I Have a Yong Suster

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Wilde Roses perform their arrangement of 'I have a yong suster fer biyonde the see'. The lyrics come from the mid fifteenth century and describe riddles in the form of gifts from the singer's sister.

Anna Tam - Voice and Viola da Gamba
Emily Baines - Voice and recorder
Arngeir Hauksson - Lute

I have a yong suster
Fer biyonde the see;
Manye be the druries
That she sente me.

She sente me the cherye
Withouten any stoon,
And so she dide the dove
Withouten any boon.

She sente me the brere
Withouten any rinde;
She bad me love my lemman
Withoute longinge.

How sholde any cherye
Be withoute stoon?
And how sholde any dove
Be withoute boon?

How sholde any brere
Be withoute rinde?
How sholde I love my lemman
Withoute longinge?

Whan the cherye was a flowr,
Thanne hadde it no stoon;
Whan the dove was an ey,
Thanne hadde it no boon.

Whan the brere was unbred,
Thanne hadde it no rinde;
Whan the maiden hath that she loveth,
She is withoute longinge.
MS Sloane 2593

Vocal tune collected 1879 by Harriet Mason.

Performed live at the Chandos Arms, Colindale, UK