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Ralph Jordan

2008-07-01T23:55:24Z

Irene Shettle:

==Ralph Jordan==

is a Londoner, born in Streatham in 1954. He is a talented multi-instrumentalist (Maccann duet concertina, bouzouki, cittern, guitar, keyboards) principally known for his work as an accompanist and an arranger. He has an extensive musical background on the English folk scene.

He began playing Maccann duet concertina and performing in the 1970's, and over the years has been a member of many groups, and has worked with well known names in the folk world too numerous to list in their entirety. Worthy of mention amongst them though are his partnership with James Patterson ''Silas'' which commenced in the mid-1970's. The duo subsequently teamed up with Mick Ryan and Jon Burge to form the group ''Crows'' in 1978. Ralph eventually left in 1981 to team up with Nigel Chippindale and Colin Thompson and form the iconoclastic band ''Eric''. Over the years he has also, for example,worked with Penny Hop, Martyn Wyndham-Read, and John Tams and had a stint in the more recent past as an honorary Fraser Sister on tour with Fi Fraser and Jo Freya.

In the summer of 2000 he teamed up with James Patterson again, and with the addition of John Dipper formed the band [[Patterson Jordan Dipper]],producing the CD ''Flat Earth'' for Wildgoose Records in 2004. In 2007 he joined forces with Ed Rennie, Pierce Butler, Alan Rawlinson, Tim Normanton, and Trevor Bennett to form the dance band Housewives' Choice.

He was also responsible for bringing the Swedish bands Filarfoket and Groupa over to the UK in the late 1980's/early 1990's at a time when Swedish folk music was little known in this country.

He is a useful man to have around as, wearing his other hats, he has provided PA for many well known performers, and, in a previous existence, held down a BBC job as sound engineer/studio manager - or, as he has been known to term it "audio butler" - for many years, working with the likes of Andy Kershaw, John Peel (and Terry Wogan). His experience proved invaluable to the project which produced the second CD compilation of live performances by Nic Jones ''Unearthed'' for which he carried out the task of producer.

His name appears on many CDs as performer (either in his own right, or as guest artist) or as sound engineer/producer.

Ralph Jordan

2008-07-01T23:53:29Z

Irene Shettle:

==Ralph Jordan==

is a Londoner, born in Streatham in 1954. He is a talented multi-instrumentalist (Maccann duet concertina, bouzouki, cittern, guitar, keyboards) principally known for his work as an accompanist and an arranger. He has an extensive musical background on the English folk scene.

He began playing MacCann duet concertina and performing in the 1970's, and over the years has been a member of many groups, and has worked with well known names in the folk world too numerous to list in their entirety. Worthy of mention amongst them though are his partnership with James Patterson ''Silas'' which commenced in the mid-1970's. The duo subsequently teamed up with Mick Ryan and Jon Burge to form the group ''Crows'' in 1978. Ralph eventually left in 1981 to team up with Nigel Chippindale and Colin Thompson and form the iconoclastic band ''Eric''. Over the years he has also, for example,worked with Penny Hop, Martyn Wyndham-Read, and John Tams and had a stint in the more recent past as an honorary Fraser Sister on tour with Fi Fraser and Jo Freya.

In the summer of 2000 he teamed up with James Patterson again, and with the addition of John Dipper formed the band [[Patterson Jordan Dipper]],producing the CD ''Flat Earth'' for Wildgoose Records in 2004. In 2007 he joined forces with Ed Rennie, Pierce Butler, Alan Rawlinson, Tim Normanton, and Trevor Bennett to form the dance band Housewives' Choice.

He was also responsible for bringing the Swedish bands Filarfoket and Groupa over to the UK in the late 1980's/early 1990's at a time when Swedish folk music was little known in this country.

He is a useful man to have around as, wearing his other hats, he has provided PA for many well known performers, and, in a previous existence, held down a BBC job as sound engineer/studio manager - or, as he has been known to term it "audio butler" - for many years, working with the likes of Andy Kershaw, John Peel (and Terry Wogan). His experience proved invaluable to the project which produced the second CD compilation of live performances by Nic Jones ''Unearthed'' for which he carried out the task of producer.

His name appears on many CDs as performer (either in his own right, or as guest artist) or as sound engineer/producer.

Talk:Duet concertina

2008-07-01T19:38:54Z

Irene Shettle: New page: The entries re duet concertina/Maccann duet are conflicting. The quote from Hayden gives the spelling "Maccann" as does the Concertina.com site which is linked to under the heading of "Mac...

The entries re duet concertina/Maccann duet are conflicting. The quote from Hayden gives the spelling "Maccann" as does the Concertina.com site which is linked to under the heading of "MacCann duet". The linked article re Maccann makes it quite clear that that was the way that he spelled his name, and uses that spelling throughout. Without going back over all the stuff which I have read in the last few months on the subject it was my understanding that somewhere along the line a capital C crept in, and was adopted to a large degree, but that it is now recognised that the non-cap C spelling is wrong, as indeed is the other "McCann" spelling. Should some explanation of this be made, as we have two spellings of the same name on the same page, and a link to a very comprehensive website which also uses the non cap C version of the name ... ???

Talk:Ralph Jordan

2008-07-01T19:27:15Z

Irene Shettle:

There has been some degree of divergence in the spelling of the name of the Maccann Duet concertina. It seems to be generally recognised now that "Professor" Maccann spelled his name without benefit of the capital C which was introduced into it some time later, and that the spelling should correctly be "Maccann".

See the entry at http://www.concertina.com/merris/bibliography/duet-tutors.htm section D1 for further detail.

Talk:Ralph Jordan

2008-07-01T19:26:52Z

Irene Shettle: New page: There has been some degree of divergence in the spelling of the name of the Maccann Duet concertina. It seems to be generally recognised now that "Professor" Maccann spelled his name witho...

Ralph Jordan

2008-07-01T19:15:26Z

Irene Shettle:

==Ralph Jordan==

is a Londoner, born in Streatham in 1954. He is a talented multi-instrumentalist (MacCann duet concertina, bouzouki, cittern, guitar, keyboards) principally known for his work as an accompanist and an arranger. He has an extensive musical background on the English folk scene.

He began playing Maccann duet concertina and performing in the 1970's, and over the years has been a member of many groups, and has worked with well known names in the folk world too numerous to list in their entirety. Worthy of mention amongst them though are his partnership with James Patterson ''Silas'' which commenced in the mid-1970's. The duo subsequently teamed up with Mick Ryan and Jon Burge to form the group ''Crows'' in 1978. Ralph eventually left in 1981 to team up with Nigel Chippindale and Colin Thompson and form the iconoclastic band ''Eric''. Over the years he has also, for example,worked with Penny Hop, Martyn Wyndham-Read, and John Tams and had a stint in the more recent past as an honorary Fraser Sister on tour with Fi Fraser and Jo Freya.

In the summer of 2000 he teamed up with James Patterson again, and with the addition of John Dipper formed the band [[Patterson Jordan Dipper]],producing the CD ''Flat Earth'' for Wildgoose Records in 2004. In 2007 he joined forces with Ed Rennie, Pierce Butler, Alan Rawlinson, Tim Normanton, and Trevor Bennett to form the dance band Housewives' Choice.

He was also responsible for bringing the Swedish bands Filarfoket and Groupa over to the UK in the late 1980's/early 1990's at a time when Swedish folk music was little known in this country.

He is a useful man to have around as, wearing his other hats, he has provided PA for many well known performers, and, in a previous existence, held down a BBC job as sound engineer/studio manager - or, as he has been known to term it "audio butler" - for many years, working with the likes of Andy Kershaw, John Peel (and Terry Wogan). His experience proved invaluable to the project which produced the second CD compilation of live performances by Nic Jones ''Unearthed'' for which he carried out the task of producer.

His name appears on many CDs as performer (either in his own right, or as guest artist) or as sound engineer/producer.

