The Lant Roll

This page contains Crispin's transcriptions from Thomas Lant's roll of 57 rounds written in 1580. For ease of use, here they all are in a booklet:

• The Lant Roll (PDF)

The Lant Roll (MS KC 1) is a collection of 57 rounds gathered by Thomas Lant and recorded on a parchment roll 16 feet long and 3¾ inches wide.

To my knowledge there has not previously been a transcription available of all of the rounds contained in the Lant Roll, although a selection of those not found in Thomas Ravenscroft's books were included in Jill Vlasto's An Elizabethan Anthology of Rounds. When I emailed off to Kings College Library asking about the roll I was informed that there wasn't a digital copy of the manuscript yet, but they were happy to make one for a fee, thus enabling this present work.

Unfortunately I don't have the rights to make the original images available. However, Kings College Cambridge Library has now put them online, so go check it out!.

Individual Noteworthy format music files:

• 1. All in to service (3 parts in one)
• 2. My harte of golde (4 pts in one)
• 3. Sing ye nowe after mee (5 pts in one)
• 4. O my fearfull dream (3 pts in one)
• 5. Fayer fall the Nitingall (3 pts in one)
• 6. What happ had y to marie a shrew (3 pts in one)
• 7. Singe we nowe merilie (11 pts in one)
• 8. Jack boy howe boy newes (4 pts in one)
• 9. Fare well mine owen sweet hart (4 pts in one)
• 10. Singe ye nowe after me (5 pts in one)
• 11. As I me walked (4 pts in one)
• 12. Hey ho nobodie at home (5 pts in one)
• 13. Nestro de farielle (4 pts in one)
• 14. Dones a boire all boone companion (4 pts in one)
• 15. Alegra Anglia alegra (4 pts in one)
• 16. The pigion is never wo (4 pts in one)
• 17. Hey ho what shall I saye (9 in one)
• 18. Hey how to the greene wood nowe let us go (3 pts in one)
• 19. Conditor, kirie (4 pts in one)
• 20. White wyne & suger (5 pts in one)
• 21. Jenkin the jester (5 pts in one)
• 22. Jolly Shepherde (3 pts in one)
• 23. The pie sate in ye perie tree (3 pts in one)
• 24. Nowe nowe behonde (3 pts in one)
• 25. Treamoune (3 pts in one)
• 26. Misere mei (4 pts in one)
• 27. In te domine speravi (4 pts in one)
• 28. Lorde have m'cy upon us (4 pts in one)
• 29. Now god be wth old Simion (3 parts in one)
• 30. Com' follow me merily my mates (5 pts in one)
• 31. Conso re my fa my re ut (4 pts in one)
• 32. Hould thy peace (3 pts in one)
• 33. Let Lobcock leave his wyfe at home (5 pts in one)
• 34. The owld dog (3 pts in one)
• 35. Joy in the gates of Jerusalem (4 pts in one)
• 36. Scotland it burneth (4 pts in one)
• 37. Jone come kisse me now (3 pts in one)
• 38. New oysters (3 pts in one)
• 39. Blow thy horne thou jolly hunter (4 pts in one)
• 40. Browning madam (3 pts in one)
• 41. Lets have an a peale (4 pts in one)
• 42. Sing after fellos as you heare mee (4 pts in one)
• 43. Lady come down and see (4 pts in one)
• 44. Fare well my hart of gould (4 pts in one)
• 45. God be wth good felowes all (4 pts in one)
• 46. How should we sing well (5 pts in one)
• 47. The wynde blowes out of the west (4 pts in one)
• 48. Oken leaves in the mery wood so wylde (3 pts in one)
• 49. Fille the cuppe & drinke once base boule boy (3 pts in one)
• 50. Followe me quickly (3 pts in one)
• 51. Troule troule ye bowle to me (4 pts in one)
• 52. A milner would I bee (4 pts in one)
• 53. Nicholae pontifex (3 pts in one)
• 54. All into service (3 pts in one)
• 55. Celebrons sans cesse (4 pts in one)
• 56. A dieu seur sois honneur (Canon a 4)
• 57. Sancte escriture (Canon a 4)

Last updated 24/04/2019.

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