WALSINGHAM.
Chappell's 'Popular Music of
the Olden Time.'
As I went to Wal-sing-ham, To the shrine with speed;
Met I with a jol - ly pal - mer, In a pil - grim's weed.
Is in Queen Elizabeth's Virginal book, but is probably much older. Is mentioned very frequently; see 'Knight of the Burning Pestle.' Also Act 5 of Fletcher's 'The Honest Man's Fortune,' a servant says: 'I'll renounce my five mark a year, and all the hidden art I have in carving, to teach young birds to whistle Walsingham.'
THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD.
Chappell's 'Popular Music of
the Olden Time.'
Now pon - der well, You parents dear, These
words which I shall write; A dole - ful sto - ry
you shall hear, In time brought forth to light.