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T:Begone! Dull Care
C:Benjamin Britten
Z:Webmaster
M:6/8
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
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C/2 | F3/2 G3/2 | (A3/2 A) B/2 | d/2c/2d/2 (B/2A/2) B/2 | (A3/2 A) C/2 | 
w: Be-gone dull care - I pri-thee, be gone - from me - Be-
F3/2 G3/2 | (A3/2 B) B/2 | (A/2B/2) A (G/2F/2) | (F3/2 F) (A/4B/4) | 
w:gone! dull care You and I - shall ne-ver a-gree. Long
C C/2 C A/2 | B B/2 B G/2 | (A/2B/2) c/2 (c/2B/2) A/2 | (A3/2 G) (C/4C/4)  | 
w:time hast thou been tarry-ing here And fain - thou wouldst - me kill - But
[F3/2F] F/2 [G3/2G/2] G/2 G/2 | (A3/2 {/A/2}A) B/2 | (A/2B/2) A/2 (G/2F/2) G/2 | (F3/2 F) ||
w:i' - faith, dull - care - Thou ne-ver shall have - thy will
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W:Beg-one! dull care,
W:I prithee, be gone from me,
W:Begone! dull care,
W:You and I shall never agree.
W:Long time hast thou been tarrying here,
W:And fain thou wouldst me kill,
W:But i' faith, dull care,
W:Thou never shall have thy will.
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W:2
W:Too much care
W:Will make a young man turn grey,
W:And too much care,
W:Will turn an old man to clay.
W:My wife shall dance and I will sing,
W:So merrily pass the day,
W:For I hold it one of the wisest things
W:To drive dull care away.

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