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Composer(s): Traditional
Lyricist(s): Traditional
Ensemble(s): City Waites, The
Label: Naxos
Genre: Vocal
Catalogue No: 8.557672
Barcode: 0747313267224
Release Date: 06/2005
PENNY MERRIMENTS: Street Songs of 17th Century England
The songs on this disc were the pop music of their day. Printed in their thousands, they were as likely to be performed on the London stage as in the corner of a country alehouse. Subjects of such magnitude as the Restoration of Charles II or the Great Fire of London vie for space with lively, lusty tales of sexual exploits, jilted suitors, shrewish wives, fumbling husbands and country bumpkins. All were sung to some of the most delightful English tunes of the age, recreated here on a variety of period instruments.
Tracklist
Traditional
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
|  | 1 | The Courtiers Health, or The Merry Boys of the Times | 02:40 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 2 | The Country Lass | 04:07 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
Traditional
Traditional - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 3 | The Crost People, or A Good Misfortune | 07:12 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
Traditional
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 4 | The Countryman’s Joy | 02:44 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 5 | Seldom Cleanly | 03:38 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 6 | A Merry Jest of John Thomson and Jakaman His Wife | 04:45 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 7 | The Seven Merry Wives of London, or The Gossips Complaint | 04:01 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 8 | Old England Grown New | 02:50 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 9 | Good Advice to Batchelors, How to Court and Obtain a Young Lass | 03:07 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 10 | Neptune’s Raging Fury, or The Gallant Seaman's Sufferings | 03:13 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 11 | The North Country Lovers | 04:18 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 12 | The Lunatick Lover | 04:08 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 13 | The Downfall of Dancing | 06:14 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 14 | The Saint Turn’d Sinner | 03:51 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 15 | An Old Song on the Spanish Armada, or Sir Francis Drake | 02:07 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 16 | The Female Captain, or The Counterfit Bridegroom | 04:25 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 17 | London Mourning in Ashes | 04:07 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
| | 18 | The Famous Ratcatcher | 02:57 |
City Waites, The (Ensemble)
Total Playing Time: 01:10:24