For voice and piano; in part originally for voice and lute, in part excerpts from oratorios and incidental music. Biographical notes: p. [4]-[7].
Contents:
Have you seen but a white lily grow? / anonymous, early 17th century -- Willow song / anonymous, early 17th century -- Pastime with good company / anonymous, 16th century, attributed to King Henry VIII -- Thou soft flowing Avon ; Blow, blow, thou winter wind ; O come, o come, my dearest : from the pantomime The fall of Phaeton ; When daisies pied / Thomas Arne -- Whither runneth my sweetheart? / John Bartlet -- Tell me no more / John Blow -- Fair, if you expect admiring ; Jack and Joan / Thomas Campian -- Weep you no more, sad fountains ; Flow my tears ; What if I never speed? / John Dowland -- The silver swan / Orlando Gibbons -- Since first I saw your face / Thomas Ford -- Here amid the shady woods : from the oratorio Alexander Balus ; Come and trip it : from the oratorio L'Allegro ; Let me wander not unseen : from the oratorio L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato ; Where e'er you walk : from the oratorio Semele / George Frideric Handel -- As I walked forth one summer day / Robert Johnson -- Fain would I change that note / Tobias Hume -- In Sherwood lived stout Robin Hood / Robert Jones -- How happy art thou / Henry Lawes -- My lovely Celia / George Munro -- It was a lover and his lass / Thomas Morley -- Rest sweet nymphs ; Diaphenia / Francis Pilkington -- Nymphs and shepherds : from the play The libertine ; Hark! the echoing air : from The fairy queen ; I attempt from love's sickness : from The Indian queen ; I'll sail upon the Dog Star : from the play The fool's preferment, or, The three dukes of Dunstable ; If music be the food of love : first version / Henry Purcell -- When Laura smiles / Philip Rosseter.
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