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IX. Praise blindness eies,
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% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software % Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. X:1 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 %%MIDI nobarlines %%MIDI ratio 3 1 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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