IX. ALTUS. Daintie fine Bird

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T:IX. ALTUS. Daintie fine Bird
S:Altus
T:From The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets of 5.Parts: 
T:apt for Viols and Voyces. 1612.
C:Orlando Gibbons
N:Original clef, C on third line
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w:Dain- tie fine Bird, dain- tie fine *  Bird, that art in- * cag- ed * there,
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w:A- lasse, a- lasse, how like thine and my for- * * * tunes
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w:are? A- lasse, how like thine and my for- tunes are?  Both * pri- son- ers be, And both 
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w:sing- ing thus, and both sing- * ing thus, and * both, 
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w:both sing- ing thus, One- ly thus we dif- fer thou and 
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w:I, and I, Thou liv'st sing- ing, but I sing and dye. Thou liv'st sing- ing,
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w:but I sing and dye, I sing and * dye.