Joseph Taylor

2008-07-01T19:11:26Z

Irene Shettle:

Joseph Taylor of Saxby-All Saints, Lincolnshire - b. 1832 approximately - was considered by Percy Grainger, the Australian pianist, composer and folk song collector, to be the finest folk singer that he had the opportunity to record.

Read the rest of this article on a [http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/joseph.taylor/ Joseph Taylor web page] but note that these is a factual error on the site.

''The linked article is interesting but contains an inaccuracy since it refers to Percy Grainger visiting Lincolnshire in 1905 with Lucy Broadwood. In fact she did not attend the first Folk Song competition there in that year, but actually attended the second one , at which she was a judge of the Folk Song Competition, in the following year, and carried out a joint collecting trip with Grainger at that time , 1906. (Taylor, incidentally, did not win the competition that year.) ''
--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 20:11, 1 July 2008 (BST)

Talk:Joseph Taylor

2008-06-30T00:30:24Z

Irene Shettle: New page: The linked article is interesting, but is, unfortunately, inaccurate, since it refers to Percy Grainger visiting Lincolnshire in 1905 with Lucy Broadwood. In fact she did not attend the fi...

The linked article is interesting, but is, unfortunately, inaccurate, since it refers to Percy Grainger visiting Lincolnshire in 1905 with Lucy Broadwood. In fact she did not attend the first Folk Song competition there in that year, butactually attended the second one the following year, and carried out a joint collecting trip with Grainger at that time , 1906. In view of the fact that the intention is that this site should be authoratative in content, should some caveat be provided regarding the information ... or the link removed??

Ralph Jordan

2008-06-30T00:13:24Z

Irene Shettle: New page: ==Ralph Jordan== is a Londoner, born in Streatham in 1954. He is a talented multi-instrumentalist (MacCann duet concertina, bouzouki, cittern, guitar, keyboards) principally known for his...

Talk:Regional

2007-12-10T02:38:49Z

Irene Shettle: New page: I've entered up details re Electric Voices under this heading, where it would seem to fit. However, looking at the other entries most if not all of those are organisations which also run w...

I've entered up details re Electric Voices under this heading, where it would seem to fit. However, looking at the other entries most if not all of those are organisations which also run workshops etc... in the circs I'm not certain whether the intentions of this section fall under the educational heading... although having said that, workshops with Coope Boyes and Simpson in February are in the pipeline... any views, please?

Regional

2007-12-10T02:34:45Z

Irene Shettle:

==North-East==

'''''Folkworks''''' is probably the best known of the regional folk development organisations. Based at The Sage in Gateshead it runs a variety of projects and has links with the degree in folk music at Newcastle University. [http://www.folkworks.co.uk/ Folkworks] [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/course/W340/Folk_and_Traditional_Music Folk Degree]

==North-West==

'''''Folkus''''' is a folk arts development organisation funded by ACE and Lancashire County Council to support folk activity in their region. [http://www.folkus.co.uk/home.htm web site]

'''''Furness Tradition''''' is a voluntarily run folk arts facilitating organisation based in Ulverston, South Cumbria. Furness Tradition also runs an annual festival in Ulverston in July. [http://www.furnesstradition.org.uk web site]

==Yorkshire and Humberside==

'''''Yorkshire Folk Arts''''' state ''Every one of the 5 million people in Yorkshire and the Humber should be aware of folk arts and have a chance to take part; and every child in every school in the region should have the chance to learn traditional music, song and dance.'' [http://www.yorkshire-folk-arts.com/ web site]

'''''Ryburn 3 Step''''', based in Ripponden in the Pennines, run a staggering number of events each year, a large proportion of which are classes for local people. [http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/ web site]

'''''Yorkshire Dales Workshop''''' founded by Geoff and Liz Bowen and based in Glusburn between Keighley and Skipton. Run a variety of projects for schools and the public. [http://www.ydw.org.uk/ web site]]

==East Anglia==

'''''East Anglian Traditional Music Trust''''' operate out of their headquarters in Stowmarket and run a comprehensive programme of events, workshops, school and community projects, etc. [http://www.eatmt.org.uk/ web site]

==South-East==

'''''South East Folk Arts Network''''' (SEFAN) are active in their area, '' "offering an
information, advisory, co-ordinating and networking service
for the traditional arts in the region" ''. [http://www.sefan.org.uk/AboutUs.html web site]

'''''Electric Voices''''' is a folk arts organisation based in Guildford, Surrey, and is run by Lawrence and Linda Heath. Concerts are based in the Electric Theatre,Guildford,(from where the organisation derives its name, and the main site where concerts have now been held for 10 years since 1997 ), Cranleigh Arts Centre, and Farnham Maltings. Electric Voices also organise the Music Institute Folk Club in Guildford, and the Godalming Borough Hall (GBH) Ceilidhs (which have now been running for over 30 years).They have now been hosting the "Maypoles to Mistletoe" show at the Electric Theatre for 10 years, which holds the record for longevity at that venue (as it also does at Hawth in Crawley, Sussex where it has been running even longer !) [http://www.electricvoices.org.uk/ web site]

==South West==

'''''Wren Trust''''' based in Okehampton, run workshops and schools projects based on local traditions and songs. [http://www.wrenmusic.co.uk/ web site]

Talk:Books before 1900

2007-11-26T01:01:33Z

Irene Shettle:

Lucy Broadwood's "English Traditional Songs and Carols" has been submitted in this category. However, as is quite correctly shown, it was not published until 1908. The date of collection of the songs is a secondary factor, as the category title makes it quite clear that the deciding criterion is the actual date of publication. In the circumstances in my opinion this book should correctly be allocated to the post-1900 section.
--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 03:31, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

That's a fair point. I would suggest putting it in the pre 1900 section with the inclusion of a phrase like "...although not published until 1908, the contents relate to 19th findings" or something like that.

In addition, I think that the date divisions need revisiting to consider how to cope with anomalies like this.
--[[User:JohnnyAdams|JohnnyAdams]] 12:57, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I wonder if a date division of this sort is actually justified, as it isn't related to a specific event or change in the collecting world that I'm aware of ? You might just as well use the 1914 date (which was used at the Folklife conference in Sheffield recently to denote just such a specific change in the world in general). Why not pre-1850, or pre-1800 books if you're going to do it in the current way etc etc? I would have thought that a listing of books, by date order of publication might be a more natural way of organising it without imposing an artifical date divide.... just MHO, of course (and my library working days are well and truly long past and gone, so regret I have no idea what classification rules would apply here!)
--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:42, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

George Gardiner

2007-11-26T00:48:54Z

Irene Shettle:

'''George Barnet Gardiner''', Scottish folk-song collector, c.1852-1910.

With a collection of over 1,400 songs, Gardiner should be ranked alongside the major collectors, but his collection fell into obscurity after his death in 1910. He was 'rediscovered' by James Reeves and Frank Purslow in the 1950s. Frank Purslow did a gargantuan job collating the collection and publishing about 150 of his songs in the excellent 'Marrowbones' series of songbooks 1965-1973. The books, however, were a mixture of Gardiner's and Henry Hammond's material, and Gardiner still did not quite receive the prominence he deserved. The present centenary of his collecting is doing much to further restore his reputation.

George Gardiner was born in Kincardine-on-Forth, Perthshire, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh, he then taught at the Edinburgh Academy from 1884 until 1896. [[H.E.D. Hammond]] joined the staff of the Academy in 1890, and the two men became friends. Gardiner retired from the Academy to translate and publish textbooks. He travelled widely on the continent during this period, and in 1903 he made an extensive study of the folk song of Europe. In 1904 he began collecting English folk songs, at first with Henry Hammond in Hammond's native Somerset. Hammond then concentrated on Dorset and Gardiner concentrated on the county of Hampshire, continuing until his death in January 1910.

see [http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/textpage.cgi?file=aboutGardiner&access=off VWML Online]

Talk:Books before 1900

2007-11-21T01:42:34Z

Irene Shettle:

Lucy Broadwood's "English Traditional Songs and Carols" has been submitted in this category. However, as is quite correctly shown, it was not published until 1908. The date of collection of the songs is a secondary factor, as the category title makes it quite clear that the deciding criterion is the actual date of publication. In the circumstances in my opinion this book should correctly be allocated to the post-1900 section.
--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 03:31, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

That's a fair point. I would suggest putting it in the pre 1900 section with the inclusion of a phrase like "...although not published until 1908, the contents relate to 19th findings" or something like that.

