Court Odes: See mighty sir the day appears
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incipit (first line(s), normalized): See mighty sir the day appears
version (if more than one exists):
the item's genre (general): ode
the item's genre (specific): New Year’s Day
the institution/place or purpose 
for which the work was first destined:		 English court
the work's year (or focal date, if known): 1672
author of the text: Robert Veel
composer of the music: Pelham Humfrey
Number of texts stored: 2  
  • Selected text (below): #288 / Source: GB-Lbl Add. 33287, ff. 69v-71v
    special title: ‘See Mighty Sr: A New years Song. January: the First: 16 Pelham Humphreys’
  • Text #289 / Source: New Court-Songs and Poems by R. V., pp. 86-87
 Selected text (#288) / Source: GB-Lbl Add. 33287, ff. 69v-71v  
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source for this text
(short title, or library & shelfmark):		 GB-Lbl Add. 33287
location in the source?
(i.e. which vol., pp. or fols):		 ff. 69v-71v
type of source: MS, music and words
the source online (if available):
modern edition of this text:
special title (if any): See Mighty Sr: A New years Song. January: the First: 16 Pelham Humphreys
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about this transcription: Transcribed by Estelle Murphy, July 2022. Line-initial capitalisation editorial.
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See Mighty Sr the day appears
That adds one to your happy years
The sun, the Moon & Star’s decree
this for a year of Jubilee
And threaten to disband
Yt hour yt dares your health & peace withstand
[RITOR]

Verse. Gavot
The days are all at Loyal strife
Which shall be th’happiest of your Life
& each with an impatient thirst does strive
To crowd it selfe ye first
Succeeding months protest
Yt tho they bring the Last they’l bring ye Best.

Cho:
The days are all at Loyal strife
Which shall be th’happiest of your Life
& each with an impatient thirst does strive
To crowd it selfe ye first
Succeeding months protest
Yt tho thye bring the Last they’l bring ye Best.

[Verse]
What more cou’d Kind Apollo doe
Than send you Light & musick too
His brightest nature purest Art
Conspire to please your Eye & heart
This, this he says is due,
& he Lends others what he pays to you.

Chorus
This, this he says is due,
& he Lends others what he pays to you.
RITOR

Verse: 3: Voc:
Come we his Scholars, come away
Sing and solemnize this day
May we never, never find
Your selfe Less happy him Less kind
So shall we always sing
Thanks, thanks to our Master,
Praises to our King

Chorus
Come we his Scholars, come away
Sing and solemnize this day
May we never, never find
Your selfe Less happy him Less kind
So shall we always sing
Thanks, thanks to our Master,
Praises to our King

Thanks to our Master,
Praises to our King
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