Come help O God (William Byrd)
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- (Posted 2009-02-03) CPDL #18869:
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2009-02-03). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 226 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised March 23 (formatting)
General Information
Title: Come help O God
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist: William Leighton (c.1565-1622)
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1614 in The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule, no. 53
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Original text and translations
English text
Come help O God,
for Christs sweet bloudy sweat,
I seek thy love & fear thy rod,
for mercy I intreat,
My griefes remedilesse,
if mercy mercilesse.