In addition, I think that the date divisions need revisiting to consider how to cope with anomalies like this.
--[[User:JohnnyAdams|JohnnyAdams]] 12:57, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Quite frankly, is a date division of this sort justified anyway, as it isn't related to a specific event or change in the collecting world that I'm aware of ? You might just as well use the 1914 date (which was used at the Folklife conference in Sheffield recently to denote just such a specific change in the world in general. Why not pre-1850, or pre-1800 books if you're going to do it in the current way etc etc? I would have thought that a listing of books, by date order of publication might be a more natural way of organising it without imposing an artifical date divide.... just MHO, of course.
--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:42, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

File:Lucy Plaque3.jpg

2007-11-20T03:22:11Z

Irene Shettle:

Talk:Books before 1900

2007-11-19T03:32:21Z

Irene Shettle:

Talk:Books before 1900

2007-11-19T03:31:31Z

Irene Shettle: New page: Lucy Broadwood's "English Traditional Songs and Carols" has been submitted in this category. However, as is quite correctly shown, it was not published until 1908. The date of collection ...

Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

2007-11-19T03:18:54Z

Irene Shettle:

== Robbie Tamson's Smiddie ==
Roud 936 [[http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?cross=off&op=precise&index_roud=on&field=20&output=List&length=20&query=939]]

This song can be found at pages 4 and 5 of [[English County Songs]], 1893. edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland.

Copies of the tune and text can be found at www.folkinfo.org [[http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=767]] together with a discussion on the piece.

The song was ascribed to Northumberland by the editors, although their footnotes to it state " Words and tune from Mrs T H Farrer, who learnt the song in Canada from Mr Richard Turner. A Scotch version is also in existence."

There was a Lady in the West

2007-11-19T03:18:07Z

Irene Shettle:

== There was a Lady in the West ==

Roud 161 [[http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?index_roud=on&cross=off&type=Song&access=off&op=precise&query=There+was+a+lady+in+the+weset&field=9&fieldshow=multi&op_9=or&field_9=&op_12=or&field_12=&op_13=precise&field_13=There+was+a+lady+in+the+west&op_14=or&field_14=&op_15=or&field_15=&op_47=or&field_47=&op_16=or&field_16=&op_0=or&field_0=&op_17=or&field_17=&op_10=or&field_10=&op_11=or&field_11=&op_18=or&field_18=&op_19=or&field_19=&op_20=or&field_20=&op_21=or&field_21=&op_22=or&field_22=&op_23=or&field_23=&op_24=or&field_24=&op_5=or&field_5=&op_25=or&field_25=&op_26=or&field_26=&output=List&length=5&submit=Submit+query]]

This song was published in [[English County Songs]], edited by J A Fuller Maitland and [[Lucy Broadwood]], and published in 1893.

The words and tune were, in fact, taken from Miss Mason's [[Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs]], which had been published in 1888, and showed the song to have been collected in Mitford, Northumberland. (Tune and text are provided in the link provided on the separate page for this book.)

The notes in '''English County Songs''' comment that "The words are apparently a late version of the well-known Riddle Myth found in all mythologies. A famous instance of its use in modern art is an episode in Act 1 of Wagner's ''Siegfried''. Compare with (the song) "The Three Sisters", a Cornish version, given in Davies Gilbert's "Christmas Carols" (tune and words of a first verse to this are provided).

Water of Tyne, The

2007-11-19T03:16:14Z

Irene Shettle:

[[Roud 1364]]

This song is to be found at page 3 of "English County Songs" edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland (Leadenhall Press, 1893). The editors' notes state that the words and tune are to be found in "[[Northumbrian Minstrelsy]]" ,page 89, with further notes to the effect that "Mr S Reay, Mus B, in a paper on "Northumberland Ballad Music" read before the National Society of Professional Musicians in January 1892, states that this song was taken down by Mr Stokoe from the singing of an old man at Hexham, and that it has appeared in many song-books since 1793" -''Musical News, January 22, 1892''

The words and tune can be found at [[http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=227]]

Frank Kidson

2007-10-11T22:09:25Z

Irene Shettle:

'''Frank Kidson''', folksong collector, writer and antiquary. Born 15 November 1855 in Leeds; died, also in Leeds, 7 November 1926. [http://www.tradsong.org/Obit.pdf Obituary by J T Lightfoot, published in The Choir]

== External links ==
Roy Palmer, ‘Kidson, Frank (1855–1926)’, ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/57239]

Herbert Thompson, William C. Smith, Frank Howes, Rosemary Williamson, 'Kidson, Frank', ''[[Grove Music Online]]'' ed. L. Macy [http://www.grovemusic.com/]

John Francmanis & Vic Gammon (compilers) 'Frank Kidson's 'Collector' Articles in "The Choir", [http://www.tradsong.org/Kidson.htm]

== Publications ==
*Kidson, Frank, ed., ''[[Traditional Tunes]]: A Collection of Ballad Airs, Chiefly Obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland; Together with their Appropriate Words from Broadsides and from Oral Tradition'' (Oxford: Chas. Taphouse, 1891; repr. East Ardsley: S. R. Publishers, 1970; repr. Felinfach: [http://www.llanerchpress.com/ Llanerch Press], 1999. ISBN 1 86143 088 4).

:Collection of songs edited in a scholarly manner (with the emphasis on the melody), mainly from Yorkshire, some illustrative of nineteenth-century social conditions.

*Kidson, Frank, ed., ''A Garland of English Folk-Songs, Being a Collection of Sixty Folk-Songs, with pianoforte accompaniments by Alfred Moffat'' (London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1926).

:Mostly amended texts, with accompaniments.

*Kidson, Frank, ''Folk Songs from the North Countrie, with their Traditional Airs, ed. by Ethel Kidson, arranged for medium voice with piano accompaniment by Alfred Moffat, Foreword by Lucy E. Broadwood'' (London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1927).

:Edition prepared by Kidson’s niece, who made many revisions (Kidson died in 1924); many of the 60 songs appeared in ''Traditional Tunes''.

*Kidson, Frank, ''English Peasant Songs, with their Traditional Airs, Being the Third (and Last) Selection of Sixty Folk Songs from the Frank Kidson Collection, ed. by and rev. by Ethel Kidson, airs arranged for medium voice with piano accompaniment by Alfred Moffat'' (London: Ascherberg, Hopwood and Crew, 1929).

:Further edition of 60 songs prepared by Kidson’s niece, who made many revisions.

*Kidson, Frank, ''[[Kidson's Music Publishers|British Music Publishers, Printers and Engravers from Queen Elizabeth's reign to George the Fourth's]]'' (First published London 1900 - then Benjamin Blom, New York 1967).

==Articles==

*Francmanis, John, 'Folk song and the "folk": a relationship illuminated by Frank Kidson's ''Traditional Tunes'''; in ''Folk Song: Tradition, Revival, and Re-Creation'' (Aberdeen: [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/ Elphinstone Institute], 2004 ISBN 0 9545682 0 6), 186-194.

*Francmanis, John, 'The Roving Artist: Frank Kidson, Pioneer Song Collector' (London: [http://fmj.efdss.org/ FMJ], 8.1 (2001), 41-66

*Graham, John, 'The Late Mr. Kidson' (London: JEFDSS, 2.1 (1927), 48-51

*Palmer, Roy, 'Kidson's Collecting' (London: [http://fmj.efdss.org/ FMJ], 5.2 (1986), 150-75

*Palmer, Roy, 'Checklist of Manuscript Songs and Tunes collected from Oral Tradition by Frank Kidson', (London & Glasgow, EFDSS & The Mitchell Library (1986)

==Key Texts==

A number of key texts are available on the library pages of the [http://www.tradsong.org Traditional Song Forum website].

