When from my love I looked for love (John Bartlet)

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• (Posted 2012-05-01)  CPDL #26069:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-05-01).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 21 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.

• (Posted 2004-02-20)  CPDL #06737: 

Editor: John D. Smith (submitted 2004-02-20).   Score information: A4, 2 pages   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Scores listed alphabetically by composer. All scores available in Scorch format, some are also available as PDF files.

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Title: When from my love I looked for love
Composer: John Bartlet

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

English text

When from my love I looked for love
And kind affection's due,
Too well I found her vows to prove
Most faithless and untrue;

For when I did ask her why,
Most sharply she did reply
That she with me did ne'er agree
To love but jestingly.

Mark the subtle policies
That female lovers find,
Who loves to fix their constancies
Like feathers in the wind;

Though they swear, vow, and protest
That they love you chiefly best,
Yet by-and-by they'll all deny,
And say 'twas but in jest.