Henry Purcell

O Let me Weep!
from the Fairy Queen (1689, Z.629)
for Soprano, Violin / Tremble Recorder & Basso Continuo

score & parts

3euk1L4
2010
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O let me forever weep!

My Eyes no more shall welcome sleep:

I'll hide me from the sight of Day,
and sigh my Soul away.
He's gone, his loss deplore;
and I shall never see him more.
O let me weep! forever weep!
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O Let me Weep!
from the Fairy Queen (1689, Z.629)
for Soprano, Violin / Tremble Recorder & Basso Continuo

Henry Purcell
(1659? - 1695)

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from the Fairy Queen (1689, Z.629)
for Soprano, Violin / Tremble Recorder & Basso Continuo

Henry Purcell
7

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Violin O Let me Weep!
from the Fairy Queen (1689, Z.629)
for Soprano, Violin / Tremble Recorder & Basso Continuo

Henry Purcell
7 A1.a 4 (1659? - 1695)

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O Let Me Weep!

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O let me forever weep!
A1.b
O let me forever weep!
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My Eyes no more shall welcome sleep:
C
I'll hide me from the sight of Day,
and sigh my soul away.
A2.a
O let me forever weep!
A2.b
O let me forever weep!
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He's gone, his loss deplore;
D2
and I shall never see him more.
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and I shall never see him more.

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