[Sca-cooks] Food Songs

[Daniel Myers]

I heard a modern version performed once - I suspect it was the
arrangement by John Rutter - but the meter of the period lyrics doesn't
fit the modern tune.

 From a web search I found the following references:

Sung to the same tune as the carol "Nowell, Nowell, this is the
salutation of the angel Gabriel" as presented in MS Sloane, No. 2593,
Brit. Mus.

"Popular Music of the Olden Time", William Chapell, Chappel & Co., 1859,
London.
Reprinted by Dover Publications, 1965, New York.  LoC# 65-14107

Another modern arrangement of the song was made by Paul Nelson -
possibly with the original lyrics and based on the "original" tune.



On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 02:43 PM, robert frazier wrote:

> where can we here the tune for this?
> --- Daniel Myers <doc at medievalcookery.com> wrote:
>> How about this one?
>>
>>
>> Bring Us In Good Ale
>> (Fifteenth-century carol)
>>
>> Bryng us in good ale, and bryng us in good ale;
>> Fore owr blyssyd Lady sak, bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no browne bred, fore that is mad of
>> brane,
>> Nore bryng us in no whyt bred, fore therin is no
>> game,
>> But bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no befe, for ther is many bonys,
>> But bryng us in good ale, for that goth downe at
>> onys,
>> And bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no bacon, for that is passyng fate,
>> But bryng us in good ale, and gyfe us inought of
>> that,
>> And bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no mutton, for that is often lene,
>> Nor brynge us in no tryps, for thei be syldom clene,
>> But bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no eggys, for ther ar many schelles,
>> But bryng us in good ale, and gyfe us nothyng ellys,
>> And bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no butter, for therin ar many herys,
>> Nor bryng us in no pygges flesch, for that wyl maj
>> us borys,
>> But bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no podynges, for therin is al Godes
>> good,
>> Nor bryng us in no veneson, for that is not for owr
>> blod,
>> But bryng us in good ale.
>>
>> Bryng us in no capons flesch, for that is often der,
>> Nor bryng us in no dokes flesch, for thei slober in
>> the mer,
>> But bryng us in good ale.
>>


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