[[Category:Collector]]

Collectors

2007-10-11T21:57:35Z

Irene Shettle:

[[Marian Arkwright]]

[[Sabine Baring-Gould]]

[[Janet Blunt]]

[[Lucy Broadwood]]

[[George Butterworth]]

[[James Madison Carpenter]]

[[Francis Collinson]]

[[George Gardiner]]

[[Anne Gilchrist]]

[[Percy Grainger]]

[[H.E.D. Hammond]]

[[Francis Jekyll]]

[[Maud Karpeles]]

[[Peter Kennedy]]

[[Frank Kidson]]

[[Ewan MacColl]]

[[Cecil Sharp]]

[[Heywood Sumner]]

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[[Mike Yates]]

[[Doc Rowe]]

English County Songs

2007-10-11T21:56:27Z

Irene Shettle:

'''English County Songs''' was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893.

The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is

English County Songs: Words and Music
Collected and Edited by Lucy E.Broadwood and J.A.Fuller Maitland M.A.,F.S.A

Published by The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.
J.B.Cramer and Co, 201 Regent Street, w.
Simpkin,Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745, Broadway.

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'''INDEX OF SONGS'''

A Cheshire Man went to Spain

Adam and Eve

A dashing young lad from Buckingham

Ah! There was an old man

All on Spurn Point

A North-Country Maid

An outlandish Knight

Around the green gravel

As I rode over yonder forest green

As I sat on a Sunny Bank

As it fell out upon one day

As I walked out

As I walked through Bristol City

As I was a-walking one morning in May

As I was going to Derby

As me and my marrow

A soul! a soul! a soul-cake

A varmer he lived in the West Countree

A Virgin unspotted

Banks of the Sweet Dundee, The

Barkshire Tragedy, The

Beautiful Damsel, The

Bedlam City

Bristol City

Carter's Health, The

Cheerful Arn, The

Cheshire Man, The

Collier's Rant, The

Cold Blows the Wind

Come all you lads and lasses

Come, all you jolly ploughmen

Come, Deavie, I'll tell thee a secret

Come, I will sing to you

Come listen awhile unto my song

Crocodile,The

Derby Ram, The

Dives and Lazarus

Down by the side of Bedlam City

Easter Day was a holiday

Faithful Emma

Farewell, my Joy and Heart

Farmer's Boy, The

Farmer's daughter, The

Feast Song

Garden Gate, The

Golden Vanity, The

[[Good Old Leathern Bottle, The]]

Green Broom

Green Bushes,The

Green Gravel

Green Grow the Rushes Oh!

Ground for the Floor

Harvest Song

Here come three dukes

Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith

Here's a health unto our master

Here's a health unto the mistress

Here's two or three jolly lads

Here we come a-wassailing

Hold up thy hand, most righteous judge

Ho! yonder stands a charming creature

I been a-rambling all this night

I cannot get to my love

I'll spread the greeen branches

I'll tell you of a fellow

I'll weave my love a garland

I'm a man that's done wrong to my parents

In Bethlehem City

In Thorney woods in Nottinghamshire

I once loved a boy

Is any of you going to Scarborough fair?

I sowed the seeds of love

It's of a farmer's daughter

It was one summer's morning

Ive lived in a wood for a number of years

I will give you the Keys of Heaven

John Appleby

Jolly Ploughboy, The

King Arthur had three sons

Lavender cries

Lazarus

Little Sir William

Lord Bateman

Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

Loyal Lover, The

Lurg geurey gy niaghtey

May-Day carols

[[Me mither mend't me auld breek]]

Mistress's health, The

My bonnie,bonnie boy

My Johnny was a shoemaker

Mylecharane

Nottinghamshire Poacher, The

Now listen, you landsmen, unto me

Now,Robin, lend to me thy bow

Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey

Oats and Beans

Of all the horses in the merry greenwood

O father, father, come build me a boat

"Oh hangman, hold thy hand" he cried

Old Tup, The

Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead

O Mylechrane

One Morning in May

One very keen winter

One Zunday Morn

Our Mistress's health we now begin

Our sheep-shearing done

Our sheep-shear is over

Outlandish Knight,The

O Vylecharane

Painful (or Faithful) Plough, The

Peace-Egging Songs

Poor Mary is weeping

Prickly Bush,The

Reaphook and Sickle, The

[[Robbie Tamson's Smiddie]]

Robin-a-Thrush

Robin he married a wife in the west

Sally Gray

Scarborough Fair

Seasons of the Year, The

Seeds of Love, The

Servingman and the Husbandman, The

Sheepcrook and Blackdog

Sheep-shearing songs

Shepherd's Song, The

Souling Song, The

Spier, The

Sprig of Thyme, The

Stratton Church Chimes

Sweet Nightingale, The

Sweet William

Sword Dance Song

The Cheerful Arn

The day was gone

The lambs they skip with pleasure

The Moon shines Bright

[[There was a Lady in the West]]

There was a Pig went out to dig

There was a ship from the north country

There was a tree, and a very fine tree

There were three sisters fair and bright

There were two loving brothers

The sun it goes down

The sun went down beyond yon hill

Three Dukes, The

Thresher and the Squire, The

'Tis of a bold thresherman

'Tis of a fair damsel

'Tis young men and maidens all

Tree in the Valley, The

Tripping up the Green Grass

Turmut-hoeing

Twankydillo

'Twas on a jolly summer's morn

Twelve Apostles, The

Twenty, Eighteen

Undaunted Female, The

Venus and Adonis

Wassail Bough, The

[[Water of Tyne, The]]

Well met my brother friend

We shepherds are the best of men

Will you buy my sweet lavender?

Young Herchard

You noble spectators

''It should be noted that the index of songs also incorporates an index of first lines;and some songs are given more than one title. Thus one song may appear more than once in the index (eg Dives and Lazarus, and Lazarus, and As it fell out upon one day are all entries for the same song - titled "Lazarus" on the relevant page of the book)''

----

The book is divided up into "chapters" each of which gives songs attributed to a grouping of counties, as follows:

'''Songs of the Northern Counties'''

Northumberland

Cumberland

Durham

Yorkshire

Westmoreland

'''Songs of the North-Western Counties'''

Lancashire

Cheshire

Shropshire

Isle of Man

'''Songs of the Midland Counties'''

Staffordshire

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutlandshire

Huntingdonshire

Northamptonshire

Oxfordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Herefordshire

Gloucestershire

Monmouthshire

'''Songs of the Eastern Counties'''

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Essex

'''Songs of the Home Counties'''

Middlesex

Hertfordshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

Surrey

'''Songs of the South Coast'''

Kent

Sussex

Hampshire

Wiltshire

Dorsetshire

Somersetshire

Devonshire

Cornwall

'''Songs of the Sea'''

All on Spurn Point

My Johnny was a shoemaker

The Golden Vanity

The Crocodile

As can be seen from these groupings, particularly the last one, there was a somewhat arbitrary nature to the allocation to a particular grouping, and the appropriateness of its title (for instance, Wiltshire has been included in the grouping for the South Coast, and large tranches of various of the other counties are nowhere near a coastline!)

Three counties were also missing from the overall collection - Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

The actual allocation of songs to particular counties was also somewhat less than accurate. In one or two instances a song collected in one particular county has been allocated to another because it was known that the version in question was sung there, or because the singer had actual associations with the county in question, although no longer living there.

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:02, 8 October 2007 (BST)

There was a Lady in the West

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Irene Shettle:

Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

2007-10-11T21:45:11Z

Irene Shettle:

There was a Lady in the West

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Irene Shettle: New page: == There was a Lady in the West == This song was published in English County Songs, edited by J A Fuller Maitland and Lucy Broadwood, and published in 1893. The words and tune we...

== There was a Lady in the West ==

This song was published in [[English County Songs]], edited by J A Fuller Maitland and [[Lucy Broadwood]], and published in 1893.

