If that a sinner's sighs be Angels' food (John Dowland)

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• CPDL #17312: 

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-06-22).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 129 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: SATB plus lute tablature (8-course, tenor G tuning)

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Title: If that a sinners sighes be Angels foode
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Lute song

Language: English
Instruments: Lute
Published: A Pilgrimes Solace (1612) no.13

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English text

If that a sinner's sighs be Angel's food,
Or that repentant tears be Angel's wine,
Accept, O Lord, in this most pensive mood,
These hearty sighs and doleful plaints of mine,
That went with Peter forth most sinfully:
But not as Peter did, weep, weep bitterly.