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XXV. The Nightingale
Found in allparts.abc
from the Serpent Publications abc collection
X:2 T: XXV. The Nightingale O: AYERES OR Phantasticke Spirites for three voices H: taken fromm the Performers' Facsimiles print of the London, 1608 edition C: Thomas Weelkes K:C T: Tenor M:C L:1/8 N: Original clef, treble %1 z4 G4 d c B A G A B c B2 c d e3 d/2 c/2 B4 A2 G4 ^F2 G4 z4 z2 w:The Night- _ in- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gall the _ or- gan of de- light %2 c2 c B c B c B A B c4 z2 A2 B4 c4 z2 g2 e4 ^f4 z2 d3 c B2 w: the nim- ble nim- ble nim- ble nim- ble Larke, the blacke bird, the Black- bird, and the %3 "A"A4 z2 G2 B c d4 c2 B B A B ^c d2 c d4 z2 A2 d3 c w: Thrush and all the prit- tie quer- ist- ers of _ _ _ flight, that chant their %4 B2 A2 G2 ^F2 G6 ^F2 G2 d2 g3 f e2 d2 c2 B2 A2 G4 ^F2 G4 |: z2 B2 B2 w: Mu- sicke notes in ev- ery bush, that chant their Mu- sicke notes in ev- _ ery bush, Let them %5 B2 c4 A2 A4 A2 B2 G2 ^F6 A2 z2 d2 B4 g2 e2 z d a2 ^f2 w: no more con- tend who shal ex- cell, the coo- ckoo coo- ckoo, the coo- ckoo %6 z a ^f2 z d B2 G2 z g e2 z g e2 ^f ^f g2 z d B2 z d B2 w: coo- ckoo. coo- ckoo the coo- ckoo, coo- ckoo is the bird coo- ckoo coo- ckoo %7 z d B2 c3 c B2 G2 G2 ^F2 |1 G4 :|2 HG16 || w: coo- ckoo is the bird that beares the bell. bell.