William Corkine - Whoop doe me no harme, Come live with me - Lyra Viol - Robert Smith

Here are two pieces by William Corkine for Lyra Viol in Alfonso Waye Tuning - efhfh They are instrumental variations on ballad melodies that were popular around 1600. The pieces are found in his two books of Ayres published in London in 1610 and 1612. 0:01 - Whoope doe me no harme goodman (1610) 3:26 - Come live with me, and be my Love. (1612) Links: Broadside Ballads Online from the Bodleian Libraries English Broadside Ballad Archive Both links are goldmines. The second one has many recorded examples, but currently I only seem to be able to access it with a VPN set to the UK. Sung texts: “Whoope doe me no harme goodman / Whoop, Jenny come down to me“ The pretty sweet Jenny she sat on a hill where Jonny the lad her see. He sharpened his pen and he called to her shrill: Whoop, Jenny come down to me. But pretty sweet Jenny was lov’d by so many that little delight had she To think upon Jonny who thought her so bonny, Whoop, Jonny go home without me [Based on Folger Library MS (ca. 1600) and adapted by myself.] “Come live with me and be my Love“ Come live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hilles and vallies, dales and fields, Woods or craggy mountains yeeld. There we will sit upon the rocks, And see the Shepheards feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, by whose fals, Melodious birds sing Madrigals. [Based on a poem by Christopher Marlowe in The Passionate Pilgrim, 1599.] Other ballad melody variations for lyra viol by Corkine are: Fortune my foe, Walsingham, Monsieur’s Almaine. Also see Manchester Lyra viol book (BRm 832 Vu 51), 1st tuning, for variations on: What if a Daye, Fortune, Robin is to the Greenwood gone, Whoop do me no harme, Daphne, The Nightingale The recording was made live during a concert at Studio 150 | Bethlehemkerk in Amsterdam Noord on 25-06-2022, and was possible thanks to the support of Amarte Studio Concerts Instrument Andreas Jais. Strings are unwound gut. Bow by Basil de Visser This project is supported by the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts.