Private musicke. Or the First booke of ayres and dialogues contayning songs of 4. 5. and 6. parts, of seuerall sorts, and being verse and chorus, is fit for voyces and viols. And for want of viols, they may be performed to either the virginall or lute, where the proficient can play vpon the ground, or for a shift to the base viol alone. All made and composed according to the rules of art. By M.P. Batchelar of Musicke.

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Title: Private musicke. Or the First booke of ayres and dialogues contayning songs of 4. 5. and 6. parts, of seuerall sorts, and being verse and chorus, is fit for voyces and viols. And for want of viols, they may be performed to either the virginall or lute, where the proficient can play vpon the ground, or for a shift to the base viol alone. All made and composed according to the rules of art. By M.P. Batchelar of Musicke.
Author: Peerson, Martin, 1571?-1651.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Snodham,; 1620.
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Subject terms: Part-songs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "Private musicke. Or the First booke of ayres and dialogues contayning songs of 4. 5. and 6. parts, of seuerall sorts, and being verse and chorus, is fit for voyces and viols. And for want of viols, they may be performed to either the virginall or lute, where the proficient can play vpon the ground, or for a shift to the base viol alone. All made and composed according to the rules of art. By M.P. Batchelar of Musicke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09241.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2025.

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XII. (Book 12)

CANTVS.

〈♫〉〈♫〉VPon my lap my Soueraigne sits, and sucks vpon my 〈♫〉〈♫〉 Brest, Meane time his Loue mayntaines my life, and glues my sense her rest, Sing lulla,〈♫〉〈♫〉 lullaby, sing lulla, lullaby, my little, little Boye, Sing lulla, lullaby, sing〈♫〉〈♫〉 lulla, lulla- by mine onely Ioy.

Bassus.

〈♫〉〈♫〉 Sing 〈♫〉〈♫〉 lullaby, sing lulla, lulla, lullaby, Sing lul- la-by, sing 〈♫〉〈♫〉 lulla, lulla- by mine onely Ioy.

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When thou hast taken thy repast,
Repose (my Babe) on me:
So may thy Mother and thy nurse,
Thy Cradle also be.
Sing lullaby my little Boy.
Sing lullaby mine onely ioy.

I grieue that duty doth not worke
All what my wishing would:
Because I would not be to thee,
But in the best I should.
Sing lullaby, 〈♫〉〈♫〉

Yet as I am, and as I may,
I must and will be thine:
Though all too little for thy selfe,
Vouchsafing to be mine.
Sing lullaby my little Boy,
Sing lullaby mine onely Ioy.

Contra-Tenor.

Vpon my lap:〈♫〉〈♫〉 Sing lullaby, sing lull, lulla- by,〈♫〉〈♫〉 my little, little Boy, sing lulla, lulla- by, Sing lulla- by mine one- ly Ioy.

TENOR.

Vpon my lap:〈♫〉〈♫〉 Sing lulla, lulla, lulla- by, sing lull, lullaby,〈♫〉〈♫〉 sing lullaby, sing lulla lullaby mine one- ly Ioy.