Lamentation over Boston

X:3
T:Lamentation over Boston
T: Tenor
C: William Billings
O: From The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778
L:1/4
M:3/2
K:A min -8va
%%MIDI transpose -12
A4 E2 | A2 B2 c2 | B B B2 A2 | c2 BA ^G2 | [M: C|] [L:1/4] A4 | z2 A2 | G4 | z2 c2 | B4 | z2 e2 |
w:By the Ri- vers of Wa- ter- town we sat down _ and wept, we wept, we wept we
d4 | z2 c2 | e c d B | cBA c | B2 B2 | z2 c2 | e e e c | dc B2 | A2 A2 | z4
w:wept when we re- mem- ber'd thee _ _ O Bos- ton, when we re- mem- ber'd thee,_  O Bos- ton 
z4 | e2 d c | B2 B B | c2 c c | d2 d e | A A B B | cB A A/c/ | B2 B B  | 
w: Lord God of Heav- en, pre- serve them de- fend them, de- liv- er and re- store _ them un- * to us, pre
  c2    c     e | d2   d     d | e    d  c  d | e2     e    e/d/ | c2 dc | B2 A2-|A4 | z4 | z4 |
w:serve them, de- fend them, de- liv- er and re- store them un- * to us _ a- gain. *
z4 | z4 | z4 | z4 | z4 | z4 | z4 | z4 | 
c2 e e | e4 | c2 B2 | [M:3/2] A4 z2 |[M:C|][L:1/4] e2 g g | g4 | e2 d2 | c3 B |
w:For- bid it, Lord God, for- bid, For- bid it, Lord God, for- bid that
cB c d | e c2 d | ef e d | e3 e | ed c e | d c B2 | A4 | z2 A2 |
w: those _ who have suck- ed Bos- ton- * i- an Breasts should thirst _ for A- mer- i- can Blood. A
c A B G | A A A B | c e d c | B B B2 | z4 | e2 e2 | z4 | c > d B >c |
w:voice was heard in Rox- bur- y which ec- cho'd thro' the Con- ti- nent weep- ing, weep- * _ _ 
A2 A2 | z4 | A2 A2 | e2 c B | c2 c e | d2 c B | c2 c2 | e > f d > e |
w:_ ing, weep- ing, weep- ing for Bos- ton be- cause of their Dan- ger, weep- * _ _
c2 B B | c2 c e | dc B B | A2 A2 | z2 A2 | c B c e | d3 d | e d c d |
w:_ ing for Bos- ton be- cause _ of their Dan- ger. Is Bos- ton my dear Town, is it my na- tive
e3 e | AB c d | e > d c B/ c/ | d B G G | c2 c B | c3 c/ d/ | e c A z | z2 z e/ f/ |
w:Place? for since _ their Ca- lam- i- ty I do ear- nest- ly re- mem- ber it still! I do ear- nest- ly, I do
g e c f | ed c B | A4 |: z2 c2 | e e e d/ c/ | d d d c/B/ | c/e d/ c B/A/ | G E A/B/ c/A/ |
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 _ 
B4 | z2 c2 | e e/d/ c A | B c B c/d/ | e d c d | e4 | z2 c2 | e e/d/ c A |
w:thee, Then let my _ num- bers cease to flow, Then _ be my Muse un- kind, Then let my _ Tongue for-
d c B2-|B2 c2 | e c d/c/ B | A4 | z2 A2 | A B c d | e E  A B | c d e d |
w:get to move * and ev- er be _ con- fin'd; Let hor- rid Jar- gon split the Air and rive my nerves a-
c e3 | z2 c2 | e e d e/f/ | g e c d | e d c d | e A3 | z2 A2  | c B/A/ G E |
w:sun- der. Let hate- ful dis- cord _ greet my ear as ter- ri- ble as Thun- der. Let har- mo- * ny be
A c B c/d/ | e c d B | c4 | z2 c2 | e A A B/c/ | d G G A/B/ | c B/A/ G/A/ B/c/ | A4 :|
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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