Sleep, wayward thoughts exists in arrangements for lyra viol, lute, and just as a tune and bass. It became a repertoire standard so familiar that John Playford included it, shorn of words and Dowland’s syncopated lute part, as an example of four-part harmony in some editions of his
Introduction to the Skill of Music. We’ve used a version of this as a prelude introducing
Come, heavy Sleep.
from notes by Elizabeth Kenny © 2008
