W. Cornish's setting of T. Wyatt's poem Ah Robin, Gentle Robin. Ed. by Alberto Gomez Gomez (2008).

Note values cut in four.

Ah Robin, Gentle Robin

Melody on a two-part canon ground

William Cornish
c. 1468-1523

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Canon ground

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T2

Ah, Robin,

gentle Robin,

tell me how thy leman doth and thou shalt know of mine.
(loved one)

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Ah,

T3

Robin,

gentle

Robin,

tell me how thy leman doth and thou shalt know of mine.

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Melody starts on bar 9 while canon goes on.

Ah, Robin,

gentle Robin,

tell me how thy leman doth and thou shalt know of mine. My

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la - dy is un kind I wis! A - lack, why is she so?

yet she will say no.

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Loveth a nother

better than me and

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Ah, Robin,

gen tle Robin,

tell me how thy leman doth and

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thou shalt know of mine.

cannot think such dou ble ness for

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faith

my la - dy loveth

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gen - tle Robin,

me well, she

will change for no new.

tell

I find women true,

me how thy le - man doth and

Ah, Ro - bin,

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thou shalt know of mine.

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