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Old Song

uncredited

First published 1920
Type Poem

One of the songs in The Ayres That Were Sung and Played, at Brougham Castle in Westmerland, in the Kings Entertainment (1618); the writer of the verses is not credited there, but they have long been attributed to Thomas Campion (see, for discussion, "Campion's Entertainment at Brougham Castle, 1617" by Ian Spink, in Music in English Renaissance Drama, 2015).

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1920 Cover The Book of Fairy Poetry Longmans, Green and Co. Anthology 86