Ah silly Soul (William Byrd)

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CPDL #11920:   Sibelius 3

Editor: David Fraser (added 2006-06-19).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 84 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Ah silly Soul
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: A + TrTrTTB viols
Genre: Secular, Consort song
Language: English
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Published: Psalmes, songs, and sonnets, 1611, no.31

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English text

Ah silly Soul how are thy thoughts confounded
betwixt two loves, that far unlikely are?
Lust's love is blind, and by no reason bounded.
Heaven's love is clear, and fair beyond compare.
No wonder though this love light not thy mind,
whilst looking through false love thine eyes are blind.