Lyr Req: All in a Garden Greene

Subject: Lyr Req: All in a garden green
From: GUEST,Hanny Budnick
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 12:17 PM

In a previous thread there was a lead to Olson's web site, www.erols.com/olsonw. He had promised the complete lyrics to be found there. I tried the site and found out that the author died in 10/2003, the site appears to have closed. Now, whom do I asked for the complete lyrics to that Playford tune?

Subject: Lyr Add: ALL IN A GARDEN GREENE
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 01:07 PM

Here is the song as it was on Bruce's site. I probably have his tune file too if you want it. The index entry was:

All in a garden greene, 1600

(There are some people here have copies of his entire site if you need anything else from his site. I have tune files and some of the lyric files, but not a mirror of the site).

Mick

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A merry new ballad, of a countrye wench and a clowne.

To a fine tune

All in a garden greene,
where late I layde me downe
Vppon a banke of camemeyle,
where I sawe vpon a style,
sitting, a countrey Clowne,
howldinge within his armes
a comelye countrey mayde:
courting her with all his skyll,
working her vnto his will,
Thus to her he sayd:-
'Kisse me in kindness,
    'sweet hart' quoth he.
'Syr, not for twenty
    'good pounds,' quoth she.
He sayd 'Saye no soe.'
She sayd 'Let me goe.'
'Staye, sweet hart,' quoth he.
'Fye! how you ruffle me.'
'What a lyfe is this:-
'Lord, how I love thee,
'sweet hart,' quoth she.
---lost---
---lost---
'Fye for shame, I saye:
'take your hand awaye.'
'Sweet,' quoth he, 'be styll;
'Though against thy will,
   'I must haue a Kysse.

'Sweete, I'le forsake my holde
'yf thow will tarrye styll;
'And here I make a vowe to thee
'thow shalt not be toucht, for me,
'more then thy good will.'
'Hands off, for shame!' she sayd,
'In fayth, yow are to blame.
'Yf any body should vs see,
'what a blemish would it be
'to my honest name.'
'Syt but a lyttle,
   'by me, on this style;
'and I will bringe thee
   'on thy way a mile.'
There she sate her downe
by this lovely Clowne.
'Sweete!' quoth he,
'Wilt thow wed with me?'
'No! good fayth, not I~'
'Let me but laye
'my hand upon thy knee.'
'Fye!' quoth the bony lasse,
'That may not be.'
'Sweete come kisse me then.'
'Mauydes must kisse no men:
'Fye! for shame I say.'
'yf yow say me nay,
   'Then for love I dye.'

'Lord, how yow hurt my hand;
'for god's sake let me goe:
'By my fayth and my troth,
'I did little thinke, forsooth!
'yow would haue servd me so.'
'Graunt me my suite;' quoth he,
'and then I'le let the goe:
'I praye thee, doe me not denye,
'gentle sweeting, but say I!'
Styll she answered 'No!'
'Let me but lay
   my hand vpon thy knee.'
'No! let me goe.
    'I must be gone,' quoth she.
'If my mother knew
'that I were with yow,
'Woe should be my part.'
'Stay!' quoth he, 'sweet hart!
   'she shall never know.'
Then did he carrye her
behynd a tree.
What they did there
is unknown to me;
But I hard her say,
when she caame awaye,
making low curtsye,
'Once again,' quoth she,
   'kysse me ere yow goe.'

Then the[y] went hand in hand,
a furlong and more;
Where, as hey parted lovinglye
She put her finger in the eye,
and did weepe full sore.
Sighing, 'Sweet hart,' whe sayd,
'Since now yow haue me won
'To yeeld and let you haue your will,
'if yow would not love me styll,
'I were quite vndone.'
'Sweete!' then quoth he,
   'I pray thee be content.'
'If this be knowne,' quoth she,
   'I am sure I shall be shent.'
'Hie thee home,' quoth he,
'for I dow sware to thee
'long it shall not be
'ere I come to thee
   'to hear what yow wilt saye.'
Lore, how her colour
went and came for shame.
As other mayds
having done the same.
Though they make a showe,
and say often 'No!'
they will take it, tho
    they crye 'fye away!'

PLAY: B007 in file BM0

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: All in a garden green
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 03:02 PM

Although Bruce's site is no longer at its original location, a good few people have their own copies and several iterations of it are archived at The Internet Archive Wayback Machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://users.erols.com/olsonw/

This information is also given in other threads relating to the fate and future of Bruce Olson's website.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: All in a garden green
From: treaties1
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 03:46 AM

You can also access Bruce's site through 'quick links' at the top of this page

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: All in a garden green
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 05:21 AM

I wish I seen your post earlier Teresa; after posting earlier I went and recovered the parts of his site that I was missing. If I'd realised it was already here I probably wouldn't have bothered!

Mick

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: All in a garden green
From: treaties1
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 07:17 AM

Not Theresa, Mick but nutty away from home.
I was surprised that Malcolm hadn't directed people to 'quick links' I thought it was common knowledge that Mudcat had become host to the Bruce Olsen site.
Another reason for supporting Mudcat regardless of some recent drawbacks.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: All in a garden green
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 08:15 AM

nutty (in disguise)

I must have missed it when it was done. I did know it was still available through the Wayback Machine link that Malcolm posted above, as I remember when that was discussed here before. (I tried some time ago to download the site from there with one of the site-grabber utilities but without success. As I already had the tune and text files I hadn't bothered with the rest of it until now. I've downloaded the rest of it manually).

Hope you enjoy the launch.

Mick