The high desire - Anonymous

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"An early Tudor period song. Composer and poet unknown. Two verses. Lovers sing together, addressing each other in lovesick melancholy. There is a sense of pleading directed toward the mistress for her to have mercy on her lover."

◈ Genre → Unknown

♯ Key F minor

⁄ Time Signature 3/4

♬ Voicing → ST

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range F3 – E-5

¶ Language → English

Measures 67

Texture mixed texture

Parts 2

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 33173

Editor Maria Marcelli

Posted 2014-10-19

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

C4 – E-5

Tenor

F3 – G4

¶Lyrics / Text

The hye desire that Y have for to se, yeure godely and wommanly bewte. For yeu dere hert do Y suffere penaunce, for of my hert ye have governaunce. Till that Y may com unto yeure presaunce, praying to yeure gracius pyte that ye would fuchsaffe to have mercy on me, only to be putte to yeure remembraunce.