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Thread #42844   Message #622855
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
07-Jan-02 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Fain Would I Have a Pretty Thing...
Subject: RE: Does anyone know this song? - pretty thing
This appeared in A Handful of Pleasant Delights (1584) as A Proper Song Intituled Fain Would I Have a Pretty Thing to Give Unto My Lady. To the tune of Lusty gallant; you can see the text at Greg Lindahl's  Sixteenth Century Ballads: A work in progress:

A Proper Song etc.