When David Heard

Performing Edition: Thomas Tomkins

Stuart McIntosh (1573-1656)

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Soprano   
When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that
 
Alto 1             

  
When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that
  
Alto 2       
           
When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that Ab - sa -
    
         

  

Tenor

When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that

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Bass
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 
             
 
  
Ab - sa - lom was slain, he went up to his cham - ber,
 
                  
     
Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom was slain, he went up to his cham - ber, he went up to his

             
   
   
lom was slain, was slain, he went up to his cham - ber, he went up to his
    
  
    
 
 Ab   

- sa - lom was slain, was slain,

       
he went up to his

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             


o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept, and

       
              

cham - ber o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept and

         
      
     
cham - ber o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept, and wept and
          
        

      
o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept, and
    
    
cham - ber o - ver the gate, and wept, and wept, and

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 wept; and
 
thus he said,
 and thus he said,

and

    
          

 wept; and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he said, and
   
    
    

    
wept; and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he said, and
       
            
 wept;
 
and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he
               
       
wept; and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he said,

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      
    


thus he said: O my son,

              
     

thus he said, thus he said: O my son, my son, O my
              


 
thus he said: O my son, O my son,
   
       
 said, he said: O my son, my son, my son, O

        
      
and thus he said: O my

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        
 
my son my son, O my son, my son,
 
             


 
son, my son, O my son, my son,

         
         
O my son, my son, my son, my son,
 
            
 my son, my son, O my son, Ab -
       
  
 
   
  
son, my son, O my son, my son, my son, my son, my son,
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          
        


Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom my son,

         
     

Ab - sa - lom my son, O my son, my son Ab -

            

      
O Ab - sa - lom my son, O my son,
           

    
- sa - lom my son, my son, Ab - sa - lom
   

  
         
Ab - sa - lom my son, my son Ab - sa - lom my son, ab - sa -

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    

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             
 

my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, my son, Ab - sa - lom,

         
      

- sa - lom my son, O my son, O my son Ab - sa - lom

      
    
          
Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom,
            
    
  
 my son, my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, Ab-
           
   
 
lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, my son,

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           
 
Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom
                 

Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my
     
             
 

Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom, O my son, O Ab - sa -

               
 
 - sa - lom my son, my son, O Ab - sa - lom, O my son,
         
 
Ab - sa - lom, Ab -
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     


my son,

  

               
son, Ab - sa - lom, my son, Would God I had died for thee, for

        
       
  
lom my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my son,
            
        
 O Ab - sa - lom my son: Would God I had died for
           
 
sa - lom my son, my son, O my son,

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             
  

Would God I had died for thee, for thee, would God I had

   
 
      
thee, would God I had died, died for

         
  


Would God I had died for thee, would
 
            
 thee, for thee, would God
          
     

my son, Would God I had died, I had died for

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      
 
died I had died for thee.
 
           
 
thee would God I had died for thee, for
 
          
  
God I had died for thee for thee, Ab -
     
            


I had died for thee, would God I had died for thee,
      
       
thee, would God I had died for thee, Ab - sa -
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                

    
Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, Ab - sa - lom

           
 
thee Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, O Ab - - sa - lom,

             

  
     
- sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my
          
       


Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my son, my
 
  
 
      

lom my son, my son, O my son, Ab - sa

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     
    

my son, O Ab - sa - lom my son, O my

            
  

Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, O
            
    
 
son, Ab - - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my

                  

 son, Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my son,
       
 
lom my son, my

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       


son,

Ab - sa - lom my son.

           
           

Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son.

           

son,

O Ab - sa - lom my

son.

             


O Ab - sa - lom my son, my son.
 
           
son, O Ab - sa - lom my son.