How have I stray'd, Z 188 - Purcell, Henry

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"Although Purcell adds a bass voice in the chorus, with some independent melodic material, this song can also be performed with solo voice and continuo only."

⌛ Epoche → Barock ◈ Genre / Form → Sacred songs

♯ Tonart C minor

⁄ Taktart 4/4

♬ Besetzung → Solo high|add=with chorus {{Cat|TB

◆ Difficulty

Mittelstufe

↕ Tonumfang D – g''

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Takte 67

Textur Homophon

Stimmen 3

Instrumente Basso continuo

Seiten 4

CPDL Nr. 54394

Bearbeiter Raymond Nagem

Veröffentlicht 2019-05-29

Lizenz Personal

♫Tonumfänge

Soprano

c' – g''

D – c'

Continuo

D – c'

Schlagwörter

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How have I stray’d! My God, where have I been, Since first I wander’d in the Maze of Sin! Lord, I have been I know not where, So intricate Youth’s Follies are; And Age hath its Lab’rinths too, Yet neither hath a wise returning Clue! Thy Look, thy Call, to me, Shall my far better Ariadne be. O most sweet dear Jesu! Hark, hark, I hear my Shepherd call away, And in a doleful accent say, “Why does my Lamb thus stray?” O blessed Voice, That prompts me to new choice! And fain, dear Shepherd, would I come, But I can find no Track To lead me back, And if I still go on, I am undone. ‘Tis thou, O Lord, must bring me home, Or show the way, For poor Souls have thousand ways to stray, Yet to return, but only one.