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    Spring, the sweet Spring

    Some background to the poem Spring, the sweet Spring by Elizabethan poet Thomas Nashe, which Canasg composer Douglas Cook has set to music.
    16 August 2025

  • The Lyke Wake Dirge

    Here's a strong song, with lyrics at least as old as the 17th century.
    2 March 2024

  • I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In

    I’m dipping into the Canasg catalogue to draw your attention to a really fun, easily learned, arrangement by Paul Ayres of this traditional English carol. If, like me, you sometimes…
    22 September 2023
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