WOEFUL HEART WITH GRIEF OPPRESSED
(John Dowland)

Woeful heart with grief oppressed
since my fortune most distressed
from my joys hath me removed
Follow those sweet eyes adored
those sweet eyes wherein are stored
all my pleasures best beloved

Fly, my breast, leave me forsaken
Wherein grief his seat hath taken
all his arrows through me darting
Thou mayst live by her sunshining
I shall suffer no more pining
by thy loss than by her parting
 

Recorded by Alice Babs
© 1971 Grammofon AB Electra
Released on "Elizabethan Love Songs" (Swedish Society Discofil SLT 33 206 - LP)
 

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