Friday 10 June 2016
Tune of the Day: Cherry Ripe
arranged for two flutes
This English song was quite popular in the 19th century and at the time of World War I. Its music was composed by Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849), a composer and singer from London, while its lyrics date back to 17th-century poet Robert Herrick. It is thought that the refrain originated as a trader's street cry:
Cherry ripe, cherry ripe,
Ripe I cry,
Full and fair ones
Come and buy.
The present arrangement for two flutes is taken from Blake's Young Flutist's Magazine, published in 1833.