The words and tune were, in fact, taken from Miss Mason's [[Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs]], which had been published in 1888, and showed the song to have been collected in Mitford, Northumberland. (Tune and text are provided in the link provided on the separate page for this book.)

The notes in '''English County Songs''' comment that "The words are apparently a late version of the well-known Riddle Myth found in all mythologies. A famous instance of its use in modern art is an episode in Act 1 of Wagner's ''Siegfried''. Compare with (the song) "The Three Sisters", a Cornish version, given in Davies Gilbert's "Christmas Carols" (tune and words of a first verse to this are provided).

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 22:37, 11 October 2007 (BST)

English County Songs

2007-10-11T21:29:23Z

Irene Shettle:

'''English County Songs''' was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893.

The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is

English County Songs: Words and Music
Collected and Edited by Lucy E.Broadwood and J.A.Fuller Maitland M.A.,F.S.A

Published by The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.
J.B.Cramer and Co, 201 Regent Street, w.
Simpkin,Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745, Broadway.

----

'''INDEX OF SONGS'''

A Cheshire Man went to Spain

Adam and Eve

A dashing young lad from Buckingham

Ah! There was an old man

All on Spurn Point

A North-Country Maid

An outlandish Knight

Around the green gravel

As I rode over yonger forest green

As I sat on a Sunny Bank

As it fell out upon one day

As I walked out

As I walked through Bristol City

As I was a-walking one morning in May

As I was going to Derby

As me and my marrow

A soul! a soul! a soul-cake

A varmer he lived in the West Countree

A Virgin unspotted

Banks of the Sweet Dundee, The

Barkshire Tragedy, The

Beautiful Damsel, The

Bedlam City

Bristol City

Carter's Health, The

Cheerful Arn, The

Cheshire Man, The

Collier's Rant, The

Cold Blows the Wind

Come all you lads and lasses

Come, all you jolly ploughmen

Come, Deavie, I'll tell thee a secret

Come, I will sing to you

Come listen awhile unto my song

Crocodile,The

Derby Ram, The

Dives and Lazarus

Down by the side of Bedlam City

Easter Day was a holiday

Faithful Emma

Farewell, my Joy and Heart

Farmer's Boy, The

Farmer's daughter, The

Feast Song

Garden Gate, The

Golden Vanity, The

[[Good Old Leathern Bottle, The]]

Green Broom

Green Bushes,The

Green Gravel

Green Grow the Rushes Oh!

Ground for the Floor

Harvest Song

Here come three dukes

Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith

Here's a health unto our master

Here's a health unto the mistress

Here's two or three jolly lads

Here we come a-wassailing

Hold up thy hand, most righteous judge

Ho! yonder stands a charming creature

I been a-rambling all this night

I cannot get to my love

I'll spread the greeen branches

I'll tell you of a fellow

I'll weave my love a garland

I'm a man that's done wrong to my parents

In Bethlehem City

In Thorney woods in Nottinghamshire

I once loved a boy

Is any of you going to Scarborough fair?

I sowed the seeds of love

It's of a farmer's daughter

It was one summer's morning

Ive lived in a wood for a number of years

I will give you the Keys of Heaven

John Appleby

Jolly Ploughboy, The

King Arthur had three sons

Lavender cries

Lazarus

Little Sir William

Lord Bateman

Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

Loyal Lover, The

Lurg geurey gy niaghtey

May-Day carols

[[Me mither mend't me auld breek]]

Mistress's health, The

My bonnie,bonnie boy

My Johnny was a shoemaker

Mylecharane

Nottinghamshire Poacher, The

Now listen, you landsmen, unto me

Now,Robin, lend to me thy bow

Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey

Oats and Beans

Of all the horses in the merry greenwood

O father, father, come build me a boat

"Oh hangman, hold thy hand" he cried

Old Tup, The

Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead

O Mylechrane

One Morning in May

One very keen winter

One Zunday Morn

Our Mistress's health we now begin

Our sheep-shearing done

Our sheep-shear is over

Outlandish Knight,The

O Vylecharane

Painful (or Faithful) Plough, The

Peace-Egging Songs

Poor Mary is weeping

Prickly Bush,The

Reaphook and Sickle, The

[[Robbie Tamson's Smiddie]]

Robin-a-Thrush

Robin he married a wife in the west

Sally Gray

Scarborough Fair

Seasons of the Year, The

Seeds of Love, The

Servingman and the Husbandman, The

Sheepcrook and Blackdog

Sheep-shearing songs

Shepherd's Song, The

Souling Song, The

Spier, The

Sprig of Thyme, The

Stratton Church Chimes

Sweet Nightingale, The

Sweet William

Sword Dance Song

The Cheerful Arn

The day was gone

The lambs they skip with pleasure

The Moon shines Bright

[[There was a Lady in the West]]

There was a Pig went out to dig

There was a ship from the north country

There was a tree, and a very fine tree

There were three sisters fair and bright

There were two loving brothers

The sun it goes down

The sun went down beyond yon hill

Three Dukes, The

Thresher and the Squire, The

'Tis of a bold thresherman

'Tis of a fair damsel

'Tis young men and maidens all

Tree in the Valley, The

Tripping up the Green Grass

Turmut-hoeing

Twankydillo

'Twas on a jolly summer's morn

Twelve Apostles, The

Twenty, Eighteen

Undaunted Female, The

Venus and Adonis

Wassail Bough, The

[[Water of Tyne, The]]

Well met my brother friend

We shepherds are the best of men

Will you buy my sweet lavender?

Young Herchard

You noble spectators

''It should be noted that the index of songs also incorporates an index of first lines;and some songs are given more than one title. Thus one song may appear more than once in the index (eg Dives and Lazarus, and Lazarus, and As it fell out upon one day are all entries for the same song - titled "Lazarus" on the relevant page of the book)''

----

The book is divided up into "chapters" each of which gives songs attributed to a grouping of counties, as follows:

'''Songs of the Northern Counties'''

Northumberland

Cumberland

Durham

Yorkshire

Westmoreland

'''Songs of the North-Western Counties'''

Lancashire

Cheshire

Shropshire

Isle of Man

'''Songs of the Midland Counties'''

Staffordshire

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutlandshire

Huntingdonshire

Northamptonshire

Oxfordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Herefordshire

Gloucestershire

Monmouthshire

'''Songs of the Eastern Counties'''

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Essex

'''Songs of the Home Counties'''

Middlesex

Hertfordshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

Surrey

'''Songs of the South Coast'''

Kent

Sussex

Hampshire

Wiltshire

Dorsetshire

Somersetshire

Devonshire

Cornwall

'''Songs of the Sea'''

All on Spurn Point

My Johnny was a shoemaker

The Golden Vanity

The Crocodile

As can be seen from these groupings, particularly the last one, there was a somewhat arbitrary nature to the allocation to a particular grouping, and the appropriateness of its title (for instance, Wiltshire has been included in the grouping for the South Coast, and large tranches of various of the other counties are nowhere near a coastline!)

Three counties were also missing from the overall collection - Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

The actual allocation of songs to particular counties was also somewhat less than accurate. In one or two instances a song collected in one particular county has been allocated to another because it was known that the version in question was sung there, or because the singer had actual associations with the county in question, although no longer living there.

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:02, 8 October 2007 (BST)

Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs

2007-10-11T13:45:59Z

Irene Shettle:

== Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs - Miss Mason 1878 ==

This book first appeared in 1878 and deserves to be better known. Many of the early collectors were familiar with it and Baring-Gould refers to it several times in the notes to his songs. This is a copy of the Second edition, published in 1908. (Quoted from the website of the [[Traditional Song Forum]], where the content of the book can be found.[[http://www.tradsong.org/Mason.htm]])

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 14:39, 11 October 2007 (BST)

National

2007-10-11T13:41:24Z

Irene Shettle:

== The English Folk Dance and Song Society ==
[[Image:Efdss_square.jpg]]

These pages are hosted by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, the longest running society in England dedicated to promoting the folk arts. With a headquarters in Regent's Park Rd, London and members all over the world, the EFDSS has an important part to play in passing on the traditions and culture of England to those who wish to carry them onward.

