X. From silent night

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T:X. From silent night
T:CANTUS.
T:To my loving Country-man Mr. John Forster the younger, Merchant of Dublin in Ireland.
C: John Dowland
H: From A Pilgrimes Solace.
H: Wherein is contained Musicall 
H: Harmonie of 3. 4. and 5. parts,
H: To be sung and plaid with the Lute and Viols.
H: First published in 1612
L:1/4
M:C
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N:Original clef, C on first line
K:A min
z2 A4 F D |  A4 z4 |
w: From si- lent night,
w: Sor- row to  see
w: If a- ny eye
z2 c4 "(1)"_B3  | A F G (A2 A2) |
w: true re- gis- ter of moanes, *
w: my sor- rowes cause aug- ment- ed,
w: there- fore can spare a teare *
N:(1) Original has dot on the right side of the barline
z4 z2 z d2 ^c2 c |  (d d)
w:From sad- dest Soule  *
w: and yet lesse sor- row
w: to fill the well- *
z A _B4 |
w:con- sumde
w: full were
w: spring that
z2 F2 E3 E | D8 |
w:with deep- est sinnes,
w:  my sor- rowes more:
w: must wet my cheekes,
z4 "G.P."z2 z G A2 _B2 c2 
w: From hart quite rent 
w: Griefe that my griefe
w: O let that eye
c2 | _B2 B z A2 
w:  with sighes, with sighes 
w: with griefe, with griefe
w: to this, to this
"(2)"A2 ^F2 G2 (A2  A2) |
N:(2) Original has a quarter note
w:  and hea- vie groanes, *
w: is not pre- vent- ed,
w: sad feast draw neere, *
z2 z E2 (G  ^G3/2) ^G/ A4 |
w:  My way- * ling Muse
w: for griefe * it is 
w: re- fuse * me not
z2 z z/ d/ ^c2 
w:  her woe, 
w: must ease
w: my hum-
z c | B2 
w:  her woe,
w: must ease
w: ble, hum-
z _B A3 A | G4 - G G ^F2 |
w:  her woe- full worke  * be- ginnes.
w: must ease my griev- * ed sore.
w: ble, hum- ble soule * be-  seekes:
z2 z A _B =B c ^c d4 | G c > _B A
w:  And to the world brings tunes of sad des- paire,
w: Thus griefe and sor- row cares but how to grieve,
w: For all the teares mine eyes have e- ver wept
z4 | z4 z2 z =B |:  c ^c d ^d e E B3 B ^A2 |
w:  And to the world brings tunes of sad des- paire,
w: Thus griefe and sor- row cares but how to grieve,
w: For all the teares mine eyes have e- ver wept
z2 B3 ^G A2 | A2 z G c2 A2 |
w:  Sound- ing nought else but sor- row,
w: For * griefe and sor- * row 
w: Were * now too lit- * tle,
z2  A4 ^G2 |
w:  sor- row,
w: grief and
w:lit- tle 
z2 z e2 d/ c/ B  A | ^G E 
w:  nought else, nought else but sor- row,
w: sor- row, * griefe  and sor- row 
w: lit- tle, * lit- tle, lit- tle, 
z E2 F2 ^F | (G2 G2) ^F F
w:  nought else but sor- * * row,
w: must my must my * *  my 
w: were now too lit- tle had  they
A4 ^G2 |1 A4 z4 z2 z B |2 A8 |]
w:  griefe and care. and care.
w: cares re- lieve. thus lieve
w: all beene kept. for kept.

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