Peace; Come Away

Charles Villiers Stanford

edited Stuart McIntosh

Soprano

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Peace;

Alto

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come a - way:

the song

of

woe

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af - ter all an earth - ly song:

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Peace;

come a - way:

the song

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af - ter all an earth - ly song:

Peace;

come a - way:

the song

of

woe

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af - ter all an earth - ly song:

Peace;

come a - way:

the song

of

woe

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af - ter all an earth - ly song:

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Peace;

come

a-way:

we

do him wrong To sing so wild - ly:

let us

go.

Come;

let us

Peace;

come

a-way:

we

do him wrong To sing so wild ly:

let us

go.

Come;

let us

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go:

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your cheeks

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But half my life

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my work will fail,

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with hu - man

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it

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look'd with hu - man

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hear

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hear

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