X. If floods of teares could cleanse my follies past,

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T:X. If floods of teares could cleanse my follies past,
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.
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E E A ^G2 A | B > d c/ c/ B3 |
w:If fluds of teares could cleanse my fol- lies past, 
w:I see my hopes must with- er in their bud,
c B c d > d c | B A > A ^G3 |
w:And smoakes of sighes might sa- cri- fice for sinne,
w:I see my fav- ours are no last- ing flowers,
c A B/ A/ ^G > G G2 | A F > F E3 |
w:If gron- ing _ cries might salve my fault at last,
w:I see that _ woords will breede no bet- ter good,
A B ^c
w:Or end- les mone, 
w:Than losse of 
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d2 | z e2 d2 c | B > B A2 |
w:for er- ror par- don win,
w:time and light- ening but at houres,
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|:c3/2 c c/ c > e d | c A > A B3 |
w:Then would I cry, weepe, sigh, and e- ver mone, 
w:Thus when I see then thus I say there- fore,
z/ c/ d d | e > e d3/4 c// B/ A/ B > B | A3 :|
w:Mine er- rors, fault, sins, fol- lies _ past _ and gone.
w:That fa- vours hopes and words, can _ blinde _ no more.

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