XIX. Say Deere, will you not have mee?

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T:XIX. Say Deere, will you not have mee?
O: Canzonets, or Little Short songs to three voyces, 
H: transcribed from the Performers' Facsimiles print of the London, 1593 edition
C: Thomas Morley
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w:Say, deere, will you not
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c2 F f f e d d c A 
w:have mee? Say, deere will you not have mee?
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w:wil you not have mee? here then
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A B c _e d2 c2 A B > A F c2 "A"F4 z4 z2 z f2 e \
w:take your kisse you gave mee, that kisse you once gave mee;  here then
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d d c A B/ c/ d/ e/ f c 
w:that kisse, that kisse, heere a- gaine the kisse, the 
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w:kisse you gave, you gave
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c2 f B > B F G/ A/ B/ c/ d B c2 \
w:mee, You else wher par- haps would _ _ _ be- stow 
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"B"F4 z4 z c d e f d c2 \
w:it, and I as loth a- gaine
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z2 z F G A B c d B/ c/ d/ e/ f2 e d2 c2 c2 G8 "C" c2 c2 f > f \
w:and I as loth a- gaine, I would be as loth to owe it, to ow it.  Or if you
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w:will not, you will not the thing once given: or if you will not so take the
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B2 c2 d4 "D"c2 z F B2 z G c2 z A d2 
w:thing once _ given; let mee, kisse you, kisse you, 
z B f > e d d c2 \
w:let mee I say kisse you
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z F B2 G2 A3 B c4 "E"F2 F2 f > f e f > f d c c d B \
w:and so we shal bee e-ven.  Or if you will not, you will not the thing once
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w:given: or if you will not so take the thing, the thing, once given: Let
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B2 z G c2 z A d2 z B f > e d d c2 z F B2 G2 \
w:mee kisse you, kisse you, let mee I say kisse you, and so wee 
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w:shall be e- ven.
N: the underlay for bee even is written as a melisma on bee and a single syllable on even.
N: I decided it would be easier for a speaker of modern English to think of it as
N: bee as one syllable, and even as two, and wouldn't make much practical difference.

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