A Song sung by the Girl in the TEMPEST

Set by Mr H: Purcell and exactly engrav'd by Tho: Cross.

[...] Dear, Dear, pretty, pretty, pretty youth, Dear pretty, pretty, pretty [...] youth Unvail, unvail those eyes unvail, unvail those eyes. How can you▪ can you sleep; how [...] [...]can you, can you sleep, how can you can you sleep, when I, when I am by when I when I am by: [...] were I with you all night to be methinks I cou'd, methinks I cou'd I cou'd from sleep be [...] free: methinks I cou'd methinks I cou'd from sleep, I cou'd from sleep be free. [...]

very slow

Quick

[...] A lass A lass my Dear, your cold, cold as stone, you must no longer, no no longer, no [...] no longer no, no, longer, longer lye a lone. But be with me my Dear, my Dear, Dear, [...] Dear: But be with me my Dear. And I in each arme, and I in each arme, will hugg you, hugg you [...] close: Will hugg you hugg you close hugg you close, and keep you warm: Will hugg you, hugg you [...] close, will hugg you, hugg you close hugg you close, and keep you warme.

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