John Farmer
(fl.1591 - 1601)

Sweet friend, thy absence grieves
(S.A.T.B.)
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149413 : Farmer : Sweet friend, thy absence grieves : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular

From Farmer's First set of madrigals, London 1599.
Lyrics: Anon

Sweet friend, thy absence grieves my bleeding heart;
Yet I do joy to hear of thy good health.
Ah, woe is me, that now I shall depart
From thee, more dear to me than Croesus' wealth.
But if on earth I may not see thy face,
I'll fly to heaven to seek thee in that place.