A really easy one
A very simple piece, strongly rooted in the key of D-minor. It has an insistent drone, which is emphasised in this arrangement as I have added a low A-natural to the Dm chord. This is the approach adopted fro tablature of similar pieces for the ukulele's ancestor, the Renaissance guitar.
It has the feel of an abandoned rustic dance, and quite unlike the more “cultured” pieces of Dowland, Le Roy and their contemporaries.
There is a strong temptation when playing to fill in many of the chords and strum them. There’s also space to add ornaments if you wish.
Adapted for low-G ukulele from 58 Very Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute. The Lute Society, 1999. The original is in the Dallis Lute Book, MS 410/1, at Trinity College, Dublin. The online facsimile is, unfortunately, not currently available.
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Lusty Gallant lyrics
Fain would I have a pretty thing,
To give unto my lady;
I name no thing,
And mean no thing
But as pretty a thing as may be.
Twenty journeys would I make,
And twenty days would hie me;
To make adventure for her sake,
To set some matter by me.
Some do long for pretty knacks,
And some for strange devices;
God send me what my lady lacks,
I care not what the price is.
