Come help O God (Leighton, set by W. Byrd) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Come help O God

Language: English


Come help O God,
for Christs sweet bloudy sweat,
I seek thy love & fear thy rod,
for mercy I intreat,
My griefes remedilesse,
if mercy mercilesse.

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William Leighton, Sir (c1565-1622)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

William Byrd (1542?3?-1623)

The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule

Songs of 5 Parts

Date added to the website: 2009-08-12.

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