Ah, this will need some explaining. In my thirst to learn tunes (Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself?) I'm going through a book I've had sometime (Folk Songs of the British Isles compiled by Andrew Gant. 1997) to find all those I could possibly learn to play (Honestly, simply those whose scores don't go below the low D. I know it's possible to 'rearrange' those that don't, but that's currently beyond me/my patience).
I couldn't find anything else out about this tune (Even on Google) so here's what my book says:
AH, THE SIGHS THAT COME FROM MY HEART
Text and melody: W Chappell, Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859). Ascribed to a manuscript dating from the time of Henry VIII.
It'll be interesting to see what I can make of it when I come to try.
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