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'''LUSTY GALLANT.''' AKA and see "[[Captain Ward]]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 4/4 time). E Minor (Raven): D Dorian (Chappell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Chappell): AABB (Raven). The air appears in William Ballet's Lute Book, and although Chappell (1859) does not find any ballad by that name, it was mentioned as a dance tune as early as 1577, and Chappell believes it to have been written on or before the year 1566. It was an immensely popular tune, he says, and a great many ballads were written to it. A century later it was still in currency and appeared in Playford's '''Dancing Master'''. | '''LUSTY GALLANT.''' AKA and see "[[Captain Ward]]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 4/4 time). E Minor (Raven): D Dorian (Chappell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Chappell): AABB (Raven). The air appears in William Ballet's Lute Book, and although Chappell (1859) does not find any ballad by that name, it was mentioned as a dance tune as early as 1577, and Chappell believes it to have been written on or before the year 1566. It was an immensely popular tune, he says, and a great many ballads were written to it. A century later it was still in currency and appeared in Playford's '''Dancing Master'''. Chappell prints both duple and triple time versions. Words (from '''A Handful of Pleasant Delites''') set to the 6/8 version begin: | ||
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''Fain would I have a pretty thing, ''<br> | |||
''To give unto my lady;''<br> | |||
''I name no thing,''<br> | |||
''And mean no thing''<br> | |||
''But as pretty a thing as may be.''<br> | |||
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''Twenty journeys would I make,''<br> | |||
''And twenty days would hie me;''<br> | |||
''To make adventure for her sake,''<br> | |||
''To set some matter by me.''<br> | |||
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''Some do long for pretty knacks,''<br> | |||
''And some for strange devices;''<br> | |||
''God send me what my lady lacks,''<br> | |||
''I care not what the price is.''<br> | |||
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LUSTY GALLANT. AKA and see "Captain Ward." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 4/4 time). E Minor (Raven): D Dorian (Chappell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Chappell): AABB (Raven). The air appears in William Ballet's Lute Book, and although Chappell (1859) does not find any ballad by that name, it was mentioned as a dance tune as early as 1577, and Chappell believes it to have been written on or before the year 1566. It was an immensely popular tune, he says, and a great many ballads were written to it. A century later it was still in currency and appeared in Playford's Dancing Master. Chappell prints both duple and triple time versions. Words (from A Handful of Pleasant Delites) set to the 6/8 version begin:
Fain would I have a pretty thing,
To give unto my lady;
I name no thing,
And mean no thing
But as pretty a thing as may be.
Twenty journeys would I make,
And twenty days would hie me;
To make adventure for her sake,
To set some matter by me.
Some do long for pretty knacks,
And some for strange devices;
God send me what my lady lacks,
I care not what the price is.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; p. 234. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 8.
Recorded sources: Maggie's Music MMCD216, Hesperus - "Early American Roots" (1997).
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