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:Basso.
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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w:If fluds of teares could _ cleanse my fol- lies past, 
w:I see my hopes must _ with- er in their bud,
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w:And smoakes of sighes _ _ might sa- cri- fice for sinne,
w:I see my fav- ours _ _ are no last- ing flowers,
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w:If gron- ing cries might salve my fault at last,
w:I see that woords will breede no bet- ter good,
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w:Or end- les 
w:Than losse of 
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w:mone, for er- ror par- don win,
w:time and light- ening but at houres,
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w:Then would I cry, _ _ _ weepe, sigh, and e- ver mone, 
w:Thus when I see _ _ _ then thus I say there- fore,
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w:Mine er- rors, mine er- rors, faults, sins, _ fol- lies past and gone.
w:That fa- vours,  that fa- vours hopes and _ words, can blinde no more.