XIIII. What is our life?

X:5
T:XIIII. What is our life?
T:BASSUS. 
T:From The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets of 5.Parts: 
T:apt for Viols and Voyces. 1612.
N:Poet, Walter Raleigh 1552-1618
C:Orlando Gibbons 1583-1625
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L:1/4
K:D min bass
z8 z8 z8 z4 d8 G G f3 e/ d/ e d ^c2 d2 A8 A4
w:What is our life? a * * * play of pas- sion,
d4 G2 G2 a6 g2 f4 e4 d2 d2 g6 g2 a3
w:What is our life? our life? a play of pas- si- on, Our 
^c' d' d' ^c' d'> c' =b/ a/ g =b 
w:mirth the mu- sicke of di- vi- si- on,
a> g f/ e/ d g2 a a d2 g2 c c f> e d2
w:of di- vi- si- on, Our mirth the mu- sicke of di- vi- si- on,
z2 z8 z d f e d2 A c2 =B c2 d2 G2
w:Our mo- thers wombes the tyr- ing hous- es be, 
z8 z f d d g3 g G2 A2 c2 d2 G6 d2 G2
w:Where we are drest, are drest for this short Co- me- dy, 
a4 A =B ^c2 d2 e2 f2 g2 a2 b4 a4
w:Heaven the Ju- di- cious sharpe spec- ta- * tor is,
z2 z a b g a> g f g c2 z d B c  F> f
w:That sits and markes who doth a- misse, That sits and markes still
d f f e f z z2 z A B G A> A d4 z2 
w: who doth act a- misse.  still who doth act a- misse, 
f2 f4 f2 _e4 d2 c2 A2 c4 B3 c d2 d2 c6
w:Our graves, that hide, that hide us from * the search- ing Sunne,
c2 f4 e2 d4 ^c2 d3 c =B2 c2 g4
w:Are like drawn cur- taynes when the play is done, 
a3 b c'6 b a g4 z8 z8 z8 z8
w:when the play is * done 
z2 z A d2 =B c2 _e d2 G4 d d A2 
w:Thus march we play- ing to our lat- est rest,
z4 z A B G d2 A2 c2 F2 A> B  c d 
w:Thus march we play- ing to our lat- est rest, our
G G A2 z8 z4 z2 z A d> c d/ e/ f/ d/ e3 e
w:lat- est rest, Thus march we play- * * * ing, thus
a> g ^f e d> c B A G8
w:march we play- ing to our lat- est rest,
A4 B4 c8 f3 e d d c B A2 G2 A4 d16|]
w:One- ly we dye in ear- nest, that's no jest, no * jest.

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