When David Heard

Music by: Thomas Tomkins (1573-1656)

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Soprano              
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When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that

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Alto 1               
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  
When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that

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Alto 2              
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        
When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that Ab - sa -

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Tenor               
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  
When Da - vid heard that Ab - sa - lom was slain, that

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Bass 

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            
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Ab - sa - lom was slain, he went up to his cham - ber,

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Ab - sa - lom Ab - sa - lom was slain, he went up to his cham - ber, he went up to his

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A2

lom was slain, was slain, he went up to his cham - ber, he went up to his

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T            

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Ab - sa - lom was slain, was slain,

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B 
he went up to his
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o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept, and

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A1        
            
cham - ber o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept and

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          
      
   
A2

cham - ber o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept, amd wept and

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T       
o - ver the gate, the gate, and wept, and wept, and

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B         
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

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 
A1

wept: and thus he said, he thus he said, and thus he said, and

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   
 
       
    
A2

wept: and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he said, and

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T          
wept: and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he

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                  
B      
wept: and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he said, and thus he said,
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  
      
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thus he said: O

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       
       

A1

thus he said, thus he said: O my son, my son,

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A2             
thus he said: O my son, O my

     
T     
said, he said: O my son, my son, my

           
B 
and thus he said;

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         
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my son, my son my son, O my son, my

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A1               
O my son, my son, O my son, my

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A2                
son, O my son, my son my son, my

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T    
son, O my son, my son, O my

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B   
O my son, my son, O my son, my son, my son, my son, my
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   
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S     
son, Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab -

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    
A1

son, Ab - sa - lom my son, O my son,

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        
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A2

son, O Ab - sa - lom my

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T                
son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my son

                
B 
son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my son Ab - sa - lom

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S  
- sa - lom my son, my son, Ab - sa - lom, my son, my son, my

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A1        
       
my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, O my son, O my son,

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A2          
    
   
son, O my son Ab - sa - lom, my son, Ab - sa - lom my

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               
T
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Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my

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B
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             
my son, Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, my
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S 
son, Ab - sa - lom, Ab -

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A1            
Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my

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A2           
son, Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab -

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T                
son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my

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B 
son,

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sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my

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A1         

son, Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, Ab -

    
A2            

- sa - lom, O my son O Ab - sa - lom my son,

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T             
son, O Ab - sa - lom, O my son, O Ab -

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B 
Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom my
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son, Would God I had

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A1         
        
- sa - lom my son, Would God I had died for thee, for thee,

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A2    
       
    
  
Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, Would God I had

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T     
sa - lom my son, Would God I had died for thee,

          
B 
son, my son, O my son, my son,

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

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      
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
A1

would God I had died, died for thee

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A2     
  
     
died for thee, would God I had died for

     
T       
for thee, would God I had died for

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

     
A1   

        
would God I had died for thee, for thee Ab - sa - lom

     
A2        
thee for thee, Ab - sa - lom my

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T               
thee, would God I had died for thee, Ab - sa -

        
B      
God I had died for thee, Ab - sa - lom my

      
                   
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S 
Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, Ab - sa - lom my

   
A1           

   
my son, my son, O Ab - sa - lom, Ab - sa - lom,

     
A2          
son, Ab - sa - lom my son, my son, Ab -

                  
T       
lom, Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my son, my son,

   
 
        
B

son, my son, O my son, Ab - sa - lom my
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S

son, O Ab - sa - lom my son, O my son, Ab -

 
            
 
A1

Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my


A2           
     
- sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my son,

             
T          
Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa - lom my son, O Ab - sa -

      
B 
son, my son,

 
     
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sa - lom my son.

 
A1     

          
son, O Ab - sa - lon, Ab - sa - lom my son.

 
A2          
O Ab - sa - lom my son.

 
T           
lom my son, my son.

    
B         
O Ab - sa - lom my son.