Then sit thee down and say thy 'Nunc dimittis' (John Dowland)

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• (Posted 2017-03-11)  CPDL #43500:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-03-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #16797, with corrections to the repeat.

• (Posted 2008-05-06)  CPDL #16797:         

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• (Posted 2001-03-21)  CPDL #02196:  PDF, MIDI and LilyPond files available.

Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2001-03-21).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 55 kB   Copyright: GnuGPL

Edition notes: partbook format, vocal parts, no lute part.

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Title: Then sit thee downe,& say thy Nunc demittis (Second part)
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Languages: English, Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1600 in The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres, no. 7
Description: Second part of three

Original text and translations

English and Latin text

Then sit thee down, and say thy Nunc Dimittis,
with De profundis, Credo, and Te Deum,
Chant Miserere for what now so fit is,
as that, or this, Paratum est cor meum,
O that thy Saint would take in worth thy heart,
thou canst not please her with a better part.