X. O sweet woods the delight of solitarinesse

X:2
T:X. O sweet woods the delight of solitarinesse
T:
C: John Dowland
Z: Transcribed by Laura Conrad http://www.laymusic.org
H: From The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of 2. 4. and 5. parts: 
H: with Tableture for the Lute or Orpherian, with the Violl de Gamba.
L:1/4
M:C
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N:Original clef, C on second line
K:D min
F A2 c F > G A2 A > A G/ F/ E/ D/ E > E ^F2
w:1-4.~O Sweet woods, the de- light of so- li- ta- ri- nesse, 
z A E2 G G/ G/ F > G A A A > G ^F8 ||
w:O how much doe I love your so- li- ta- ri- nesse.
"(1)"A2 A G F3 A D/ E/ F > E D ^C4 
N:The original has a Meter change to C| here only in this part.
w:1.~From fames de- sire, from loves de- light re- * tir'd, 
w:2.~Ex- per- ience which re- pen- tance one- ly * brings,
w:3.~You men that give false wor- ship un- to * Love,
w:4.~You woods in you the fair- est Nimphs have * walked,
E A D G C A2 G > F F2 E F D C2
w:In these sad * groves an Her- mits life I led, I led, 
w:Doth bid mee * now my hart from love es- trange, es- trange,
w:And seeke that * which you ne- ver shall ob- taine, ob- taine,
w:Nimphes at whose * sight all harts did yeeld to Love, to Love,
D F > D G/ F/ E A > A G F E > D A A4
w:And those, And those _ false plea- sures which I once ad- * mir'd,
w:Love is, Love is dis- dained _ when it  doth looke at * Kings,
w:The end- The end-  lesse worke of Si- si- phus you pro- * cure,
w:You woods, You woods _ in whom deere lo- vers oft have * talked,
z2 z A2 G > D F2 B, C > D C/ A,/ A B A/ G/ ^F4
w:With sad re- mem- brance of my fall, _ my fall, I dread,
w:And love loe placed base and apt, _ and apt to change:
w:Whose end is this to know you strive, _ you strive in vaine,
w:How doe you now a place of mourn- of mourn- ing prove,
 z F A2 |: z F E2 z E E > E D E F3 E D2 ^C4 
w:To birds, to trees, to earth, to earth, im- part I _ this,
w:Ther power doth take from him, from him his li- ber- * ty,
w:Hope and de- sire which now, which now your I- dols * bee,
w:Wan- sted my Mis- tres faith, tres faith this is the * doome,
D E F E/ D/ E A2 G > F F2 E F A2 G A3 G |1 ^F4 z =F A2 :|2 H^F4  |]
w:For * * * * * shee lesse * se- cret, * and as sence- lesse is.
w:Hir * * * * * want of  * worth make * him in cra- dell die.
w:You * * * * * needs must * loose and * feele dis- paire with mee.
w:Thou * * * * * art loves * Child- bed, * Nur- ser- y, and Tombe.

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