Go, lovely rose

Roger Quilter
arr. F. Melville Esq.

Moderato, poco con moto

rall.

A tempo
mp espress.

Tenor (or sop)

Solo

bb b b 4
& bb4
:;

3
2

4
4

Go, love -ly rose

p

mp
SOPRANO

bbb b 4
b
& b4
J

23
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4
4

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Go love -ly rose

mp
ALTO

J J

b 4
& b bbbb 4

3
2

4
4

Mmm

Go love -ly rose

p

mp
3

TENOR

b 4
& b bbbb 4

Mmm

23

4
4

Go love -ly rose

p

mp
BASS

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bb4

j3
2

j

J

4
4

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Go

love -ly

bb b b
& bb
:;
tell
b
& b bbbb
tel

her

that

wastes her time

and me

now

she

knows,

and me

that now

she

her

time

rose

j J
that wastes her time and

tell

she knows,

tell

now

her

me

J
that

now she

3
2

? bb b b j
bb

that

her

b
& b bbbb

b
& b bbbb

tell

that wastes her time and me,

her

j j
J J

3
2

3
2

knows,

3
2

knows when

now

she

3
2

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bb b b 3
& b b 2 J J J J R J J
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when I re-sem - ble her to thee,

4 j j j j r w
4
J J
how sweet and fair she seems to

3
2

be

pp
mp

b 3
& b bbbb2
when

I re-sem-ble

4
4

her to thee,

how
pp

J 23
J

sweet and fair she seems

Ooo

mp

b 3
& b bbbb2
when

j
4
4

re - sem

- ble her to thee,

how
pp

23

seet and fair she seems

Ooo

mp
3

bbb b 3 J
b
& b2

when I re-sem-ble

j 4
J
4
her

to

thee

how

n 23

sweet and fair she seems

Ooo

pp
mp

? bb b b 3
bb2

knows

re-sem

44

ble to

thee

how

3
2

sweet and fair

Ooo

10

bb b b 3
& bb2
:;

4
4

J J

Tell

her that's young,

And shuns

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b
& b2

4
4

Tell

J
J
J J

her that's young,

to have her

and

shuns to have her

and

shuns to have her

b 3
& b bbbb2

4
4

Tell

her that's young,

p
3

b 3
& b bbbb2

44

Tell her that's

Tell her

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b bbbb2

j 4 w
4
J
Ooo

young

and

that's young and

J
shuns

shuns
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to
to

to

have her

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poco cresc.

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& bb
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graces spied,

thathadst

thou sprung

gra

- ces

spied,

In

poco cresc.

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& b bbbb

that hadst

J
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de -serts where no

men

n
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n
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a - bide,

thou sprung

in de

ser

ts

poco cresc.

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& b bbbb J

graces

spied

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b
& b

graces

that hadst

thou sprung

cresc.
poco

that

hadst

spied

in de

in

serts

n
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de -serts where no

j
n

j
n
where

no

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men

a - bide

poco cresc.
no
where

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graces

spied

that

hadst

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in

de

n
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serts where, where

no

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& bb
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2w
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Thou must have un - com -men - ded

4
4

4
4

died

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com

n 23
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n
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3

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thou must

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have un - com -men - ded

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men

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n

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men

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un - co - mem -ded

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& bb4
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is

b 4
& b bbbb 4 b

j
J
the

worth

of

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b 4
& b bbbb 4

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j
J

beau - ty

from the light

re -tired

is

the

worth

the light

re

is

the

worth

the light

re

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& b bbbb 4

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is

the worth of

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is

the

beau - ty

from the light

re

beau

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worth

from

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from

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20

bb b b 3
& b b n
:;
bid her come forth,
b
& b bbbb

bid

her

come forth su

J J

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suf -fer her -self

3
n n

tired

to be de - sired,

and not

fer

de -

sire

and

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& b bbbb n

tired

bid

b
& b bbbb

tired
bid

her cum

bid

her come

her

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b bbbb
light

n
j
n
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bid her

come

suf - fer

n
sef

her

fer

self to be de -sired

her

to

fer

her

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self to be de - sired and

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self to be de

sired and

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& bb
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blush

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blush so to

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be

ad

mired

then

not blush

to

be

ad - mired

so

to

be

ad - mired

then

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b bbbb

then

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die

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die,

then

then,

then

then, die,

mired

then

die

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so to be ad - mired

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not

die

that

that

die, then

die

that

die,

then

die

that

poco rit. e dim

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& bb
:;
she

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the

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com -mon fate of

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all things rare

4
4

may read

in thee;

poco rit. e dim

3
j
b

b
b
b

& b

the

com - mon fate

3
n 2
of

all

j
b

things rare

may read

4
4

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in thee;

poco rit. e dim

b
& b bbbb

com - mon

3
n 2 b

fate

things

of

all

rare may read

in

thee

4
4

poco rit. e dim

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b
b
& b bbbb

the com - mon

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b bbbb
she

fate

may

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of

all

things rare

3
2

read

read

4
4

in thee;

poco rit. e dim

j
J
read

in thee;

4
4

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& bb4
:;
How small,

3
2 J J R J J J J

j j J j j 44
J

How small a part of time they share

that are so won drous sweet and

pp

a tempo

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& b bbbb 4

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small,

3
2
how

small

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& b bbbb 4

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44

pp

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3
2 J
how

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a tempo

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4
3
b
b
b
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how small

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4

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4

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pp

a tempo
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bb4
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small

3
2

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4
4

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31

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& bb4 w
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fair!

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n
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& b bbbb 4 J

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