Goddesses
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
Also known as "Quodling’s Delight" and "O the Oak and the Ash and the Bonny Ivy Tree".<br> This air was first published by Playford in The English Dancing Master (1651)<br> through the 7th edition of 1686, after which the title was attached to another melody and<br> the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (1609) with the title "Quodling’s Delight" and is attributed<br> to composer Giles Farnaby. <br> "Goddesses" belongs to a large and popular tune family which includes numerous dance and<br> ballad melodies. Derivatives became, for example, the American shape note hymn "Samanthra".<br> It was also used for the English songs "A North Country Maid", "The Dumb Maid", "The Northern<br> Lasse's Lamentation; or, The Unhappy Maid's Misfortune" and "The Oak and Ash (and the<br> Bonny Ivy Tree". John Gay employed the melody for Air XIV in his Achilles (1733). <br> It was also printed in Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859) as<br> "Quodling’s Delight", Karpeles & Schofield's A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs (1951) and<br> Sharp's Country Dance Tunes (1909).<br> It was recorded on The English Country Dancing Master vol. 2 by The Telemann Society.<br>
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