I'LL NEVER LEAVE THEE

X: 1
T: I'LL NEVER LEAVE THEE
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.60-62
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: D
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D2 F> G A2 | {G}F3 E D2 | E2 (G/A/B) (AF) |
w: One day I heard Ma-ry say, How shall** I*
{F2}E4 D2 | D2 F> G {F G} A2 | F3 E D2 |
w: leave thee? Stay, dear-est A-do-nis, stay!
(E<F) (d<B) (A<F) | {F2}E4 D2 :: c | d3 c (B/c/d) |
w: Why* wilt* thou* grieve me? A-las! my fond**
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(c/d/e) (d<c) (B<A) | B3 A (B/A/F) | d3 e {d e }f2 |
w: heart** will* break,* If thou should** leave me! I'll
B3 A (Fd) | {B}A2 (GF) (ED) | (E<F) (dB) (AF) |
w: live and die* for thy* sake,* Yet* Ne-*ver*
{F2}E4 D2 :|
w: leave thee.
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W:2.Say, lovely Adonis, say,
W:   Has Mary deceiv'd thee?
W: Did e'er her young heart betray
W:   New love to grieve thee?
W: My constant mind ne'er shall stray,
W:   Thou may'st believe me;
W: I'll love thee, lad, night and day,
W:   And never leave ihee.
W:
W:3.Adonis, my charming youth,
W:   What can relieve thee?
W: Can Mary thy anguish soothe?
W:   This breast shall receive thee,
W: My passion shall ne'er decay,
W:   Never deceive thee:
W: Delight shall drive pain away,
W:   Pleasure revive thee.
W:
W:4.But leave thee, lad, leave thee, lad,
W:   How shall I leave thee?
W: O! that thought makes me sad;
W:   I'll never leave thee.
W: Where would my Adonis fly?
W:   Why does he grieve me?
W: Alas! my poor heart will die,
W:   If I should leave thee.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/0036
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/1806/0036
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/1806/Ill_Never_Leave_Thee/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CaledonianMusicalRepository/alltunes/0074