The hub of the Society's work is the [http://library.efdss.org Vaughan Williams Memorial Library], a significant multi-media collection in care for the nation.

The Society is a publisher of books, audio and video and all current titles are sold by mail order or from the [http://folkshop.efdss.org Folkshop].

The quarterly magazine is English Dance and Song which includes online enhancements in the form of audio and pdf files on its [http://eds.efdss.org web site].

The EFDSS is soon to host the web site for the [http://www.folkplay.info/ Traditional Drama Research Group], whose interests are in Mummers Plays and traditional street drama.

== The Morris Ring ==
http://www.themorrisring.org/

== The Morris Federation ==

The Morris Federation began as an organisation for female sides only. In 1980, it opened its doors to mixed sides and in 1982 it became open to any morris side, regardless of gender. A year later, the word 'Women's' was dropped from the name. The Federation has always taken the view that the dances themselves are more important than the gender of the dancers who perform them. It seeks to encourage all who are interested to experience the pleasure of morris dancing and to strive for the highest standard of execution of which they are capable.

http://www.morrisfed.org/

== Open Morris ==

Open Morris began in 1979 as a loose organisation of East Anglian dancers, following efforts by one of the (then) few mixed Morris sides in the country to find local friends and sympathisers.

At that time there was much rivalry between members of the all-male Morris Ring (founded in 1934) on one side and the Women's Morris Federation, which came into being in the mid 1970's on the other. Both organisations agreed that Morris Dancing shouldn't involve a mixing of the sexes! (Although "WMF" did later become the Morris Federation and expanded its membership to include male and mixed groups).

http://www.open-morris.com/

== Folk Arts England ==

FolkArts England (FAE) is a national development agency for Folk, Roots and Traditional Music. It is funded by [http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/| Arts Council England] and incorporates The Association of Festival Organisers (AFO) and publishes Direct Roots, the guide to folk, roots and related music and arts.

[http://www.folkarts-england.org/ FAE website] [http://www.folkarts-england.org/afo.htm AFO website]

==The Folklore Society==

The Folklore Society (FLS) was founded in 1878 and was one of the first organisations in the world devoted to the study of traditional culture. The term 'folklore' describes the overarching concept that holds together a number of aspects of vernacular culture and cultural traditions, and is also the name of the discipline which studies them.

The Folklore Society's interest and expertise covers topics such as traditional music, song, dance and drama, narrative, arts and crafts, customs and belief. We are also interested in popular religion, traditional and regional food, folk medicine, children's folklore, traditional sayings, proverbs rhymes and jingles.
[http://www.folklore-society.com/index.htm web site]

==The Folk Camps Society==

The Folk Camps Society is a not-for-profit holiday organisation run by its own members. The Society was founded in the early 60s when a group of folk enthusiasts decided it would be fun to go on holiday together, eat together and make their own entertainment without spending a fortune. They run holidays under canvas with an emphasis on folk dance, music and song.
[http://www.folkcamps.co.uk/ web site]

==The Nonsuch Dulcimer Club==

The Nonsuch Dulcimer Club is a national club that promotes all forms of Dulcimer, i.e. Hammered or Plucked Dulcimer, and the Mountain (Lap) Dulcimer. The club has regular newsletters and hosts both national and regional events.
[http://www.nonsuchdulcimer.org.uk/ web site]

==[[The Traditional Song Forum]]==

[http://www.tradsong.org website - www.tradsong.org]

TSF is an informal organisation of researchers and enthusiasts for traditional song and traditional singing whose aim is to encourage research and dissemination of information about traditional song. There are usually three meetings a year in different parts of England where there are presentations of topics related to song research and where members can discuss aspects of their research or use of song with colleagues.

Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs

2007-10-11T13:39:21Z

Irene Shettle: New page: == Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs - Miss Mason 1878 == This book first appeared in 1878 and deserves to be better known. Many of the early collectors were familiar with it and Baring-G...

== Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs - Miss Mason 1878 ==

This book first appeared in 1878 and deserves to be better known. Many of the early collectors were familiar with it and Baring-Gould refers to it several times in the notes to his songs. This is a copy of the Second edition, published in 1908. (Quoted from the website of the [[Traditional Song Forum]], where the content of the book can be found.)

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 14:39, 11 October 2007 (BST)

Books before 1900

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Irene Shettle:

* '''Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry''' is described in Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliques_of_Ancient_English_Poetry See]

The contents might well be catalogued here but in the meantime here's one song to be going on with - [[The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington]]

* '''Old English Songs''' as Now sung by the peasantry of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex, and collected by one who has learnt them by hearing them sung every Christmas from early childhood, by the country people, who go about to the Neighbouring Houses, singing, or “Wassailing” as it is called, at that season. The Airs are set to music exactly as they are now sung to rescue them from oblivion…. and to afford a specimen of genuine Old English melody, and the words are given in their original Rough state, with an occasional slight alteration to render the sense intelligible
'''Arr''' G A Dusart (1843).
Private publication - 1847 - of songs collected by [[John Broadwood]]). This was a softback publication, and only three copies are known to be still in existence. One of these is held in the Surrey History Centre in Woking, Surrey, England (where the original galley proofs are also now held), and another in the British Library.

* '''Old English Popular Music''' by William Chappell ''Ed. H.E.Wooldridge'' ''Additions by Frank Kidson''

* '''Popular Music of the Olden Time''' by William Chappell (1809 -1888). In two volumes, this work has been an important reference for many years. It is now freely available for download. [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol01chapuoft Volume 1] [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol02chapuoft Volume 2]

* '''[[Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire|The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire]]''' - [http://www.peaklandheritage.org.uk/index.asp?peakkey=40600721 Llewellyn Jewitt] - 1867 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)

* '''The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs''' [[Heywood Sumner]]. Pub 1888

* '''[[Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs]]''' Miss Mason. 1878 (Second edition 1908)

* '''Sussex Songs: Popular Songs of Sussex''' arranged by H F Birch Reynardson - undated- Leonard and Co, (London). (Edited in collaboration with [[Lucy Broadwood]]) (stated by Lucy Broadwood to have been published in 1889)

* '''[[English County Songs]]''' Ed. [[Lucy Broadwood]] & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd

* '''English Traditional Songs and Carols''' Ed. [[Lucy E. Broadwood]] - 1908
For the most part these were collected between 1893 and 1901. Very difficult to find and even when republished in 1974 EP Publishing (and Rowan and Littlefield in America) still not an easy acquisition.

Me mither mend't me auld breek

2007-10-11T00:26:37Z

Irene Shettle: New page: '''Me Mither mend't me auld breek''' See Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

'''Me Mither mend't me auld breek'''

See

[[Robbie Tamson's Smiddie]]

English County Songs

2007-10-11T00:22:26Z

Irene Shettle:

'''English County Songs''' was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893.

The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is

English County Songs: Words and Music
Collected and Edited by Lucy E.Broadwood and J.A.Fuller Maitland M.A.,F.S.A

Published by The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.
J.B.Cramer and Co, 201 Regent Street, w.
Simpkin,Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745, Broadway.

