Sweet heart arise (Thomas Weelkes)

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• CPDL #6986: Encore

Editor: Ken Williams (submitted 2004-05-11).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 128 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Sweet Heart Arise
Composer: Thomas Weelkes

Number of voices: 5vv  Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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English text

Sweet heart arise, why do you sleep?
When lovers want on sports do keep,
The Sun doth shine, the birds do sing
and May delight and joy doth bring.
Then join we hands and dance till night,
'Tis pity love should want his right.