Sweet honey-sucking bees John Wilbye

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(1574-1638)

          
 
Soprano I

 Sweet hon - ey - suck-ing bees, sweet hon - ey -

       
      
 
Soprano II

 Sweet hon - ey - suck-ing bees, sweet hon - ey - suck-ing bees,

     
  
 
 
Alto


      
Sweet hon - ey - suck-ing bees, sweet hon - ey - suck-ing bees,

Tenor      
  Sweet hon - ey - suck-ing bees, sweet hon - ey -
     
Bass 
     ()
    
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          
     
     
S suck - ing bees, why do you still, why do you still, why do you

               
 
why do you still,

why do you still, why do you
    
A        ()         
why do you still, why do you still, why do you still

 
          
T
     
 suck - ing bees, why do you still, why do you still

B
   

       
10
    
     
S still sur - feit on ro - ses, pinks and vi - o - lets;  As if the

             
still sur - feit on ro - ses, pinks and vi - o - lets;
 
A             
   
sur - feit on ro - ses, pinks and vi - o - lets;  As if the
      
        
T
 
 sur - feit on ro- ses, pinks and vi - o - lets;

B
    

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     
    
S choic-est nec - tar lay in them, Where-with you store,

             

 As if the

choic-est nec - tar lay in
  
A       
      
 
choic-est nec - tar lay in them, Where-with you store your cur - ious
      
T                
  As if the choic-est nec-tar lay in them, Where-with you

B
    

     
                 
where-with you store,

where-with you store
 
your cur-ious ca - bin-
S

          
  
  
them, where-with you store your cur - ious

A            
ca - bin- ets, your cur-ious ca-

        
  
T

 store your cur-ious ca - bin - ets?

B
   

           
20

    
cresc.

S ets? Ah, make your flight, ah, make your flight,

    cresc.

           
ca - bin - ets? Ah, make your flight to Me - li - sua - via's

   
cresc.
A          
bin - ets? Ah, make your flight,
  
ah, make your
cresc.                
T 
 Ah, make your flight

to Me - li - sua - via's
  
cresc.
           
B

Ah, make your flight to Me - li - sua - via's

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            
     
S  ah, make your flight, ah, make your flight to Me - li - sua - via's

              
lips,  ah, make your flight to Me - li - sua - via's

        
      ah!
     
A

flight,
make your flight;  There may you

T 
      
      
 lips, your flight

to Me- li - sua-via's lips;
            
B

lips,  Ah, make your flight to Me - li - sua - via's

    
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      
lips.  There, there may you re - vel
        
S

        
lips.  There may you re - vel, there may you re-vel

   
A
         
 
re - vel, there may you re - vel, there, there may you re - vel,

                
T
   
  There may you re - vel, there may you re-vel, there may you re - vel
       
B

lips;  There may you re - vel,

              
S in am - bro - sian cheer,  Where smil- ing

             
in am - bro - sian cheer,  Where smil- ing

A    

       
T   
 in am- bro - sian cheer,  Where smil - ing

B
   

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      

S ro- ses and sweet lil - lies sit,  there may you

              
ro- ses and sweet lil - lies sit,  there may you
   
          

A



there may you re - vel, there may you

T             
 
 ros - ses and sweet lil - lies sit,  there may you re - vel,
   
B   
 there may you

40

     
S re - vel,

     
re - vel,

           
A
   

    
re - vel in am - bro-sian cheer, where smil- ing
          
T     
 there may you re - vel in am - bro-sian cheer,  where smil- ing
      
B      
re - vel in am- bro-sian cheer,  where smil - ing

45

    
S
 
          
 Keep-
 
ing their spring - tide

    
    
A
        
ro- ses and sweet lil - lies sit, keep- ing their spring - tide

T                 
 
 
 ro- ses and sweet lil - lies sit, keep- ing their spring - tide

B
          
ro - ses and sweet lil - lies sit,
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               
()

S
 Keep - ing their spring - tide, keep - ing their spring - tide gra - ces,

       
   

gra - ces, keep - ing their spring- tide gra - ces,

   

         
A

gra - ces, keep - ing their spring - tide gra- ces all
 
           
cresc.


T

 gra - ces, keep - ing their spring - tide gra- ces, keep-

B
     
cresc.

keep-
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        
 
cresc.

 


S keep- ing their spring- tide gra - ces all the year,

         
cresc.
  
keep- ing their spring- tide gra -

ces all the year,

 
cresc.

    
   
A
  
the year, their spring- tide gra - ces all the year, all the

      
  
      
T
   

 
ing their spring - tide, spring- tide gra- ces, keep- ing their spring- tide
   
B           
ing their spring - tide, spring- tide gra - ces all the year,

 
55

       

keep - ing their spring - tide gra - ces
  
S
     
    

keep- ing their spring- tide gra-

       
A
  
year, keep - ing their spring - tide gra - ces

T     
 gra - ces,

B
   

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        
 
S all the year,

          
 
ces all the year,

     
     

A

all the year,  keep- ing their spring-

        
T

  keep - ing their spring - tide
     
B     
 keep - ing their spring - tide


       ()
S  keep- ing their
        
 their
 keep- ing

spring - tide,

A              
  keep- ing their spring - tide
tide gra- ces all the year,

           
T

  keep- ing their
  
gra - ces all the year,
         
B 
gra - ces all the year,  keep- ing their


65

       

S spring - tide gra - ces all the year.

        
spring - tide gra - ces all the year.

A         
spring - tide gra - ces all the year.
       
T 
 
spring - tide gra - ces all the year.
       
B

spring - tide gra - ces all the year.

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