Ah sweet, alas! when first I saw (George Kirbye)

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• CPDL #25503:        Ah_sweet,_alas!_when_first_I_saw.cap 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-01-30).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Based on the 1891 edition by G. E. P. Arkwright. {MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

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Title: Ah sweet, alas! when first I saw
Composer: George Kirbye

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: No. 7 from The first set of English madrigalls to 4, 5 & 6 voyces (George Kirbye)

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Original text and translations

English text

Ah sweet, alas! when first I saw those eyes,
Those eyes so rich with crystal majesty,
Their wounding beauty ‘gan to tyrannise
And made mine eyes bleed tears full piteously:
I felt the wound, yet fear’d I not the deed,
Till ah! I found my tears did inward bleed.