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Thread #27932 Message #345630
Posted By: John P
23-Nov-00 - 08:06 AM
Thread Name: Help: 18th century songs, tunes and carols
Subject: RE: Help: 18th century songs, tunes and carols
Some of my favorites:
Salutation of the Angel -- 15th century, to a tune almost identical to "Bring Us in Good Ale"
Chrisimas Day -- Trad. English: There was a pig went out to dig, Chrisimas day, Chrisimas day, There was a pig went out to dig On Chrisimas day in the morning. . . .and so forth, through several animals and agrarian activities.
Personent Hodie -- from the Piae Cantiones, 1582. Simply lovely.
Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris -- Trad. French. One of my favorite Christmas melodies.
Come Mad Boys, Be Glad Boys -- Trad. English. The tune is the same as "Bonnie Sweet Robin", which I think is a 16th or 17th century Engish country dance tune.
Blessed Be That Maid Marie -- Trad. English, the tune is almost identical to Staines Morris, another old English dance tune.
Gloria Ad Modem Tubae -- by Guillaume Dufay, 15th century. A glorious, weird cannon.