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VI. God morrow, Fayre Ladies,
Found in allparts.abc
from the Serpent Publications abc collection

X:3
T:VI. God morrow, Fayre Ladies,
O: Canzonets, or Little Short songs to three voyces,
H: transcribed from the Performers' Facsimiles print of the London, 1593 edition
C: Thomas Morley
%%MIDI nobarlines
%%MIDI transpose -12
K:C -8va
T: Bassus
M:C
L:1/8
N: Original clef C on third line, so this is a tenor clef, which sounds
N: an octave down from the top two parts.
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z16 z8 z4 G4 d4 d2 d2 B A B c d2 B2\
w: God mor- row, fayre La- dies of the May, wher
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c2 G2 d4 G8 z4 G4 d4 d2 d2 B A B c\
w: is my cru- ell? God mor- row, fayre La- dies, of the
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d2 B2 e4 d2 G2 c2 d2 e4 d4 d4 e6 ^f2 g4 c4 d16 "A"G8 z8 g4 f4\
w: May, say, wher is my sweet sweet cru- el, faire Clo- ris my sweet cru- ell? See lo
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e3 f g4 d8 a8 z2 d2 f4 z2 c2 e4 B3 c d4 A2 A2 a4\
w: wher shee comes a Queene, a Queene, she comes, all in greene, all in greene
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g8 a8 d16 d8 e3 d c2 B2 A8 "B"G8 d8 a8 g8 f4 e4 d8 c8 z4 z2 g2\
w:a- ray- ing, in gau- die greene a- ray- ing. How gay- ly goes my je- well? Was
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e2 e2 f2 f2 g8 c4 d4 G2 g2 e2 e2 f2 f2 g4 c2 d2 e4 d4 d4\
w:ne ver such a May- _ _ ing, was ne- ver such a May, such a May- ing, since
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g6 ^f2 e4 B4 c4 d4 e8 d4 d4 d8 d4 d4 d16 "C"G8 d8 a8\
w:May de- lights first de- _ cay- ing, since Mayes first de- cay- ing; How gay-
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g8 f4 e4 d8 c8 z4 z2 g2 e2 e2 f2 f2 g8 c4 d4 G2 g2 e2 e2\
w: ly goes my je- ell? was ne- ver such a May- _ _ ing, was ne- ver
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f2 f2 g4 c2 d2 e4 d4 d4 g6 ^f2 e4 B4 c4 d4 e8 d4 d4\
w: such a May, such a May- ing, since May de- lights first de- _ cay- ing, since
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d8 d4 d4 d16\
w:May first de- cay-
M:3/4
L:1/4
G2 g c2 d f2 g\
w:ing. So was my Clo- ris
M:C
L:1/8
d4 G4 c4 c4\
w:sheene, brought home for
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d8 d8 HG16 |]
w:the May Queene.