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'''MY ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE.''' AKA and see "[[Bonny Sweet Robin]]." English, Song Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The air appears in the '''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book''', '''Jane Pickering's Lute Book''', '''William Ballet's Lute Book''' (1600), Anthony Holborne's '''Cittharn Schoole''' (1597), and Robinson's '''Schoole of Musicke''' (1603). It is possible this was a Robin Hood ballad, though the words have been lost. Chappell (1859) thinks one of Ophelia's lines in Hamlet may be a line of the song:
'''MY ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE.''' AKA and see "[[Bonny Sweet Robin]]." English, Song Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The air appears in the '''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book''', '''Jane Pickering's Lute Book''', '''William Ballet's Lute Book''' (1600), Anthony Holborne's '''Cittharn Schoole''' (1597), and Robinson's '''Schoole of Musicke''' (1603). It is possible this was a Robin Hood ballad, though the words have been lost. Chappell (1859) thinks one of Ophelia's lines in Hamlet may be a line of the song:
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''For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.''<br>
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''Printed sources'': Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Times, vol.  1''), 1859; p. 153.
''Printed sources'': Chappell ('''Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol.  1'''), 1859; p. 153.
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MY ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE. AKA and see "Bonny Sweet Robin." English, Song Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The air appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Jane Pickering's Lute Book, William Ballet's Lute Book (1600), Anthony Holborne's Cittharn Schoole (1597), and Robinson's Schoole of Musicke (1603). It is possible this was a Robin Hood ballad, though the words have been lost. Chappell (1859) thinks one of Ophelia's lines in Hamlet may be a line of the song:

For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.


Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 1), 1859; p. 153.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
See the Wikipedia page [1]
See composer Percy Granger's (1882-1961) 1912 piano score [2]
Hear the Granger score played by trio [3]




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