Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes

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Author: Ben Jonson, 1616

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Digital Tradition, drnktome

History

The origin of the tune is unknown, but traces back to at least 1770.

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X:1646
T:Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
O:england
C:Trad.
S:Digital Tradition, drnktome
H:The origin of the tune is unknown, but traces back to at least 1770.
N:Author: Ben Jonson, 1616
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
W:Drink to me only with thine eyes,
W:And I will pledge with mine;
W:Or leave a kiss within the cup,
W:And I'll not ask for wine.
W:The thirst that from the soul doth rise,
W:Doth crave a drink divine;
W:But might I of Jove's nectar sup,
W:I would not change for thine.
W:
W:I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
W:Not so much honoring thee
W:As giving it a hope that there
W:It could not withered be;
W:But thou there on did't only breathe
W:And sent'st back to me,
W:Since when it grows and smells, I swear,
W:Not of itself, but thee.
K:C
E2 E2 E2|F4 F2|G2- F2 E2|D2- E2 F2|G2- C2 F2|E4 D2|C6-|C4 z2|\
E2 E2 E2|F4 F2|G2- F2 E2|D2- E2 F2|G2- C2 F2|E4 D2|C6-|C4 G2|
G2- E2 G2|c4 G2|G2- E2 G2|G4 G2|A4 G2|G2- F2 E2|E6-|D4- Dz|\
E2 E2 E2|F4 F2|G2- F2 E2|D2- E2 F2|G2- C2 F2|E4 D2|C6-|C4 z2||

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