Away delights

New York Public Library, Drexel 4257, No. 109

Robert Johnson (c.1583-c.1634)
Beaumont and Fletcher, The Captain (1609-1612) Transcribed and edited by Christopher Baum
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A - way de - lights, go seek some o - ther dwel - ling,

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Ne - ver a - gain de - lud - ing love shall know me,

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For I will die; Fare - well, false hope; Thy tongue is e - ver
For I will die; And all those griefs That think to o - ver -

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tel - ling Lie af - ter lie. For e - ver let me rest now from thy
flow me, Shall be as I: For e - ver will I rest, whil'st poor maids

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smart; A - las, for pi - ty stay, and fire their hearts, That have been hard to
cry, A - las, for pi - ty stay, and let us die With thee; men can - not

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thee: Mine was not so.
mock us in the clay.

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Note values and barlines original. The underlay of the second stanza is editorial.
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