I was full near my fall (Alfonso Ferrabosco I)

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• CPDL #31877:  (NoteWorthy Composer)

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2014-05-07).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: I was full near my fall
Composer: Alfonso Ferrabosco I
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Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Description: First part of two, the second being But as the bird. From Musica Transalpina.

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English text

I was full near my fall and hardly scaped,
Through fond desire that headlong me transported,
And with darts, and with nets I sported
That Love himself for me devised and shaped.

And if my reason but a while had stayed,
To rule my sense misled and unadvised
To my mishap I had no doubt assayed,
What a death is to live by love surprised.