Captain Tobias Hume: A Scottish Soldier

by Concerto Caledonia

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1.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - A mery conceit: The Q[ueens] delight 01:51		buy track
2.	Thomas Walker, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - What greater griefe 04:03	lyrics	buy track
What greater griefe then no reliefe in deepest woe, Death is no friend that will not end such harts sorrow, Helpe I do crie, no helpe is nie, but winde and aire, which to and fro do tosse and blow all to dispaire, Sith then dispaire I must, yet may not die, no man unhapier lives on earth then I. Tis I that feele the scornefull heele of dismall hate, My gaine is lost, my losse cleere cost repentance late, So I must mone bemonde of none, O bitter gal! Death be my friend with speed to end and quiet all. But if thou linger in dispaire to leave mee, He kill dispaire with hope, and so deceive thee.
3.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - A Spanish humor: The Lord Hayes favoret 03:45		buy track
4.	Thomas Walker, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Fain would I change that note 02:28	lyrics	buy track
Fain would I change that note To wich fond love hath charmd me, Long, long to sing by roate, Fancying that that harmde me Yet when this thought doth come Love is the perfect summe of all delight I have no other choice either for pen or voyce, to sing or write: O Love they wrong thee much, That say thy sweete is bitter. When thy ripe fruit is such, As nothing can be sweeter, Faire house of joy and blisse, Where truest pleasure is, I doe adore thee: I know thee what thou art, I serve thee with my hart, and fall before thee.
5.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - The virgins muse: The Lady Arbellaes favoret 04:30		buy track
6.	Alison McGillivray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Be merry a day will come / A Toy / Ha Couragie 02:19		buy track
7.	Alison McGillivray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - A Toy / A Merry meeting 02:08		buy track
8.	Alison McGillivray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - A Galliard 3 01:54		buy track
9.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Start: The Lady of Sussex delight 02:03		buy track
10.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - A Pollish Vilanell 02:04		buy track
11.	Thomas Walker, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Tobacco 01:55	lyrics	buy track
Tobacco, Tobacco sing sweetly for Tobacco, Tobacco is like love, O love it for you see I wil prove it. Love maketh leane the fatte mens tumor, so doth Tobacco, Love still dries uppe the wanton humor, so doth Tobacco, Love makes men sayle from shore to shore, so doth Tobacco Tis fond love often makes men poor so doth Tobacco Love makes men scorne al Coward feares, so doth Tobacco Love often sets men by the eares so doth Tobacco. Tobaccoe, Tobaccoe Sing sweetely for Tobaccoe, Tobaccoe is like Love, O love it, For you see I have prowde it.
12.	Alison McGillivray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Maister Crasse his Almayne / A Galliard 5 03:06		buy track
13.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - The Earle of Pembrookes Galiard 02:25		buy track
14.	Thomas Walker, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - The Souldiers Song 01:39	lyrics	buy track
I sing the praise of honor’d wars, the glory of wel gotten skars, The bravery of glittring shields, of lusty harts & famous fields: For that is Musicke worth the eare of Jove, a sight for kings, & still the Soldiers love: Look, for me thinks I see the grace of chivalry, The colours are displaid, the captaines bright araid: See now the battels rang’d bullets now thick are chang’d: Harke, harke, shootes and wounds abound, the drums allarum sound: The Captaines crye za za za, za the Trumpets sound tar ra ra ra ra ra: O this is musicke worth the eare of Jove, a sight for Kinges, and stil the Soldiers love.
15.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - A Souldiers Galiard 01:42		buy track
16.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Tickell, Tickell / I Am Falling / Tickle me quickly 03:54		buy track
17.	Alison McGillivray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Captaine Humes Galliard 03:15		buy track
18.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - My hope is revived: The Lady of Suffolkes delight 01:55		buy track
19.	Thomas Walker, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Cease leaden slumber: The Queenes New-yeeres gift 04:00	lyrics	buy track
Cease leaden slumber dreaming, my Genius presents the cause of sweet musickes meaning, Now which breedes my soules content, and bids my Muse awake, to heare sweete musickes note, that cherefully, glads me so cherefully. Me thought as I lay sleeping, dreames did enchaunt me with the prayse of musicke and her worth and her eternisht fame, But now I finde indeed my leaden windowes open, that cherefully, comforts full cherefully. Night, gloomy vaile to the morn dreames affright, no more where sweet musicke is now still appearing, leave passions to perplexe, For now my soule delights in musicks harmony, whose heavenly noyse, glads soules with tongue and voice, for now my soule delights, in heavenly noise of musickes sweetest joyes.
20.	Alison McGillivray, Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - An Almayne / Spirit of the Almayne 02:43		buy track
21.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - The Dukes Almaine: The Duke of Holstones delight 01:56		buy track
22.	Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness - Give you go[o]d morrowe Madam 01:34		buy track

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No-nonsense music and songs from everyone's favourite 17th-century Scots mercenary and his two books:
The First Part of Ayres: Captain Humes Musicall Humors (1605)
and Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607)

featuring tenor Thomas Walker as the Captain himself, and a host of instruments including viols, nyckelharpa, orpharions, lyra d'amore, renaissance flutes, cittern, theorbo, and virginals.

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released May 5, 2014

Thomas Walker, tenor
Chris Norman, renaissance flutes
Clare Salaman, nyckelharpa
Elizabeth Kenny, orpharion, theorbo
Tommy Johansson, orpharion, cittern
Alison McGillivray, lyra d’amore, bass viol
Liam Byrne, tenor viol, bass viol
David McGuinness, virginals, director

Recorded on 16 August 2012 in Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian
Producer & editor: David McGuinness
Engineer, mix & mastering: Calum Malcolm
Programme devised by David McGuinness & Alison McGillivray
Cover painting: Joe Davie

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