I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe (John Wilbye)

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• CPDL #24257:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-08-27).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 45 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

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Title: I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe
Composer: John Wilbye

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SST

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1598 in The Second Set of Madrigals for 3-6 voices, no. 7

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Original text and translations

English text

I live, and yet methinks I do not breathe,
I thirst, and drink, and drink, and thirst again,
I sleep, and yet I dream I am awake,
I hope for that I have; I have and want:
I sing and sigh; I love and hate at once.
Oh! tell me, restless soul, what uncouth jar
Doth cause such want in store, in peace such war?