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Then sit thee down and say thy 'Nunc dimittis' (John Dowland)

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Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2008-05-06).   Copyright: CPDL
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Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2001-03-21).   Score information:    Copyright: GnuGPL
Edition notes: partbook format, vocal parts, no lute part

General Information

Title: Then sit thee downe,& say thy Nunc demittis (Second part)
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 2vv  Voicing: SB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Languages: English, Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: No VII from Second Book of Songs or Ayres (1600)

Description: Second part of three

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Original text and translations

English.png English and Latin.png Latin text

Then sit thee down, and say thy Nunc Dimittis,
with De profundis, Credo, and Te Deum,
Chant Miserere for what now so fit is,
as that, or this, Paratum est cor meum,
O that thy Saint would take in worth thy heart,
thou canst not please her with a better part.
O that thy part.

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