“Care-Charming Sleep” by Robert Johnson (1583-1633)
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https://youtu.be/DDMoER6kSWM (2:10)
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from the album "Elizabethan Lute Songs - Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary"
℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Care-charming sleep,
thou Easer of all woes,
brother to death,
sweetly thyself dispose
On this afflicted night
fall like a Cloud in gentle show'rs...



















