Dowland Fragments

Commissioned note

Highly Commended, Philip Neill Memorial Prize, 2020

Contents note

I. Come away, sweet love
II. It was a time when Silly Bees
III. Come again, sweet love doth now invite
IV. Fine knacks for ladies
V. A Shepherd in a shade

Text note

All texts adapted from John Dowland's Songs or Ayres:

I. Come away, sweet love
Anonymous/Unattributed Text
Published in The First Booke of Songs (1597)
(Extract)

II. It was a time when Silly Bees
Text by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Published in The Third book of Songs (1603)
(Extract)

III. Come again, sweet love doth now invite
Anonymous/Unattributed Text
Published in The First Booke of Songs (1597)
(Extract)

IV. Fine knacks for ladies
Anonymous/Unattributed Text
Published in The Second Book of Songs (1600)
(Extract)

V. A Shepherd in a shade
Text by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Published in The Second book of Songs (1600)
(Extract)