Cheerfull Ayres (John Wilson)

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Title: Cheerfull Ayres

Full title: Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads: First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices

Editor: John Wilson

Publication date and place: 1659 in Oxford.
Genre: Secular. Language: English, 3 voices.

Description: A collection of songs, many of them theatrical, in three parts with a thorough bass.

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List of works

The works are arranged according to their key signature.

G sharp

1. When Troy towne
2. From the fayre Lavinian
3. Will you buy any honesty
4. Full Fathom five
5. Where the Bee sucks
6. When Love with
7. Have you any worke
8. Come hither you that
9. Young Thirsis lay in
10. Kawasha comes in
11. Cast your Caps and

G flat

12. Doe not feare to put
13. Thoughts doe not vex me
14. Who so complaineth
15. Come silent night
16. Come I faint

A

17. Come constant hearts
18. Love and disdaine
19. In a season.
20. Cupid thou art a
21. Though your strangenesse
22. Aske me no more
23. Cloras false Love
24. I Love (Ahlas)

A sharp

25. If I dye
26. Greedy Lover

B flat

27. Thine Eyes to me
28. Awake awake
29. I would have thee merry
30. In the merry Month

C flat

31. Faine would I Cloris
32. Deare give me a thousand
33. Lawn as white as driven
34. Goe weatherbeaten
35. Goe restlesse thoughts
36. If my Lady bid begin
37. Boast not blind Boy
38. When on mine Eyes

C sharp

39. Tell me where your
40. Come thou Father of
41. Sir this my litle

D

42. Noe noe I tell thee noe
43. For ever let
44. Fly hence shadowes that
45. Since love hath brought
46. You Heraulds of my
47. Why thinkst thou foole

E flat

48. Since Love hath in
49. When the cleare Sun
50. Thou that excellest
51. I sweare by Muskadell
52. Fondnesse of Man
53. You say you love me
54. Hence with this Wedlook
55. So have I seen
56. Viw'st thou that poore
57. If I must tel you

F flat

58. What would any man
59. Down be still you seas
60. Bee not thou so foolish

F sharp

61. God Lyeus
62. Not Roses couch't
63. So many Loves have I
64. Now the Lusty spring
65. Whereforè peep'st thou
66. Turne thy beautious face
67. When I beheld my
68. My Love and I
69. In a vale with flowrets

Works at CPDL

No. Title Composer Lyricist
4 Full fathom five Robert Johnson II William Shakespeare
5 Where the bee sucks Robert Johnson II William Shakespeare