Come to me grief for ever

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T:Come to me grief for ever
T:Elegy for Sir Philip Sydney, d. 1586
T:Contratenor
O: Psalms, Songs and Sonnets. (1611)
C: William Byrd (1543-1623)
N:Original clef C on third line
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w:         1.~Come to me, grief, for e- ver, Come to me, grief, for _ e- * ver,
w:         2.~Go from me dread to die now, Go from me dread to _ die _ now,
w:         3.~He whom the court a- dorn- ed, He whom the court a- * dorn- * ed,
w:         4.~Sid- ney, the hope of land strange, Sid- ney, the hope of _ land _ strange,
w:         5.~Dead? No, no but re- no- med, Dead? No, no but re- * no- * med
w:         6.~Come to me, grief, for e- ver, Come to me, grief, for * e- * ver,
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w:         Come to me, tears, day and _ _ night,
w:         Go from me care to live _ _ more,
w:         He whom the coun- try court- * _ is'd,
w:         Sid- ney, the flower of En- * _ gland,
w:         With the a- noint- ed o- * _ ned:
w:         Come to me, tears, day and _ _ night,
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w:         Come to me, plaint, ah help- less, ah help- less,
w:         Go from me joys all on earth, all on earth,
w:         He who made hap- py his friends, py his friends,
w:         Sid- ney, the spirit he- ro- ic, he- ro- ic,
w:         Ho- nour on earth at his feet, at his feet,
w:         Come to me, plaint, ah help- less, ah help- less,
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w:         Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- * _ thy.  Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- * _ thy, plaint wor- thy. Just grief, heart's tears, plaint _ _ wor- thy. 
w:         Sid- ney, O Sid- ney is _ _ dead. Sid- ney, O Sid- ney is _ _ dead, ney is dead. Sid- ney, O Sid- ney _ _ is dead. 
w:         He that did good to _ _ all men. He that did good to _ _ all men, to all men. He that did good to all _ _ men. 
w:         Sid- ney is dead, o _ _ dead, dead. Sid- ney is dead, o _ _ dead, dead, o dead dead. Sid- ney is dead, o dead, _ _ dead. 
w:         Bliss e- ver- last- ing his _ _ seat. Bliss e- ver- last- ing his _ _ seat, ting his seat. Bliss e- ver- last- ing _ _ his  seat. 
w:         Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- * _ thy.  Just grief, heart's tears, plaint wor- * _ thy, plaint wor- thy. Just grief, heart's tears, plaint _ _ wor- thy. 

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