X:314
T:What then is love but mourning
C:Philip Rosseter
O:England
B:Rosseter: A Booke of Ayres (1601) no. 20
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/rosseter-philip/rosseter-what-then/rosseter-what-then-voclte.abc
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Gdor
V:1 %Voice
d2d dB2c2|A3GG4|A Bc2d ef2|
w:What then is love but mour--ning, What de-sire, but a self-
e3dd4|f2e dc2d2|B2c2A4|
w:bur--ning, Till she that hates doth love re-turn
|:G2A Bc4|A2B cd4|B cd2G A B c|A4G4:|]
w:Thus will I mourne, Thus will I sing, Come a-way, come a-way my dar-ling.
V:2 %lute
%I have notated the lute part in "guitar notation", that is on one staff and
%transposed one octave up. It was of course originally written in French
%lute tablature.
[B,3F3d3b3]a[_E2_e2g2][Cea]g|[D2d2]^f2[G4=B4d4g4]|[Ddf]g[A2c2e2a2][F2d2a2]D2|
[A2d2e2a2]^c2[D4d4^f4a4]|[D2d2f2][Ecg]B[F2A2f2a2][Dfb]a|\
[D2d2g2][C_ea]g[D2A2d2^f2]|
|:[G4B4d4][C2G2c2_e2][Df][_Eg]|[F3c3f3]_e[B,2F2B2d2][Ce][Df]|\
[_E2_e2g2][B,2d2f2][Cce]f[G,2B2d2g2]|[D2d2]^f2[G,4D4G4=B4d4g4]:|]
V:3 % bass viol (optional)
%The bass viol part was originally notated without barlines.
%The e flat in bar 7 was originally an e natural.
B,,2_E,C,|D,2B,,2|D,A,F,D,|
A,A,,D,2|D,E,F,D,|G,C,D,2|
|:G,2C,D,/ _E,/|F,2B,,C,/ D,/|_E,B,,C,G,,|D,2G,,2:|]
W:
W:What then is love but mourning,
W:What desire, but a self-burning,
W:Till she that hates doth love return,
W:  Thus will I mourne,
W:  Thus will I sing,
W:Come away, come away my darling.
W:
W:Beauty is but a blooming,
W:Youth in his glory entombing,
W:Time hath a while which none can stay,
W:  Then come away
W:  While thus I sing,
W:Come away, come away my darling.
W:
W:Summer in winter fadeth,
W:Gloomy night heav'nly light shadeth,
W:Like to the morn are Venus' flow'rs,
W:  Such are her hours
W:  Then I will sing,
W:Come away, come away my darling.
W:
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