasts should thirst _ for A- mer- i- can Blood. A
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w:voice was heard in Rox- bur- y which ec- cho'd thro' the Con- ti- nent weep- *    _ _ _ ing, 
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w:weep- * _ _ ing weep- ing for Bos- ton weep- ing for Bos- ton weep- ing
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w:weep- * ing for Bos- ton be- cause of their Dan- ger. Is Bos- ton my _ dear Town, is it my na- tive _
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w:Place? for _ since their _ Ca- * lam- i- ty I do ear- nest- ly re- * mem- ber it still! I do 
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w:ear- nest- ly re- mem- * ber it still.  If I for- get thee,  if I for- get thee, _ yea, if I do not re- mem- ber
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w:thee, Then let my _  num- bers cease to flow, Then be _ my _ Muse _ un- kind, Then let my _ Tongue for-
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w:get to move * and ev- er be con- fin'd; Let hor- rid Jar- * gon split the _ Air and rive my nerves a- *
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w:sun- der. Let hate- ful dis- cord _ greet  _ my _ ear _ as ter- ri- * ble _ as _ Thun- der. Let har- mo- ny _ be _
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w: ban- * ish'd _ hence and _ Con- so- nance de- part; Let dis- so- nance e- * rect her throne and reign with- in my Heart.

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