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- Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-08-06). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 37 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: David's Lamentation
Composer: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem, Lament
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1778 in The Singing Master's Assistant
Description: A setting of David's lament for his son Absalom, based on 2 Samuel 18:33. First published in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, p. 22.
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Original text and translations
English text
David, the king, was grieved and moved,
He went to his chamber and wept;
And as he went he wept, and said:
"O my son! O my son!
Would to God I had died
For thee, O Absalom, my son!”