----

'''INDEX OF SONGS'''

A Cheshire Man went to Spain

Adam and Eve

A dashing young lad from Buckingham

Ah! There was an old man

All on Spurn Point

A North-Country Maid

An outlandish Knight

Around the green gravel

As I rode over yonger forest green

As I sat on a Sunny Bank

As it fell out upon one day

As I walked out

As I walked through Bristol City

As I was a-walking one morning in May

As I was going to Derby

As me and my marrow

A soul! a soul! a soul-cake

A varmer he lived in the West Countree

A Virgin unspotted

Banks of the Sweet Dundee, The

Barkshire Tragedy, The

Beautiful Damsel, The

Bedlam City

Bristol City

Carter's Health, The

Cheerful Arn, The

Cheshire Man, The

Collier's Rant, The

Cold Blows the Wind

Come all you lads and lasses

Come, all you jolly ploughmen

Come, Deavie, I'll tell thee a secret

Come, I will sing to you

Come listen awhile unto my song

Crocodile,The

Derby Ram, The

Dives and Lazarus

Down by the side of Bedlam City

Easter Day was a holiday

Faithful Emma

Farewell, my Joy and Heart

Farmer's Boy, The

Farmer's daughter, The

Feast Song

Garden Gate, The

Golden Vanity, The

[[Good Old Leathern Bottle, The]]

Green Broom

Green Bushes,The

Green Gravel

Green Grow the Rushes Oh!

Ground for the Floor

Harvest Song

Here come three dukes

Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith

Here's a health unto our master

Here's a health unto the mistress

Here's two or three jolly lads

Here we come a-wassailing

Hold up thy hand, most righteous judge

Ho! yonder stands a charming creature

I been a-rambling all this night

I cannot get to my love

I'll spread the greeen branches

I'll tell you of a fellow

I'll weave my love a garland

I'm a man that's done wrong to my parents

In Bethlehem City

In Thorney woods in Nottinghamshire

I once loved a boy

Is any of you going to Scarborough fair?

I sowed the seeds of love

It's of a farmer's daughter

It was one summer's morning

Ive lived in a wood for a number of years

I will give you the Keys of Heaven

John Appleby

Jolly Ploughboy, The

King Arthur had three sons

Lavender cries

Lazarus

Little Sir William

Lord Bateman

Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

Loyal Lover, The

Lurg geurey gy niaghtey

May-Day carols

[[Me mither mend't me auld breek]]

Mistress's health, The

My bonnie,bonnie boy

My Johnny was a shoemaker

Mylecharane

Nottinghamshire Poacher, The

Now listen, you landsmen, unto me

Now,Robin, lend to me thy bow

Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey

Oats and Beans

Of all the horses in the merry greenwood

O father, father, come build me a boat

"Oh hangman, hold thy hand" he cried

Old Tup, The

Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead

O Mylechrane

One Morning in May

One very keen winter

One Zunday Morn

Our Mistress's health we now begin

Our sheep-shearing done

Our sheep-shear is over

Outlandish Knight,The

O Vylecharane

Painful (or Faithful) Plough, The

Peace-Egging Songs

Poor Mary is weeping

Prickly Bush,The

Reaphook and Sickle, The

[[Robbie Tamson's Smiddie]]

Robin-a-Thrush

Robin he married a wife in the west

Sally Gray

Scarborough Fair

Seasons of the Year, The

Seeds of Love, The

Servingman and the Husbandman, The

Sheepcrook and Blackdog

Sheep-shearing songs

Shepherd's Song, The

Souling Song, The

Spier, The

Sprig of Thyme, The

Stratton Church Chimes

Sweet Nightingale, The

Sweet William

Sword Dance Song

The Cheerful Arn

The day was gone

The lambs they skip with pleasure

The Moon shines Bright

There was a Lady in the West

There was a Pig went out to dig

There was a ship from the north country

There was a tree, and a very fine tree

There were three sisters fair and bright

There were two loving brothers

The sun it goes down

The sun went down beyond yon hill

Three Dukes, The

Thresher and the Squire, The

'Tis of a bold thresherman

'Tis of a fair damsel

'Tis young men and maidens all

Tree in the Valley, The

Tripping up the Green Grass

Turmut-hoeing

Twankydillo

'Twas on a jolly summer's morn

Twelve Apostles, The

Twenty, Eighteen

Undaunted Female, The

Venus and Adonis

Wassail Bough, The

[[Water of Tyne, The]]

Well met my brother friend

We shepherds are the best of men

Will you buy my sweet lavender?

Young Herchard

You noble spectators

''It should be noted that the index of songs also incorporates an index of first lines;and some songs are given more than one title. Thus one song may appear more than once in the index (eg Dives and Lazarus, and Lazarus, and As it fell out upon one day are all entries for the same song - titled "Lazarus" on the relevant page of the book)''

----

The book is divided up into "chapters" each of which gives songs attributed to a grouping of counties, as follows:

'''Songs of the Northern Counties'''

Northumberland

Cumberland

Durham

Yorkshire

Westmoreland

'''Songs of the North-Western Counties'''

Lancashire

Cheshire

Shropshire

Isle of Man

'''Songs of the Midland Counties'''

Staffordshire

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutlandshire

Huntingdonshire

Northamptonshire

Oxfordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Herefordshire

Gloucestershire

Monmouthshire

'''Songs of the Eastern Counties'''

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Essex

'''Songs of the Home Counties'''

Middlesex

Hertfordshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

Surrey

'''Songs of the South Coast'''

Kent

Sussex

Hampshire

Wiltshire

Dorsetshire

Somersetshire

Devonshire

Cornwall

'''Songs of the Sea'''

All on Spurn Point

My Johnny was a shoemaker

The Golden Vanity

The Crocodile

As can be seen from these groupings, particularly the last one, there was a somewhat arbitrary nature to the allocation to a particular grouping, and the appropriateness of its title (for instance, Wiltshire has been included in the grouping for the South Coast, and large tranches of various of the other counties are nowhere near a coastline!)

Three counties were also missing from the overall collection - Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

The actual allocation of songs to particular counties was also somewhat less than accurate. In one or two instances a song collected in one particular county has been allocated to another because it was known that the version in question was sung there, or because the singer had actual associations with the county in question, although no longer living there.

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:02, 8 October 2007 (BST)

Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

2007-10-11T00:20:46Z

Irene Shettle:

== Robbie Tamson's Smiddie ==
[[Roud 936]] [[http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?cross=off&op=precise&index_roud=on&field=20&output=List&length=20&query=939]]

This song can be found at pages 4 and 5 of [[English County Songs]], 1893. edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland.

Copies of the tune and text can be found at www.folkinfo.org [[http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=767]] together with a discussion on the piece.

The song was ascribed to Northumberland by the editors, although their footnotes to it state " Words and tune from Mrs T H Farrer, who learnt the song in Canada from Mr Richard Turner. A Scotch version is also in existence."

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:19, 11 October 2007 (BST)

Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

2007-10-11T00:19:29Z

Irene Shettle: New page: == Robbie Tamson's Smiddie == Roud 936 http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?cross=off&op=precise&index_roud=on&field=20&output=List&length=20&query=939 This song can be foun...

== Robbie Tamson's Smiddie ==
[[Roud 936]] [[http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?cross=off&op=precise&index_roud=on&field=20&output=List&length=20&query=939]]

This song can be found at pages 4 and 5 of [[English County Songs]], 1893. edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland.

Copies of the tune and text can be found at www.folkinfo.org together with a discussion on the piece.

The song was ascribed to Northumberland by the editors, although their footnotes to it state " Words and tune from Mrs T H Farrer, who learnt the song in Canada from Mr Richard Turner. A Scotch version is also in existence."

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:19, 11 October 2007 (BST)

English County Songs

2007-10-11T00:11:59Z

Irene Shettle:

'''English County Songs''' was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893.

The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is

English County Songs: Words and Music
Collected and Edited by Lucy E.Broadwood and J.A.Fuller Maitland M.A.,F.S.A

Published by The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.
J.B.Cramer and Co, 201 Regent Street, w.
Simpkin,Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745, Broadway.

