IX. What if I never speede,

X:3
T:IX. What if I never speede,
T:Tenor
C:John Dowland
O:From The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires.
O:Newly composed to sing to the Lute, Orpharion, or viols, 
O:and a dialogue for a base and meane Lute with five voices to sing thereto.
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M:4/4
L:1/4
K:A min
N:Original clef C on third line
%A section
|:A A/2 G/2 F F G3 
w:1.~What if I ne- ver speede,
w:or shall I change my love,
w:2.~Oft have I dreamed of joy,
w:Oft have I left my hope,
G/2 E/2 G G E E E3 
w:Shall I straight yeeld to dis- paire,
w:for I find power to de- part,
w:yet I ne- ver felt the sweete,
w:as a wrethe by fate for- lorne.
E D/2 C/2 C2 B, C3 
w:And still on so- row feede
w:and in my rea- son prove
w:But tir- ed with an- noy
w:But Love aimes at one scope,
B,/2 A,/2 ^G, A, A, ^G, A,4 :|
w:That _ can no losse re- paire.
w:I _ can com- mand my hart.
w:my _ griefs each oth- er greete.
w:And _ loft wil stil re- turne:
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%B section
|:E/2 E/2 B,/2 B,/2 C E E > A, B, 
w:1.~But if she will pit- tie my  de- sire, 
w:2.~He that once loves with a true de- sire
B/2 B/2 D ^F E > E D 
w:And my love, my love, re- quite,
w:ne- ver can, ver can, de- part,
D B,/2 B,/2 B, z G, A,/2 A,/2 A, z A, E2 
w:then e- ver shall shee live my deare de- light.  
w:for Cu- pid is the king of e- very hart.
z E z D z D z C > D E/2 D/2 C B,/2 A,/2 E > D ^C
w:Come, come, come, while I have a heart to de- sire _ thee.
z D "(1)"z D z C z C/2 D/2 E/2 D/2 C B,/2 A,/2 E2 ^C4 :|
w:Come, come,  for ei- ther I will love or ad- mire thee.
N:Rest is editorial.

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