lark nightingale
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Soprano
Tenor
Guitar
Adagio (q = 72)
S.
G.
dolce5
Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day: it was the night ing ale and not the- - -
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G.
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lark, That pierced the fear ful hol low of thine- -
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G.
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ear; Night ly she sings on yon po me gran nate tree: Be lieve me,- - - - - -
Lark and nightingaleadapted from Shakespeare's Romeo and JulietAct 3 Scene 5
composed by Li Cheong
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T.
G.
rit.15
love, it was the night ing
a tempo
a tempo
ale.
It was the
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T.
G.
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lark, the he rald of the morn, No night ing ale: look love, what en vious
(whisper)
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T.
G.
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streaks Do lace the sev' ring clouds in yon der
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east: Night's
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G.
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can dles are burnt out, and jo cund day Stands tip toe on the
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mis ty moun tain- - - - -
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T.
G.
a tempo
a tempo
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Be
tops. I must be gone and
3 3
lieve me love, it was the
live
3
3
night ing ale. Be
I must be gone and
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T.
G.
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lieve me l ove, Be
live, or
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lieve me love,
stay and
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3
3
Yon
die.
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G.
33 3 3 3
light is not day light, I know it, I. It is some-
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G.
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me teor that the suun ex
pi mosso
6 6 6
hales, To be to
3
33
thee this night a
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G.
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3
torch bear er And
3
light thee on thy way to
3 3 3
Man tua: there fore stay
3 3 3
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T.
G.
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yet; thou need'st not to be
3 33
3
gone.
Let me be
T.
G.
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ta ken, let me be put to
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rit.
death; I am con
a tempo
a tempo
3
tent, so thou wilt have it- -
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T.
G.
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so. I'll say yon grey is not the mor ning's eye,-
T.
G.
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'Tis but the pale re flex of Cyn thia's brow; Nor- -
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G.
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it is not the
; e : poco a poco cresc.
lark, whose notes do
poco a poco cresc.
beat the vaul ty -
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G.
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hea ven so
; e :
high a bove our
; e :
heads:3 3
I have more care to- -
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G.
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stay than will to go: Come, death, and wel come!
3
3
Ju li et wills it- - -
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G.
poco a poco cresc.
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so. How is it, my soul? let's talk; it is not
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T.
G.
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day.
It is, it is: hie hence be gone a
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G.
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way! It is the3
lark that sings so out of
3 33 3
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G.
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tune, Strain ing harsh dis cords and un plea sing sharps.
sub.
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S.
G.
ad lib.
78
3 33
rit.
3 33 a tempo
Some say the
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T.
G.
81
lark makes sweet di vi
L
sion; This doth not
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It is the lark,
L
so, for she di vi deth
3
it is the lark di vi deth
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T.
G.
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us: Some say the
us.
lark and loath ed toad change eyes,
O, now
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S.
T.
G.
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I would they had changed voice
Since
too! Since
arm from arm
arm from arm
that voice doth
that voice doth
rit.
us af fray, Hunt ing
us af fray,
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T.
G.
Lento (q = 60)93
3thee hence with hunt's up to the
3
Hung ting me hunt's up to the
3 3 3 3
rit.
rit.
day, O now be
day, O now be
3 3
primo tempo (q = 72)
gone;
gone;-
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T.
G.
96
more
more
light and light it
light and light it
grows; more
grows; more
ca - len - do - - -
ca - len - do - - -
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dark and dark our
dark and dark our
gliss.
woes!
woes!
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