The original was probably a chanson rustique, "De mon triste desplaisir". (More elsewhere) It was a dance tune originally.
ajn ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Chalkley To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 1:15 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Pastime with good company I'd put that to the list - as I recall it is a reworking of one of the late medieval/early renaissance 'Top Ten', but I can't remember which - tell you what, I'll copy this to the list myself! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tony Chalkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Pastime with good company > Thanks again. Am I correct in that the original tune in another ms. > written by anonymous did not have lyrics and that Henry actually wrote the > song but not the tune? > > Craig > >>I think it must be, given the big British Library square at the bottom - >>trouble is I found it when I was making up a collection for a kid, with >>manuscripts, transcriptions and recordings all linked together, and I >>didn't >>note my search paths! >> >>T > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
