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*{{CPDLno|34}} [[Media:ws-bill-dav.pdf|{{Pdf}}]] [[Media:ws-bill-dav.mid|{{Mid}}]] [[Media:ws-bill-dav.zip|{{Zip}}]]  (Finale 1998)
*{{CPDLno|34}} [[Media:ws-bill-dav.pdf|{{Pdf}}]] [[Media:ws-bill-dav.mid|{{Mid}}]] [[Media:ws-bill-dav.zip|{{Zip}}]]  (Finale 1998)

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Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-08-06).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 37 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: David's Lamentation
Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredAnthemLament

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: A setting of David's lament for his son Absalom, based on 2 Samuel 18:33. First published in The Singing-Master's Assistant, 1778, p. 22.

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Original text and translations

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David, the king, was grieved and moved,
He went to his chamber and wept;
And as he went he wept, and said:
"O my son! O my son!
Would to God I had died
For thee, O Absalom, my son!”