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A song sung by the girl in the Tempest set by Mr H: Purcell and exactly engrav'd by Tho: Cross

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A song sung by the girl in the Tempest set by Mr H: Purcell and exactly engrav'd by Tho: Cross
Author
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
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[London :: s.n.,
1696]
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"A song sung by the girl in the Tempest set by Mr H: Purcell and exactly engrav'd by Tho: Cross." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A91354.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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A Song sung by the Girl in the TEMPEST

Set by Mr H: Purcell and exactly engrav'd by Tho: Cross.

〈♫〉〈♫〉 Dear, Dear, pretty, pretty, pretty youth, Dear pretty, pretty, pretty 〈♫〉〈♫〉 youth Unvail, unvail those eyes unvail, unvail those eyes. How can you▪ can you sleep; how 〈♫〉〈♫〉 〈♫〉〈♫〉can you, can you sleep, how can you can you sleep, when I, when I am by when I when I am by: 〈♫〉〈♫〉 were I with you all night to be methinks I cou'd, methinks I cou'd I cou'd from sleep be 〈♫〉〈♫〉 free: methinks I cou'd methinks I cou'd from sleep, I cou'd from sleep be free. 〈♫〉〈♫〉

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〈♫〉〈♫〉 A lass A lass my Dear, your cold, cold as stone, you must no longer, no no longer, no 〈♫〉〈♫〉 no longer no, no, longer, longer lye a lone. But be with me my Dear, my Dear, Dear, 〈♫〉〈♫〉 Dear: But be with me my Dear. And I in each arme, and I in each arme, will hugg you, hugg you 〈♫〉〈♫〉 close: Will hugg you hugg you close hugg you close, and keep you warm: Will hugg you, hugg you 〈♫〉〈♫〉 close, will hugg you, hugg you close hugg you close, and keep you warme.

〈♫〉〈♫〉
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