Dear pity

John Wilbye (1574 - 1638)

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Dear pi - ty, how, Ah! how, Ah! how, wouldst thou be - come

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Dear pi - ty, how, Ah! how, wouldst thou be - come
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Dear pi - ty, how, Ah! how, wouldst thou be - come

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her! Dear pi - ty, how, Ah! how, wouldst thou be - come her! That
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her! Dear pi - ty, how, Ah! how, Ah! how, wouldst thou be-come her!
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her! Dear pi - ty, how, Ah! how, wouldst thou be - come her! That

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best be - co - meth beau - ty's best at - ti - ring; Shall my de-

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That best be - co - meth beau - ty's best at - ti - ring; Shall my de - sert,

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co - meth beau - ty's best at - ti - ring; Shall my de-

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- sert, Shall my de - sert, Shall my de - sert, Shall my de-

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Shall my de - sert, Shall my de - sert, Shall my de - sert, Shall

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- sert, Shall my de - sert, Shall my de - sert de - serve no

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- sert de - serve no fa - vor from her? But still to waste my - self in

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my de - sert de - serve no fa - vor, de - serve no fa - vor from her? But still to
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fa - vor from her? But still to waste my - self in deep ad-

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deep ad - mi - ring, But still to waste my - self in deep ad - mi-
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waste my - self in deep ad - mi - ring, But still to waste my - self in deep ad - mi-

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- mi - ring, But still to waste my - self in deep ad - mi-

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- ring, Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Like him that

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- ring, Like him that calls to e - cho to re-

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- ring, Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him,

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calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Still
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tells and hears the

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- lieve him, Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Still
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Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Still tells and
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tale, Still tells and hears the tale, Oh! tale that grieves

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tells and hears the tale, Still tells and hears the tale, Oh! tale that grieves

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hears the tale, Oh! tale that grieves

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him. Like him that calls to e - cho to re-

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him. Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Like him that

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him. Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him,

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- lieve him, Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Still

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calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Still tells and hears the

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Like him that calls to e - cho to re - lieve him, Still tells and

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tells and hears the tale, still tells and hears the tale, Oh! tale that grieves him.

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tale, still tells and hears the tale, Oh! tale that grieves him.

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hears the tale Oh! tale that grieves him.