XVIII. My heart and tongue were twinnes,

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T:XVIII. My heart and tongue were twinnes,
T:ALTUS.
C: John Dowland
B: db: -c 4 -b 13
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
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N:Original clef, C on first line
K:D min
F > G A2 A2 A4 G2 F6
w: My * heart and tongue were twinnes,
w: Both * knit in one, and yet
w: New * found, and one- ly found
E3 D2 D (^C4 "f"^C2)
w: at once con- ceiv- ed,
w:  a sun- der plac- ed,
w: in Gods and Kings, *
E E E2 A3 G A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A6
w: Th'el- dest was my heart, borne dumbe by de- sti- nie,
w: what heart would speake the tongue doth full dis- co- ver
w: whose wordes are deedes, but wordes, nor deedes re- gar- ded.
A3 c2 =B c3 
w: The last my tongue, 
w: What tongue doth speake
w: Chaste thoughts doe mount
c =B2 A2 A2 ^G2 A2
w: of all sweet thoughts be- reaved:
w: is of the heart em- braced,
w: and flye with swift-  est wings,
E F z E > D F > G A G2 z A2 =B c2 =B A2 A A > G (^F4 ^F2) ||
w: Yet strung, strung and tunde to * play, strung and tunde to play hearts har- mo- nie. *
w: and both, both are one to * make, both are one to make a new found Lov- er.
w: My love, love with paine, my * paine, love with paine, my paine with losse re- ward- ed.
"Conclusion:"E >^F ^G2 A3 D "(1)"F > G A2 
N:(1) Original has an eighth note.
w: Then this * be sure, be * sure, 
A A G F2 E F F2
w: Since it is true per- fec- tion,
F E E F > E D > C B, B A4 z c G > A B > c d2 z D F > G A4
w: That ney- ther men nor Gods, men * nor Gods, that ney- ther men nor Gods, nor * * Gods
A2 A A A2 A4 |]
w: can force af- fec- tion.

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