Melismata. Mvsicall Phansies. Fitting the Covrt, Citie, and Covntrey Hvmovrs. To 3, 4, and 5. Voyces. (1611)

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• Cover
• Dedication
• Epistle
• A Table of All The Songs contained in this Booke.
• Covrt Varieties
  • 1. Canst thou Loue [modern edition]
  • 2. Now flowres [modern edition]
  • 3. Haste, haste, post haste. [modern edition]
  • 4. Will yee loue me. [modern edition]
  • 5. Long haue I beene perplext.
  • 6. Heigh ho, away the Mare.
• Citie Rovnds
  • 7. Broomes for old shooes [modern edition]
  • 8. I pray good Mother [modern edition]
  • 9. My Mistries will not be content [modern edition]
  • 10. I lay with an old man. [modern edition]
• Citie Conceites
  • 11. Where are you faire Maides [modern edition]
  • 12. My master is so wise [modern edition]
  • 13. Maides to bed.
  • 14. Oyes, Oyes. [modern edition]
• Covntry Rovnds
  • 15. He that will an Ale-House keepe. [modern edition]
  • 16. And seest thou my Cow [modern edition]
  • 17. Kit and Tom chid a. [modern edition]
  • 18. Dery ding, dig, dasson [modern edition]
  • 19. As I went by the way. [modern edition]
• Covntry Pastimes
  • 20. There were three Rauens [modern edition]
  • 21. It was the Frogge in the well. [modern edition]
  • 22. I haue house and land in Kent [modern edition]
  • 23. Remember O thou man [modern edition]

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