I laid me down (William Byrd)

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CPDL #19029:  

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2009-03-12).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 97 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: I laid me down
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist: William Leighton

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: AATTB

Genre: Sacred, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule (1614)

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English text

I laid mee downe to rest and slept,
and in the morning rose againe,
God me sustaind, and safely kept,
and by his grace did me maintaine:

His Angels pitcht me round about,
sleeping and waking keeping me,
both comming in and going out,
they guard me with security.