Flow my tears

X:3
T:Flow my tears
T:Lachrimae
C:John Dowland
B:Second book of Ayres
Z:Transcription, abctab: Taco Walstra (walstra@wins.uva.nl)
Z:corrected by Laura Conrad (lconrad@laymusic.org)
L:1/2
M:C
K:Am
%indent 1.8 cm
V:F clef=treble    name=Canto stv=2
V:L clef=frenchtab name=Lute
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E:lw 400
[V:F] |: A3 G1/2 F1/2 E2 c4 B A ^G4 | A2 E3 E G G | F2 D2 E3 B | 
w:Flow my _ _ tears fall - from your springs, Ex-il'd for ev-er let me mourn. Where
w:Down vain - lights shine - you no more. No nights are dark e-nough for those That
[V:L] [,,deec3/2] ,,c/ [,,de,c] ,,f ,c ,,,c | [,,aa/] ,a// ,,d ,a1 [,cc,e] ,c |\
   [,,deec/] ,c c ,,,,,c [a,,,a//] ,d ,c ,a [,cd,a/] ,c|[,a,,c] ,,d [,,ca] ,,a [,,c,e] ,,,e ,,,d1 |
[V:F]c2 A2 B2 ^G2 | A c>B A ^G2 c2 | B A  A3 ^G1/2 F1/2 ^G2 | A8 ::
w:night's black bird her sad in-fa-my sings. there let me live for- * * lorn.
w:in des-pair their last for-tunes de-plore. Light doth but shame dis- * * close.
[V:L] [,,a,,c/] ,c3/4 ,a// [,cde] ,e [a,cc/] ,a [,cc,e1] | [,,aa/] ,c ,a1 [,cc,e] [,cd,a/] a |\
 [,df,c] ,,d [,aca/] ,,a [,,c,e/] ,c1 ,a/|[,,eeec3/4] ,d// ,c ,,f ,,e ,,c [,ce,,c/] ,,,e ,,,,,c1:|
[V:F]c3 B A G c3 B/ A/ B2 | c2 G2 z A2 ^G | A F E2 | 
w:Nev-er may my woes - be - re-liev-ed. since pi-ty is fled
w:From the high-est spire-- of - con-tent-ment. My for-tune is thrown
[V:L][acd,a2] [,cdca1] [a,dce] | [,,a,c/] ,d ,a ,,,a [,c,,a/] ,,d3/4 ,,c// [,,,ce/] |\
  [,,a,a] [,,d,,c] [,,c,e] ,c [,,d,,c] [,,a,c] c [,c,,b] |
[V:F]z D F2 z F A2 | z A c2 z G B > c | d2 z D F > G A2 | 
w:and tears, and sighs, and groans my wea-ry days, my wea-ry days
w:And fear, and grief, and pain for my de-serts, for my de-serts
[V:L] [,da,c] ,,,a ,,a [,d,,,,a] [c,,,,,d] ,,a ,,d [cd,,,,d] |[fc,,,c] ,,d ,,,e// ,,c [,,d,,c] ,,f \
  [,cdca3/4] ,d// a/ ,,,,,a | ,,,,,e ,a// ,,,,a [,da,c3/4] a// c/ ,,,,,,a ,,,,,,d/ ,d// ,,,,,,a |
[V:F] z c2 B "(2)"c > B A/ G/ A | ^G8 :: ^G3 A B2 c2 | B A A4 ^G2 | 
w:Of all joys have de - priv-ed. Hark you sha-dows that in dark-ness
w:Are my hopes since hope -  is gone.
[V:L] ,,,,,c/ ,c// ,a ,c/ ,,,,,b [,,d,,c//] ,a ,c/ [,,a,,,d] ,a | [,ccdeec3/4] ,c// ,,f ,,d ,,c ,,,e\
 [,ccdeec/] ,,,,e ,,,,,,c1 :: [,cc,e2] [,ccde3/2] ,,a/ | [,ccde1] ,,d/ ,,f [,cc,e3/2] ,a/ |
[V:F]A3 c B c A2 ^G4 | z4 z2 e3 B d3 
w:dwell. Learn to con-temn light. Hap-py, hap-
[V:L][,,deec3/4] ,,f// ,c/ ,,,e// ,e [aa,c/] [,c,ce] [,,,ef] ,a | [,cc,e3/2] ,,c/ [,,d,e1] [a,c/]\
  ,,,,,e | ,,,,a [,,de] [,ca1] [,a,,,e] [,,,d/] ,c |
[V:F]A c2 | B2 "(1)"A2 ^G2 c2 B A A3 ^G/ F/ G2 | A8 :|
w:-py they that in Hell Feel not the world's _ _ de-spite.
[V:L] [,da,,c1] ,c/ ,,,,,c  ,,,,,a ,,c [,,d,,,d] ,a |[,ccdeec1][,,dca/] a [,df,c] ,,d [,aca] ,,a |\
 [M:6/4][,cc,e1],,,,,,c/,a [,,eeec/] > ,d ,c ,,f ,,e ,,c [,ce,,c/] ,,,e ,,,,,c1 :|

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