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GUEST,Don Lyr Req: Fain Would I Have a Pretty Thing... (11) Does anyone know this song? 07 Jan 02


I heard this song once, but never knew the name and hoped somebody would be able to identify it for me. The first verse and the chorus go something like this:

Oh, that I had a pretty thing
to give unto my lady;
I know not how, but I need no thing
but as pretty a thing as may be.

Twenty journeys would I make,
and twenty ways would hie me
to make adventure for her sake
and set some matter by me.

As you can probably see, it sounds English and probably pre-Renaissance. If anyone can help me out, I'd appreciate it. God bless,

Don


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