One Hundred Songs of England
This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.
Book Title: One Hundred Songs of England (low voice)
Editor: Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
Publisher: Oliver Ditson Company
Copyright: 1914
I’ve made no attempt yet to find the high voice edition of this.
There is an extensive text preceeding the printed music with detailed notes on each song. I may at some point transcribe that and place it here.
Contents:
- Traditional Sumer is icumen in
- Traditional Ah! the sighs that come fro’ my heart
- Traditional The Three Ravens
- Traditional The King’s Hunt
- Traditional The Hawthorn Tree
- Traditional Westron Wynde
- Traditional The Woods so Wild
- Traditional Chevy Chace
- Traditional Of all the birds
- Traditional We be three poor mariners
- Traditional By a bank as I lay
- Traditional The Carman’s Whistle
- Traditional The British Grenadiers
- Traditional Come, live with me and be my love
- Traditional Green-sleeves
- Traditional Once I loved a maiden fair
- Traditional You gentlemen of England
- Traditional Early one morning
- Traditional Love me little, love me long
- Traditional Pretty Polly Oliver
- Traditional Begone, dull care!
- Traditional There was a jolly miller
- Traditional The Barley-mow
- Traditional Barbara Allen
- Traditional The Leather Bottél
- Traditional John Peel
- Traditional The Oak and the Ash
- Traditional Love will find out the way
- Traditional With Jockey to the Fair
- Traditional Down among the Dead Men
- Traditional The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington
- County Songs King Arthur (Lancashire)
- County Songs The Cheshire Man (Cheshire)
- County Songs The Derby Ram (Derbyshire)
- County Songs The Lincolnshire Poacher (Lincolnshire)
- County Songs Ward the Pirate (Norfolk)
- County Songs The Barkshire Tragedy (Berkshire)
- County Songs The Vly is on the Turmut (Oxfordshire)
- County Songs The Plough-boy (Sussex)
- County Songs Lord Rendal (Somersetshire)
- County Songs Widdicombe Fair (Devonshire)
- Byrd O Mistress Mine
- Byrd I Thought that Love had been a Boy
- Weelkes Cease, sorrows, now
- Morley It was a lover and his lass
- Morley Now is the month of maying
- Johnson As I walked forth
- Johnson Dear, do not your fair beauty wrong
- Dowland Awake, sweet love
- Dowland Now, O now, I needs must part
- Dowland Come again
- Campion Shall I come, sweete Love, to thee
- Campion Never weather-beaten sail
- Campion There is a Garden in her face
- Wilbye Flora gave me fairest flowers
- Benet Weep, O mine eyes
- Rosseter If she forsake me
- Ford Since first I saw your face
- Lawes Gather your rosebuds
- Gibbons The Silver Swan
- Lawes Bid me to live
- Savile Here’s a health unto His Majesty
- Locke My lodging it is on the cold ground
- Humfrey I pass all my hours (The Phoenix)
- Humfrey O the sad day!
- Blow Tell me no more
- Blow It is not that I love you less (or The Self-banished)
- Purcell I attempt from love’s sickness to fly
- Purcell Nymphs and Shepherds
- Purcell I’ll sail upon the dog-star
- Purcell Dido’s Song
- Purcell Mad Bess
- Purcell What shall I do?
- Leveridge The Roast Beef of Old England
- Leveridge Black-eyed Susan
- Arne Under the greenwood tree
- Arne Blow, blow, thou winter wind
- Arne When daisies pied
- Arne Tell me where is fancy bred
- Arne Where the bee sucks
- Linley Here’s to the maiden
- Jackson What shepherd or nymph of the grove?
- Jackson To faires Delia’s grassy tomb
- Dibdin Blow high, blow low
- Dibdin Yo, heave ho!
- Dibdin Then farewell, my trim-built wherry
- Dibdin Tom Bowling
- Dibdin The Jolly Young Waterman
- Hook The Lass of Richmond Hill
- Stevens Sigh no more, ladies
- Davy The Bay of Biscay
- Braham The Death of Nelson
- Mellish (?) Drink to me only
- Horn Cherry ripe
- Horn I’ve been roaming
- Bishop Bid me discourse
- Bishop Should he upbraid
- Bishop Love has eyes
- Bishop The Dashing White Sergeant
- Wade Meet me by moonlight
Notes:
Songs from this volume will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.
