Come, Sweet Lass
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Come, Sweet Lass", also known as "This Bonny Weather" is an English air in F Major.<br> The parts are played AB.<br> The melody appears under this title in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) and earlier in all<br> editions of Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth; or, Pills to Purge Melancholy (1698) and is<br> associated with the 18th century theatre. It appears in Playford's Dancing Master from the<br> 9th edition through the last (18th) edition where it is known as "Greenwich Park".<br> There is an English manuscript source from c. 1704-1707 and an undated songsheet that<br> attributes the music to a "Mr. Clarke". Scots composer James Oswald (who lived in London)<br> included the tune in his 1744 collection A Second Collection of Curious Scots Tunes.<br> It was entered into the music manuscript copybook of London musician Thomas Hammersley (c. 1790). <br> It was printed in Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (1788),<br> Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 2 (1859),<br> Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760) and<br> Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984).<br> It was recorded by Abby Newton on Castles, Kirks and Caves (2001).<br>
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