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 scanned the low voice version, and will post it soon. The high voice edition is available on Google Books.
There is an extensive text preceding 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.