Come, lovers, follow me (Thomas Morley)

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CPDL #25167:  [ ] [ ] [ Capella] 

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-12-16).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 49 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Based on #14991, transposed down a tone. Minor errors in underlay corrected.

• CPDL #14991:  NoteWorthy Composer

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-11).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

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Title: Come, lovers, follow me
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAT

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

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English text

Come, lovers, follow me,
and leave this weeping, follow me,
see where the lovely god sweetly lies asleeping;.
Soft then, softly for fear we wake him,
and to his bow he take him,
O then if he but spy us,
whither shall we then fly us?
And if he come upon us,
Out well away,
then are we woebegone us.
Hence then away, follow me,
away, begone, follow me,
dispatch us,
hence then away
follow me away
begone, dispatch us;
and that apace, for fear he catch us;
and that apace, lest he catch us,
and that apace ere he wake,
for fear he catch us.