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ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC.
of three country-dances, with words, to be sung together, and entitled " A Round
for three country- dances in one."
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Ro-bin Hood, Ro-bin Hood, said lit-tle John, Come dance before the Queen,
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In a red pet-ti-coat And a green jack-et, A white hose and a green.
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Another dance of Robin Hood is printed by Dr. Rimbault, from one of the lute
manuscripts at Cambridge, but the same tune bears the name of Robin Reddock
in William Ballet's Lute Book.
THE LADY FRANCES NEVILL'S DELIGHT.
At the end of the edition of The Dancing Master printed in 1665, Playford
added some " new ,and pleasant English tunes for the treble-violin," which he
afterwards published in a separate form, with others, under the title of Apollo's
Banquet for the Treble Violin. The Lady Frances NeviWs Delight is to be found
in both collections ; in Mustek's Delight on the Oithren, 1666 ; and in sundry
manuscripts.
Some copies differ in the second part of the tune, therefore the two versions are
here printed.
The title of The Lady Frances NeviWs Delight gives no clue to the original
words ; and, in default of them, Mr. Oxenford has written the following song of
Robin Hood. There is a great similarity of character between this air and that
of The Hunter in his career (ante p. 256) ; and in it the reader will probably find
a similar resemblance in a modern popular song.
j Boldly, and in moderate time.
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Come, here's to Ro - bin Hood, Of the merry greenwood, And a blessing on his
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