Randy's question set me to thinking along another line: My limited
knowledge of military practices of the time does include that drums were
used as signalling devices for a great many purposes. Some of those
purposes were later served by bugles. Did the early English soldiers in
Virginia perhaps have one or more buglers with them? And would there
have been any difference in the instrument's mouthpiece?

Brent Tarter
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Subject: Re: English National Songs ca. 1607

My immediate thoughts for further investigation go to the English Folk
Song and Dance Society:
http://www.efdss.org/
There are titles from 16th and 17th centuries at
http://www.contemplator.com/england/

John Weiss
Independent researcher, London

Randy Cabell wrote:

>With the discovery of a trumpet mouthpiece in a trashpit at Jamestowne,
it goes without saying that I am now off on a brand new 'project' :)))
Since trumpeters of that time were generally members of guilds and
secrecy demanded that they never write anything down, it is difficult to
find what this trumpeter might have played.  But I have already (re-)
constructed a dozen or so might-have-beens.
>
>The biggest problem that I have is the lack of ANY English national 
>song that may have been brought to Jamestowne.  As an example, the 
>Dutch came up with "William of Nassau - The Prince of Orange" about 50 
>years earlier, and short of "The Marseillaise", it is about the most 
>inspring tune I have ever heard.  (If you want an MP3 file of 3 
>trumpets and kettledrums playing it, drop me a note off-list.)
>
>The National Songs we traditionally associate with England did not come
on for another 100-150 years.  "God Save the King", "Rule Britannia",
"Roast Boeff of Old England", "Marlbrouck", etc.  The lusty bowmen of
Olde England and their nautical counterparts with Sir Francis Drake MUST
have sung and/or marched to something stirring.
>
>At the moment all  I can find are "Penny Merriments" i.e. pop songs of
the day some of which though with interesting titles like "Susanna
faire, sometimes assaulted was", are not generally what we associate
with storming the battlements of fortified townes.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Randy Cabell
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