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File:Lovely Nancy.mp3 Lovely Nancy
John Glen (Early Scottish Melodies, 1900) and Purser (1992) attributed the tune to the Scottish composer and publisher James Oswald [1] (1710–1769), who included it in his Caledonian Pocket Companion (vol. II, c. 1745), although Chappell would only credit the variations to him.
It also appears previous in Oswald's Curious Scots Tunes for a Violin and Flute (1742), albeit with no claim to authorship. Chappell concluded: "I have seen many half-sheet copies of the song 'Lovely Nancy' but never with an author's name, and I doubt whether any one could properly claim it, fir it seems to be only an alteration of 'Ye virgins so pretty'."
Glen also finds the song in Calliope, or English Harmony (1739, p. 176) under the title Strephon's Complaint, which begins "How can you, Lovely Nancy." It is the same air, although Glen believes it was contributed to the collection by Oswald before he left Edinburgh.
A hugely popular melody, "Lovely Nancy" was printed in numerous mid-18th century collections and tutors, such as Longman's Compleat Instructions for the German Flute (1796), Thompson's Compleat Tutor for the French Horn (1755), and Calliope, or English Harmony (1746).
"Lovely Nancy" even can be heard today on a musical clock made by Joseph Ellicott in Bucks County, Pa., around the 1770's. It was employed by the British military in America as a signal for retreat (Purser, 1992) [Ed.: note that' retreat' meant the ceasing of the days activities in the evening at camp, not a withdraw from combat], and was similarly employed by American fifers in the Revolutionary War (Keller, 1992).
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...more at: Lovely Nancy - full Score(s) and Annotations
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