If Music Be The Food Of Love - King's Singers Rendition 4j621g

If Music be the Food of Love Col. Henry Heveningham

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)  = 70

Soprano

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Alto

mu

the

fo od o f love,



mu

the

food

of







the

food

of

sic

be

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Bass

be

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Tenor

sic

mu

    44      If





on



 

 

sing on

sing



 



 



the

sing





mu - - - - - - - - -sic

  

  

food of

love,

sing

     love,

on,

sing,

      love

si-ing

 

on - - - - - - - - - - - - sing -

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   

  sing

on

    

         

     

till

fil

I

am

fil





  

on,

sing on

till

I

am

    

  







on

sing on

till

     

  



on - - - - - sing on

till

filled

ld am

led with joy;





am

filled

with









I

am

filled

am

filled

with











 I

am

filled

   joy

   joy

 am

filled

with

joy;

  for

8

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my

  

     

list

soul

ning

     then

my

then

     

   

ning

soul

you

move









         my list

ning

soul

you

  







then - - - - - my li - - - - tsning

soul



move

  

   list

you



you





list

ning

    



for then my list

 



move,

for

then



 



move,

for



ning



  

my

li

st'ning

  



then - - - - -my list

my

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         

   

move to

    soul

 you

  move to

plea

su res that can



 

plea

sures that

can

ne





 

             soul

you move to

      soul

2



    

plea sures that

ne

 

ver cloy,

 ver



can

ne

ver







  

 you

move to

can

ne

ver



  

 

your

eyes

your mien

your

  cloy

 





your eyes



cloy,

cloy,

  your mien





your

eyes

 

 

plea sures that

 

 your, eyes

your mien

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    tongue de clare

  



that

you

     tongue de clare

   

 

that

   



     tongue de clare that

are mu

   you

sic

 

are



mu

e v'ry



  

 

where

your eyes

your





 

where

eyes

your



  

   sic

     

ev ry

   

tongue de clare

   

          

that you are mu



ev

your

where





you

sic

are

 



  

you are

mu

sic eve ry

  yo ur

where,

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     eyes

  

 



  

 



your mien

your

tongue

de clare

that

you

         eyes

     eyes

your mien







 your

tongue

de

clare

  

 



your mien

your

tongue

            eyes

your mien

your

 tongue

  

  that



de

    clare de clare that

are mu

        you

are mu

    

de clare

 

     



that you are mu

        you

are

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 



 

u

   

sic

e

vry



 

where.

eye and

 ear

 

   sic

   



eve ry

where.

  

plea

eve ry



where



 

mu

sic

eve ry

both

eye

and

ear







eye

and

      

plea sures in vade



    

sures in vade

    

so





 sic



    



  

 where.

both

2. Plea sures in vade





both

eye

ear so





 

and

ear,

so

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  



       

      so fierce



     



fierce

    

so

   

fierce-so fierce - -

4



 



so

fierce







 

so

fierce,

the





 

so

fierce,





the

 tran

   sports

       tran

sports

 

so



fierce,

the

trans





 ports



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    

all

    are

     

        they

my

sen

ses





   

wound

all

my sen ses



they

wound,

all my

sen

are

 they

are

 ed

are

 







ses

feast

ed

are





All

my

feast

ed

my

sen

ses





sen

ses







my

sen

ses

   and all

 

 



   



all

 

    wound,

and

feas

     

ed



                 are,

feast

  

are

  



and all

my

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          feast

     feast

    feast

ted

are

yet

 

feast

the treat





is

ly

sound

on

         sure

I

must per

ish

   

 

 

is

ly

I must

pe rish

               

 

 

ed

I must

pe rish

 

 

I must

pe rish

ed

are though

are though



  

 

 

     

  

yet

yet

the treat

the

treat

  

on

on

ly

 



is

 ed

are though

sound

sound

 yet

the treat

is

on

ly

sound

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37

  

      by

  

your charm

by your

by

un

les

charm

  

un

by your

 charm

   me

in your

sure I



 





you

save

me

in your

arms

I

sure



    

me

in your





 

save

me

in your

un les you save

sure

arms







 you

les

sure





un

arms

 



    

  

  



 



les

your charm

     



you save

  

 

    

    

  



 su re

arms

41

     I

  

   must pe

     I

     I

must pe

   must pe

 



rish

by

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must pe



your charms

     

 



un

les

       

you save





 

by

your

charms,

un

les

you save

 







 



  

rish

by

un

les

you save





rish

            I

 

rish

your

   by

your

charms,

    charm un les you

 

        save

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      

   

    

    



 

 





me

in

your

arms





  

me

in

your









me

in

your

arms







me

in

your

  arms



  arms

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