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Farewell unkind farewell (John Dowland)
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= HELP- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-08-07). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 36 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2008-05-07). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 23 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Farewell unkind farewell
Composer: John Dowland
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Lute
Published: 1603
Description: No. XIV from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires (1603)
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Original text and translations
English text
Farewell unkind farewell, to me no more a father,
Since my heart, my heart holds my love most dear.
The wealth which thou dost reap another's hand must gather,
Though my heart my heart still lies buried there.
Then farewell, then farewell, O farewell,
Welcome, my love, welcome, my joy forever.
'Tis not the vain desire of human fleeting beauty,
Makes my mind to live though my means do die.
Nor do I Nature wrong, though I forget my duty:
Love not in the blood but in the spirit doth lie.
Then farewell, then farewell, O farewell,
Welcome, my love, welcome, my joy forever.
