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| Composer : | Traditional | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Guitar solo (standard notation) | ||||
| Style : | Folk | ||||
| Arranger : | Lewis, Alastair (1974 - ) | ||||
| Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||||
| Copyright : | Copyright © Alastair Lewis | ||||
| Added by alastair-lewis, 17 Jul 2011 An English folk song, the lyrics for "Early One Morning" can be found in publications as early as 1787. However these often fell under different titles such as "The Lamenting Maid" or "The Lovesick Maid". As far as the melody is concerned, this was first printed in William Chappell's "Collection of National English Airs" from c.1855-1859. This melody may be derived from another song "The Forsaken Lover". Chappell wrote in his later "Popular Music of the Olden Time" : "If I were required to name three of the most popular songs among the servant-maids of the present generation, I should say, from my own experience, that they are Cupid's Garden, I sow'd the seeds of love, and Early one morning. I have heard Early one morning sung by servants who came from Leeds, from Hereford and from Devonshire, and by others from parts nearer to London. The tune... was, I believe first printed in my collection.... from one of the penny song-books collected by Ritson, and it is curious that scarely any two copies agree beyond the second line, although the subject is always the same - a damsel's complaint for the loss of her lover." The music featured in the opening bars of the "Radio 4 UK Theme" by Fritz Spiegl, which could be heard every morning at 5.30 am on BBC Radio 4. This is a free sheet music for solo guitar. Sheet central : | Early One Morning (4 sheet music) | | |||
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