Lay a Garland

Victorian madrigal
Beaumont & Fletcher Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856)

  Con moto maestoso p

        
S1
   
 
p a
Lay gar land on her hearse of dis
     



S2

 p Lay a gar land on her hearse of

       
A1
       
Lay a gar land on her hearse, of dis mal
p
   
 

A1
 
  p
Lay a gar land of dis
   
   
T1  


8

p
Lay a gar land of dis
   
    

T2

 p
8
Lay a gar land on her hearse
         
B1  
p
Lay a gar land on her hearse
   
  

B2

     
Lay a gar land on her hearse a gar land,

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S1   
    


mal yew. Maid ens, wil low bran

 
    
S2   


dis mal yew. Maid ens, wil low
     
 

A1


yew. Maid ens,
A1 
  

    
mal yew. Maid

      
T1 
8

 
mal yew. Maid ens, wil low bran ches wear
  
    
T2   

    
8
Maid ens, wil low bran ches wear;
 
  
B1  
of dis mal yew.
      
B2

 
dis mal yew.
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 2 Lay a Garland Pearsall
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S1 

ches, wil low bran
           
S2  

bran ches wear say she
  
A1   
wil low bran ches wear
 



cresc.
A1
    
ens, wil low bran ches wear say,
 
  
cresc.

T1    
 
8 maid ens, wil low bran

T2 
        

8
maid ens, wil low bran ches wear
           
cresc.
B1 
Maid ens, wil low bran
    
    
cresc.
B2

 
Maid ens, wil low bran

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dim.
S1

f
ches wear say, say she di ed true.
  
 
cresc.

    

dim.
S2  
di ed true,
f say she di ed true.
p
    


dim.
A1   
 f say she di ed true.
p Her

  

A1
 
say she di ed true. Her love

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dim.


T1
8
ches wear say she di ed true.

 f
    
dim.

T2  
8
say she di ed true say she di ed true.
f
  
dim.
 
B1 
ches wear,
f say she di ed true.
      
dim.
 
B2


ches wear say she di ed true.
 Pearsall Lay a Garland 3

 
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    f 
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cresc.
S1

 p Her love was false


 
cresc.
S2 
Her love was false

 f p
  
cresc.


A1  
love was false her

 
cresc. dim.

        
A1

p p
was

  


cresc.
T1  
8
Her love was false her

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cresc. dim.
T2  
8
Her love was false
f   
dim.
    

B1 
Her love
f
     
    
dim.
B2


Her love was false

 p
   
37

S1 



 p but she was firm

S2           
but she was firm up on her bu ried

A1      
  
love was false, but she was firm
p up on her bu

 
 

A1
   
   
false but she was firm
      
T1  
8

p
love was false, but she was firm up on her bu
  
T2   
 
p
8 but she was firm
     
B1  


p
was false but she was firm up
     
B2

   
but she was firm
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cresc.
S1  
up on her bu ried bo dy lie light ly, thou
   
    
cresc.
S2  
bo dy lie light ly



cresc.
  
 
A1

ried bo dy lie lie light ly, thou



   
cresc.
    
A1

up on her bu ried bo dy lie light ly, thou

     



cresc.
T1
8


ried bo dy lie cresc. lie light ly, thou gen
  
T2      


8
up on her bo dy lie cresc. thou
          
B1 
on her bu ried bo dy lie, thou

       
cresc.
B2

    
up on her bu ried bo dy lie light ly, thou

 p  
51

S1  
gen tle earth, thou gen tle earth.

 p 
S2 
          

p
thou gen tle earth, thou gen tle earth.
 
A1   



   
p
gen tle earth thou gen tle, gen tle earth.
 
   


    


A1

p
gen tle earth thou gen tle, gen tle earth.
  
T1 

  
8

p
tle, gen tle earth thou gen tle earth.
  
T2          
8

p
gen tle earth, thou gen tle earth, thou gen tle earth.
      
B1 

 

p
gen tle earth thou gen tle, gen tle earth.
 


B2

  
gen tle earth thou gen tle, gen tle earth.
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