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Farewell, Dear Love Lyrics

This musical composition is a farewell song composed by Robert Jones around 1577. It expresses sadness at a love departing, but also a refusal to die or stop caring for the love as long as the singer can still see them. The song contains two verses bidding farewell to the departing love.
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Farewell, Dear Love Lyrics

This musical composition is a farewell song composed by Robert Jones around 1577. It expresses sadness at a love departing, but also a refusal to die or stop caring for the love as long as the singer can still see them. The song contains two verses bidding farewell to the departing love.
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Farewell, Dear Love Robert Jones

(c. 1577-?)
      
5

          
Soprano

1. Fare-well, dear love, since thou wilt needs be gone; Mine eyes do show my

                  
Alto
  ()

 ()    
1. Fare-well, dear love, since thou wilt needs be gone; Mine eyes do show my

Tenor    

        
 1. Fare-well, dear love, since thou wilt needs be gone; Mine eyes do show my
                
Bass
  
1. Fare-well, dear love, since thou wilt needs be gone; Mine eyes do show my

         
10
S         
life is al-most done. Nay! I will nev - er die So long as I can spy.

A                    

   
life is al-most done. Nay! I will nev - er die So long as I can spy.
         
    
  

T

 nev - er  die
    
life is al - most done. Nay! I will So long as I can spy.

B
               
life is al-most done. Nay! I will nev - er die So long as I can spy.
    
  15

 
            
   
S

   There be ma-ny moe,


   Though
 that she do
   
go, There be ma-ny

A                  
There be ma-ny moe, Though that she do go, There be ma-ny moe I
               
T             


    
    
There be ma-ny moe, Though that she do go, There be ma-ny moe I
 
          
          
B

There be ma-ny moe, Though that she do go, There be ma-ny moe, ma-ny


               
S 
 
moe I fear not; Why then let her go: I care not!

          
A
  
   
fear not, Why then let her go: I care not!

           
T
 
 fear not,
 
Why then let her go: I care not!
     ()  () 
     

B

moe I fear not, Why then let her go: I care not!
1 Farewell, dear love -Jones
         
20 25
S           
2. Fare-well, fare-well! since this I find is true; I will not spend more time in woo-ing you,

A             ()          

          
2. Fare-well, fare-well! since this I find is true; I will not spend more time in woo-ing you,

 
   ()        

T

 2. Fare-well, fare-well! since this I find is true; I will not spend more time in woo - ing you,
            
  

B    
2. Fare-well, fare-well! since this I find is true; I will not spend more time in woo-ing you,

       
    
30
       

S

But I will seek else - where If I may find her there.    Shall I bid her

A                   

   
But I will seek else - where If I may find her there. Shall I bid her go?
           
T        
 seek else- where
   
  
But I will If I may find her there. Shall I bid her go?
               
 
B

But I will seek else-where If I may find her there. Shall I bid her go?

   
 
35
               
   
S

   What and if    
go? she do? Shall I bid her go and spare

A              
What and if she do? Shall I bid her go and spare not?
          
T             
  
What and if she do? Shall I bid her go and spare not?
               

          
B

What and if she do? Shall I bid her go, bid her go and spare
  
           

S

not? O,

no,

no,
 
no, no, no, I dare not!

          
A


O, no, no, no, no, no, I dare not!

T    



      
 O, no, no, no,

no,
 I dare not!
  ()      
B   ()

not? O no, no, no, no, I dare not!
2 Farewell, dear love -Jones

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