by William Leighton, Sir (c1565 - 1622)

Lament, lament my soul
Language: English 
Lament, my soul, O cry,
Sweet Jesus pity me;
Help, for sin I die, Sweet Christ
Come ease my misery.

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Robert Jones (fl. 1597-1615), "Lament, lament my soul", published 1614 [five-part chorus a cappella], in the collection The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule, in Songs of 5 Parts [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-12
Line count: 4
Word count: 21