David's Lamentation is an early American composition by William Billings (1746-1800). Billings was self-taught, and some of his music sounds to me like it was written on horseback! That said, Billings had his own style, and I can appreciate that.
The work is about David's reaction to the death of his son Absolem. A PDF file of this song may be found here.
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William Billings: David's Lamentation
Camerata ad Libitum Workshop Choir
David the king was grieved and wounded,
he went to his chamber, his chamber and wept.
And as he went, he wept and said,
O my son!
O my son!
Would to God I had died,
Would to God I had died,
Would to God I had died for thee,
O Absolem, my son, my son!
William Billings: David's Lamentation
Camerata ad Libitum Workshop Choir
David the king was grieved and wounded,
he went to his chamber, his chamber and wept.
And as he went, he wept and said,
O my son!
O my son!
Would to God I had died,
Would to God I had died,
Would to God I had died for thee,
O Absolem, my son, my son!
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