VI. Now, O now, I needs must part,

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T:VI. Now, O now, I needs must part,
C: John Dowland
O: From The First Booke of songs or Ayres of foure parts, with Tableture for the Lute
T:Cantus
M:3/2
L:1/2
Z:Laura Conrad <lconrad@laymusic.org> abcusers 2001-04-05
N:Original clef, C on first line
K:Gmix
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w:1.~Now, O now, I   needs must part, part- ing though I ab- sent
w:While I live I needs must love, love lives not when hope is
w:2.~Deare, when I from thee am gone, Gone are all my joyes at
w:And al- though your sight I leave,  Sight where in my joyes doe
w:3.~Deare, If I do not re- turne, Love and I shall die to-
w:Part we must though now I die, Die I do to part with
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w:mourn.  Ab- sence can no joy im- part: joy once fled can- not re- turne.
w:gone.  Now at last de- spaire doth prove, love di- vi- ded lov- eth none.
w:once. I loved thee and thee a- lone, In whose love I joy- ed once.
w:lie, Till that death doth sence be- reave, Ne- ver shall af- fec- tion die.
w:gether. For my ab- sence ne- ver mourne, Whom you might have joy- ed ever:
w:you.  Him des- paire doth cause to lie, Who both lived and di- eth true.
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w:Sad de- spair doth drive me hence, this des- paire un- kind- nes sends. If that
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w:part- ing bee of- fence, it is shee which then of- fends.

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