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ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC.
Christmas Carols," 1688. These are " A carol for Christmas Day, to the tune of
Over hills and high mountains ; for Christmas Day at night, to the tune of My
life and my death ; for St. Stephen's Day, to the tune of cruel bloody fate ; for
New Year's Day, to the tune of Caper and jerk it; and for Twelfth Night, to the
tune of Mother, Roger.* A copy of this curious collection is in "Wood's Library,
at Oxford.
"A delightful song in honour of Whitsontide, to the tune of Caper and
jerJc it" is contained in Canterbury Tales, &c, printed in Bow Churchyard. It
commences — " Now Whitson holidays they are come,
Each lass shall find her mate."
There are many more ballads to the tune. The following eight stanzas are
selected from the original, which is very long, and in two parts. In the black-
letter copies (two of which are in the Douce Collection) , it is entitled, " The
West-country Delight; or, Hey for Zommersetshire,'' &c. ; in the Pills, "The
Countryman's Delight."
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» Of these tunes, " My life and my death are both in with his kisses," is to he found in Pills to purge Melan-
your power" is the composition of Mr. William Turner choly, and in The Dancing Master ; and the remaining are
(see Theater of Music, Book i., 1685); "O Mother, Roger contained in this collection.