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Song: I’ve lost my mistress, horse and wife, but when...

by Maurice Greene . A Catch for Three voices , in G minor
6/8, Largo Andante

Text:

I’ve lost my mistress, horse and wife,
but when I think on human life
am glad it is no worse,
my wife was ugly, and a scold,
my mistress was grown lean and old,
I’m sorry for my horse.

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