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IX. Praise blindness eies,

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IX. Praise blindness eies, - staff notation
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T:IX. Praise blindness eies,
T: Canto.
C: John Dowland
H: From The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of 2. 4. and 5. parts: 
H: with Tableture for the Lute or Orpherian, with the Violl de Gamba.
L:1/2
M:3/2
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N:Original clef, C on first line
N:(1) The underlay is confusing.  The Lenvoy section is printed after the first verse, which has one set of words and a repeat sign.  The verse printed at the bottom  of the canto part is two sets of words for the A music, but the Lenvoy section is specified to be sung only after the second set. The repeat signs occur in the lute part, at the end of the A section in the Canto part, and in Lenvoy for all parts, but not in the A section of any of the other vocal parts.  There are other reasonable interpretations, but I think Dowland probably meant Lenvoy to be sung (and repeated) after all three verses are sung.  I would not repeat any of the A section words, i.e., I would sing the A section 3 times with different words each time.
N:(2) The Canto part is written with no flats or sharps in the key signature; all other parts are written with a key signature of one flat.
K:D dor
|: A d ^c d A c | A G F E3 | 
A c B A > A B | c d > d ^c3 | 
w:Bee dumbe vaine tongue, words are but flat- tering windes,
w:Con- vey in- to thy head hopes to ob- taine,
w:Af- fec- tion is not knowne till one be dead
c c > G _B > A A | A G G A3 | 
w:Breake hart and bleed for ther is no re- ceit,
w:Then tell thy hear- ing thou art deafe by art,
w:Re- ward for love are la- bours for his paines,
A B ^c d > A F A G E D3 :|
w:To purge in- con- stan- cy from most mens mindes.
w:Now love is art that wont- ed to be plaine,
w:Loves qui- ver made of gold his shafts of leade.
P:Lenvoy:
|: A F G E > c _B/ A/ | A2 G A3 | 
w:And so I wackt a- mazd and could not move,
d c _B A > d c | A G E D3 :|
w:I know my dreame was true, and yet I love.

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