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Greensleeves - A 16th Century English Folk Song

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A Caveat for Cut-Purses - A 17th Century English Broadside Ballad

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The Three Ravens - A 17th Century English Folk Song

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Here We Come A-wassailing - A 19th Century English Christmas Carol

Here We Come A-wassailing is a traditional English Christmas carol dating from the mid 19th Century, although it could be even older than that.
The song is sung from the perspective of the poor, who travel from door to door in the tradition of carol singing visiting the more wealthy, asking for Christmas gifts, including money, Christmas loaf, mouldy cheese and of course, beer!
The word 'Wassail,' is a blend of the Old Norse, 'ves heill,' and the Old English, ''hál wes þú' or 'wes hál,' which translates to, 'be in good health,' and was used as a greeting (hail) and a farewell. It then became linked to drinking alcohol amongst the Anglo-Danish and Anglo-Saxon populations of England who used ...

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Daphne - A 17th Century English Song

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Daphne tells the story of the god Apollo who has fallen in love with the Nymph Daphne. He pursues her, begging her to give in to his advances. She rejects him however, and flees from him, wanting to keep her virginity. She asks the goddess Diana for help, and to stop Apollo ever achieving his amorous aim, Daphne is promptly turned into a bay tree - 'Diana heard her pray, and turned her to a Bay...

Greensleeves - A 16th Century English Folk Song

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Greensleeves - A 16th Century English Folk Song

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Greensleeves is probably the most famous of all early English songs. It was first registered in September 1580 as a broadside ballad by Richard Jones, as "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves” Henry VIII did not compose Greensleeves! It’s a romantic myth that he wrote it for Anne Boleyn. He did however compose a lot of other music that has survived. We know it’s a later piece if musi...

A Caveat for Cut-Purses - A 17th Century English Broadside Ballad

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A Caveat for Cut-Purses - A 17th Century English Broadside Ballad

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This song dates from sometime between 1647 - 1665 and would have been sung on the streets of England. It is printed with this opening description. 'With a warning to all purse-carriers: Shewing the confi-dence of the first, and the carelesnesse of the last; With necessary admonitions for them both, lest the Hangman get the one, and the Begger take the other.' It warns of the common occurrence o...

The Three Ravens - A 17th Century English Folk Song

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The Three Ravens - A 17th Century English Folk Song

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This old folk song first appeared in a compilation by Thomas Ravenscroft published in 1611. It is thought to originate from an earlier carol, 'Corpus Christi,' which indicates that it may have it's original as far back as the 15th Century! The song tells the story of a Knight that has died. His trusty hounds and hawks protect his body from the three ravens, which is then taken and buried by a f...

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