By a Bank as I Lay

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Theme code Index	3355 6655
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4, 3/2
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Time vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 46-47
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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BY A BANK AS I LAY. English, Air (4/4 and 3/2 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song appears in the British Museum MSS Reg. Appendix 58, and was printed by William Chappell in the first volume of his works, dealing with older airs. "By the Bank as I Lay" is a sixteenth century ballad and was recorded in period accounts as a favorite of King Henry VIII, a skilled amateur musician who liked to sing. A later version was printed by Ravenscroft in his collection Deuteromelia (1609), under the heading "Freemen's Songs to three voices." See Chappell (1859) for more.

Printed source: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pp. 46-47.

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