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II. Sweet stay a while,

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II. Sweet stay a while, - staff notation
X:4
T:II. Sweet stay a while,
T:BASSUS.
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:3/2
%%MIDI nobarlines
%%MIDI ratio 3 1
%%MIDI gchordoff
%%MIDI transpose -24
K:A min bass
a6 d4 f2 e6 c2 d2 e2
w: Sweet stay a while, why will you 
w: Deare let me dye in this faire 
M:C
L:1/4
A2
w: rise?
w: breast,
z e a > d g c f/ e/ d e2
w: The light you see comes from your * eyes:
w: Farre sweet- er than the Phoe- nix * nest.
A4 c2 d2 e > c f/ d/ g/ G/ c2
w: The day breakes not, it is my * * heart, 
w: Love raise de- sire by his sweete * * charmes
z c f > e d A  e d/ c/ d/ B/ e A4
w: To thinke that you, that you and I * must * part.
w: With- in this cir- cle, cir cle * of * thine armes:
|: g3 f e6 e2 A2 z A e2 B2 ^G > G A3/4 B// c/ A/ e
w: O * stay, O stay, or else my joyes,  my joyes * * must dye,
w: And * let, and let,  thy blisse- full kiss- es, kiss- es   cher- * ish
z/ A/ c d e3 A e3 e HA4 :|
w: And pe- rish in their in- fan- cie.
w: Mine in- fant joyes, that else must perish.

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