XVIII. My heart and tongue were twinnes,

X:3
T:XVIII. My heart and tongue were twinnes,
T:TENOR.
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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%%MIDI ratio 3 1
%%MIDI gchordoff
%%MIDI transpose -12
N:Original clef, C on third line
K:D min -8va
d2 d2 ^c2 d4 G2 c3 
w: My heart and tongue were twinnes,
w: Both knit in one, and yet
w: New found, and one- ly found
B A2 A4 D G (E4 E2)
w: at * once con- * ceiv- ed,
w:  a * sun- der * plac- ed,
w: in * Gods and * Kings, *
c > B A3 d c > d e3 d d ^c d2 f2 e6
w: Th'el- dest was my heart, my heart,  borne dumbe by de- sti- nie,
w: what heart would speake the tongue, the tongue, doth full dis- co- ver
w: whose wordes are deedes, but wordes, but wordes, nor deedes re- gar- ded.
d2 A2 d2 c3
w: The last my tongue, 
w: What tongue doth speake
w: Chaste thoughts doe mount
g g2 e2 e2 e2 e > d ^c/ =B/ A 
w: of all sweet thoughts, sweet thoughts be- rea- * ved:
w: is of the heart, the heart em- bra- * ced,
w: and flye with swift- est, swift- * est * wings,
F A2 d c =B/ A/ e2 A4 z e d2 c f e2 (d4 d2) ||
w: Yet strung and tunde to * * play, to play hearts har- mo- nie. *
w: and both are one to * * make, to make a new found Lov- er.
w: My love with paine, my * * paine, my paine with losse re- ward- ed.
"Conclusion:" c2 =B e2 A2 A d2 c3
w: Then this be sure, this be sure,
A B A G2 z A c d2 ^c d d
w: Since it is true, it is true per- fec- tion,
z d2 g2 f e2 z a e3 g d2 z f > e d > c f e d ^c 
w: That ney- ther men, that ney- ther men, ney- ther men nor * Gods, nor Gods
d d ^c d2 d4 |]
w: can force af- fec- tion.

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