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SONG by JOHN DOWLAND

First Line: WHEN OTHERS SING VENITE EXULTEMUS
Last Line: TO SAY AMEN WHEN THOU DOST PRAY SO WELL.
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;
WHEN others sing @3Venite exultemus,@1
Stand by, and turn to @3Noli emulari,@1
For @3quare fremuerunt@1 use @3oremus
Vivat Eliza@1 for an @3ave mari,@1
And teach those swains that live about thy cell,
To say @3Amen@1 when thou dost pray so well.



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