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