O sweet alas what say you (Thomas Morley)
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- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-11). Copyright: CPDL
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Title: O sweet alas what say you
Composer: Thomas Morley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
O sweet, alas, what say you?
Ay me, that face discloses.
The Scarlet blush of sweet vermilion Roses,
and yet alas,
I know not if such a crimson staining
be for love or disdaining.
But if of love it grow not,
be it disdain conceived,
to see us of love's fruits so long bereaved.