Ay me. When to the air I breathe (Henry Lichfield)

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• (Posted 2024-09-15)  CPDL #81977: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 67 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Aye me. When to the air I breathe
Composer: Henry Lichfield
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1613
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English text

Ay me. When to the air I breathe my plaining,
To merry fountains my disdaining;
When to rude rocks and pleasant groves
I tell all my unhappy loves;
They hear me whilst I thus condole,
But with their echo call me fool.