Demo of a Renaissance/Elizabethan lute song by Thomas Campion (died 1620). Will add dry stems.

THOMAS CAMPION (d. 1620)

CHORDS:
Dm/F/A
F/C/F
F/A/D
F/Dm/A
F/C/F
Gm/A/C/A/D

LYRICS:

Shall I come sweet love to thee
When the evening beams are set?
Shall I not excluded be?
Will you find no feigned let?
Let me not for pity more
Tell the long, long hours
Tell the long hours at your door.

Who can tell what thief or foe
In the cover of the night
For his prey will work my woe
Or through wicked soul despite;
So may I die unredressed
Ere my long, long love
Ere my long love be possessed.

But to let such dangers pass
Which a lover’s thoughts disdain
Tis enough in such a place
To attend love’s joys in vain;
Do not mock me in thy bed
While these cold, cold nights
While these cold nights freeze me dead.

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"Shall I Come Sweet Love To Thee?"
by Javolenus

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