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FOR LACK OF GOLD

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FOR LACK OF GOLD - staff notation
X: 1
T: FOR LACK OF GOLD
O: 1811
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1811, p.94-95
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87686121
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Fixed incorrect length to the 2nd g in bar 5 ("for-").
N: Dropped extra bar line in the middle of bar 15.
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
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F>E | D3 F (A>Bd) A | B2 (e>f) e2 d B |
w: For* lack of gold** she's left me,* O, And of
d2 a2 (f>ga) d | f2 (a>b) a2 zd | (g>ab) g
w: all that's dear** be-reft me,* O; She me** for-
f>ga f | (gfe) d e2 d f | D3 F
w: sook** for a** great duke, And to end-less
(A>Bd) A | B2 (d>e) d2 :: (d>e) | (fd) (eB)
w: care** has left me,* O. A* star* and*
(dA) (BF) | E2 e2 e2 (fa) | (ba) (fb) (ad) (bd) |
w: gar-*ter* have more art, Than* youth,* a* true* and*
f2 (a>b) a2 (gf) | (g>ab) g (f>ga) f | (gfe) d
w: faith-fut* heart; For* emp-**ty ti-**tles we** must
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e2 (d/e/) f | D2 F (A>Bd) A |
w: part, And* for glitt'-ring show** she's
B2 (d>e) d2 :|
w: left me,* O.
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W:2.No cruel fair shall ever move
W:  My injur'd heart again to love;
W:  Thro' distant climates I must rove,
W:    Since Jeany she has left me, O.
W:  Ye pow'rs above, I to your care
W:  Resign my faithless lovely fair;
W:  Your choicest blessings be her share,
W:    Tho" she has ever left me, O.
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