O let me weep, Z 629/40 (Henry Purcell)

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• CPDL #12032: 

Editor: William Long (submitted 2006-07-17).   Score information: Letter, 14 pages, 184 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: O let me weep
Composer: Henry Purcell
Larger work: The Fairy-Queen

Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: alto recorder (or violin) and basso continuo
Published: 1689

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O let me forever weep!
My Eyes no more shall welcome sleep:

I'll hide me from the sight of Day,
and sigh my Soul away.

He's gone, his loss deplore;
and I shall never see him more.

O let me weep! forever weep!