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Thread #42844 Message #622884
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
07-Jan-02 - 04:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Fain Would I Have a Pretty Thing...
Subject: RE: Does anyone know this song? - pretty thing
The tune is given in Claude M. Simpson's The British Broadside Mallad and Its Music (1966), taken from William Ballet's Lute Book (16th. century). It was current in the early years of Elizabeth I's reign, and was named as tune for two other songs in a MS of 1566 or earlier. A midi can be heard (vocal line only) via the South Riding Folk Network site: Lusty Gallant