Weep, O Mine Eyes

From Madrigals to four voices, 1599

John Bennet
(1575 - 1614)

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SOPRANO & ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó
Weep,

ALTO &C ∑
w ˙ œ œ ˙™ œ œ œ ˙
Weep, O mine eyes, weep, O mine eyes,

TENOR &C Ó ˙ ˙ œ œ #˙ ˙ œ #œ #œ ˙ ˙ ˙
‹ Weep, O mine eyes, and cease not, weep,

BASS
?C w ˙ œ œ w ˙ ˙
¢ w
Weep, O mine eyes and cease

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° ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙
& œ œ #˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙
O mine eyes, weep, O mine eyes, weep, O mine eyes, and

& ˙ ˙ w ˙™ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙
œ ˙
and cease not, and cease not weep, O mine

˙ œ œ ˙
& ˙ #œ œ œ ™ œJ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙
‹ O mine eyes and cease not, weep, O mine eyes, weep, O mine

? ˙ ˙ ˙™ #œ #˙ ˙ #˙ ˙ w ˙ ˙
¢
not, weep, O mine eyes, weep, O mine eyes, weep and

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& w Œ ∑ w
w ˙™
cease not, A - las,

& ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
˙ w #˙
eyes and cease not, A - las, these your

& #˙ ˙ ˙ #˙ ˙™ Œ Ó ˙ w ˙ ˙
‹ eyes and cease not, A - las, these your

? w w ˙ ∑
¢ ˙™ œ #˙ w
cease not, and cease not,

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° ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w Ó ˙
& ˙ w ˙
these your spring - tides a - las, these your

& ˙ #˙ ˙
w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ ™ œj œ œ
˙
spring - tides a - las, these your spring - tides, me- thinks, in -

w ∑ ˙
& w w w ˙
‹
spring - tides, a - las, these your

? w w ˙ ˙ ˙ #˙ w
Ó ˙
¢
A - las, these your spring - tides, in -
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° ˙
& œ œ #˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w Œ
˙™
spring - tides, me - thinks, in - crease not.

& ˙ Ó
˙ ˙ ˙ w #˙
w
crease not, me - thinks, in - crease not.

˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ Œ
& ˙ #˙ ˙™
‹ spring - tides, me - thinks, in - crease not.

? w ˙™ œ ˙ ˙ Œ
¢ w ˙™
crease not me - thinks in - crease not.

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° ™Ó ˙ ˙ œ œ w Ó
& ™ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙
O when, O when be - gin

& ™™ Ó ˙ ˙ #œ #œ #w Ó ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙
O when, O when be - gin

w w
& ™™ w w ˙™ œ w
‹ O when, O when be - gin

? ™™ w w w w ˙™ œ w
¢
O when, O when be - gin
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° œ™
& ˙ Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
J
you To swell so high that I may drown me in

Ó Œ œ™ j
& #˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
œ
you To swell so high that I may drown me in

Ϫ
& œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ
J
‹ you To swell so high that I may drown, that I may drown me in

œ œ œ™ œ œ œ w
? J ˙ ˙
¢ œ œ
you To swell so high that I may drown me in

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° Œ ™™ w
& ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ w ˙™
you, that I may drown me in you? you?

& ˙™ Œ ™™
œ ˙™ œ ˙ w #˙ ™ #w
˙
you, that I may drown me in you? you?

& ˙™ œ ˙ ˙ #˙ ˙ ˙ #˙ ˙™ Œ ™™ w
‹ you, that I may drown me in you? you?

? ˙™ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w Œ ™™ w
¢ ˙™
you, that I may drown me in you? you?