----

'''INDEX OF SONGS'''

A Cheshire Man went to Spain

Adam and Eve

A dashing young lad from Buckingham

Ah! There was an old man

All on Spurn Point

A North-Country Maid

An outlandish Knight

Around the green gravel

As I rode over yonger forest green

As I sat on a Sunny Bank

As it fell out upon one day

As I walked out

As I walked through Bristol City

As I was a-walking one morning in May

As I was going to Derby

As me and my marrow

A soul! a soul! a soul-cake

A varmer he lived in the West Countree

A Virgin unspotted

Banks of the Sweet Dundee, The

Barkshire Tragedy, The

Beautiful Damsel, The

Bedlam City

Bristol City

Carter's Health, The

Cheerful Arn, The

Cheshire Man, The

Collier's Rant, The

Cold Blows the Wind

Come all you lads and lasses

Come, all you jolly ploughmen

Come, Deavie, I'll tell thee a secret

Come, I will sing to you

Come listen awhile unto my song

Crocodile,The

Derby Ram, The

Dives and Lazarus

Down by the side of Bedlam City

Easter Day was a holiday

Faithful Emma

Farewell, my Joy and Heart

Farmer's Boy, The

Farmer's daughter, The

Feast Song

Garden Gate, The

Golden Vanity, The

[[Good Old Leathern Bottle, The]]

Green Broom

Green Bushes,The

Green Gravel

Green Grow the Rushes Oh!

Ground for the Floor

Harvest Song

Here come three dukes

Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith

Here's a health unto our master

Here's a health unto the mistress

Here's two or three jolly lads

Here we come a-wassailing

Hold up thy hand, most righteous judge

Ho! yonder stands a charming creature

I been a-rambling all this night

I cannot get to my love

I'll spread the greeen branches

I'll tell you of a fellow

I'll weave my love a garland

I'm a man that's done wrong to my parents

In Bethlehem City

In Thorney woods in Nottinghamshire

I once loved a boy

Is any of you going to Scarborough fair?

I sowed the seeds of love

It's of a farmer's daughter

It was one summer's morning

Ive lived in a wood for a number of years

I will give you the Keys of Heaven

John Appleby

Jolly Ploughboy, The

King Arthur had three sons

Lavender cries

Lazarus

Little Sir William

Lord Bateman

Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

Loyal Lover, The

Lurg geurey gy niaghtey

May-Day carols

Me mither mend't me auld breek

Mistress's health, The

My bonnie,bonnie boy

My Johnny was a shoemaker

Mylecharane

Nottinghamshire Poacher, The

Now listen, you landsmen, unto me

Now,Robin, lend to me thy bow

Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey

Oats and Beans

Of all the horses in the merry greenwood

O father, father, come build me a boat

"Oh hangman, hold thy hand" he cried

Old Tup, The

Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead

O Mylechrane

One Morning in May

One very keen winter

One Zunday Morn

Our Mistress's health we now begin

Our sheep-shearing done

Our sheep-shear is over

Outlandish Knight,The

O Vylecharane

Painful (or Faithful) Plough, The

Peace-Egging Songs

Poor Mary is weeping

Prickly Bush,The

Reaphook and Sickle, The

[[Robbie Tamson's Smiddie]]

Robin-a-Thrush

Robin he married a wife in the west

Sally Gray

Scarborough Fair

Seasons of the Year, The

Seeds of Love, The

Servingman and the Husbandman, The

Sheepcrook and Blackdog

Sheep-shearing songs

Shepherd's Song, The

Souling Song, The

Spier, The

Sprig of Thyme, The

Stratton Church Chimes

Sweet Nightingale, The

Sweet William

Sword Dance Song

The Cheerful Arn

The day was gone

The lambs they skip with pleasure

The Moon shines Bright

There was a Lady in the West

There was a Pig went out to dig

There was a ship from the north country

There was a tree, and a very fine tree

There were three sisters fair and bright

There were two loving brothers

The sun it goes down

The sun went down beyond yon hill

Three Dukes, The

Thresher and the Squire, The

'Tis of a bold thresherman

'Tis of a fair damsel

'Tis young men and maidens all

Tree in the Valley, The

Tripping up the Green Grass

Turmut-hoeing

Twankydillo

'Twas on a jolly summer's morn

Twelve Apostles, The

Twenty, Eighteen

Undaunted Female, The

Venus and Adonis

Wassail Bough, The

[[Water of Tyne, The]]

Well met my brother friend

We shepherds are the best of men

Will you buy my sweet lavender?

Young Herchard

You noble spectators

''It should be noted that the index of songs also incorporates an index of first lines;and some songs are given more than one title. Thus one song may appear more than once in the index (eg Dives and Lazarus, and Lazarus, and As it fell out upon one day are all entries for the same song - titled "Lazarus" on the relevant page of the book)''

----

The book is divided up into "chapters" each of which gives songs attributed to a grouping of counties, as follows:

'''Songs of the Northern Counties'''

Northumberland

Cumberland

Durham

Yorkshire

Westmoreland

'''Songs of the North-Western Counties'''

Lancashire

Cheshire

Shropshire

Isle of Man

'''Songs of the Midland Counties'''

Staffordshire

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutlandshire

Huntingdonshire

Northamptonshire

Oxfordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Herefordshire

Gloucestershire

Monmouthshire

'''Songs of the Eastern Counties'''

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Essex

'''Songs of the Home Counties'''

Middlesex

Hertfordshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

Surrey

'''Songs of the South Coast'''

Kent

Sussex

Hampshire

Wiltshire

Dorsetshire

Somersetshire

Devonshire

Cornwall

'''Songs of the Sea'''

All on Spurn Point

My Johnny was a shoemaker

The Golden Vanity

The Crocodile

As can be seen from these groupings, particularly the last one, there was a somewhat arbitrary nature to the allocation to a particular grouping, and the appropriateness of its title (for instance, Wiltshire has been included in the grouping for the South Coast, and large tranches of various of the other counties are nowhere near a coastline!)

Three counties were also missing from the overall collection - Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

The actual allocation of songs to particular counties was also somewhat less than accurate. In one or two instances a song collected in one particular county has been allocated to another because it was known that the version in question was sung there, or because the singer had actual associations with the county in question, although no longer living there.

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:02, 8 October 2007 (BST)

Books before 1900

2007-10-10T22:08:20Z

Irene Shettle:

* '''Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry''' is described in Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliques_of_Ancient_English_Poetry See]

The contents might well be catalogued here but in the meantime here's one song to be going on with - [[The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington]]

* '''Old English Songs''' as Now sung by the peasantry of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex, and collected by one who has learnt them by hearing them sung every Christmas from early childhood, by the country people, who go about to the Neighbouring Houses, singing, or “Wassailing” as it is called, at that season. The Airs are set to music exactly as they are now sung to rescue them from oblivion…. and to afford a specimen of genuine Old English melody, and the words are given in their original Rough state, with an occasional slight alteration to render the sense intelligible
'''Arr''' G A Dusart (1843).
Private publication - 1847 - of songs collected by [[John Broadwood]]). This was a softback publication, and only three copies are known to be still in existence. One of these is held in the Surrey History Centre in Woking, Surrey, England (where the original galley proofs are also now held), and another in the British Library.

* '''Old English Popular Music''' by William Chappell ''Ed. H.E.Wooldridge'' ''Additions by Frank Kidson''

* '''Popular Music of the Olden Time''' by William Chappell (1809 -1888). In two volumes, this work has been an important reference for many years. It is now freely available for download. [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol01chapuoft Volume 1] [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol02chapuoft Volume 2]

* '''[[Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire|The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire]]''' - [http://www.peaklandheritage.org.uk/index.asp?peakkey=40600721 Llewellyn Jewitt] - 1867 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)

* '''The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs''' [[Heywood Sumner]]. Pub 1888

* '''Sussex Songs: Popular Songs of Sussex''' arranged by H F Birch Reynardson - undated- Leonard and Co, (London). (Edited in collaboration with [[Lucy Broadwood]]) (stated by Lucy Broadwood to have been published in 1889)

* '''[[English County Songs]]''' Ed. [[Lucy Broadwood]] & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd

* '''English Traditional Songs and Carols''' Ed. [[Lucy E. Broadwood]] - 1908
For the most part these were collected between 1893 and 1901. Very difficult to find and even when republished in 1974 EP Publishing (and Rowan and Littlefield in America) still not an easy acquisition.

Good Old Leathern Bottle, The

2007-10-10T22:06:02Z

Irene Shettle:

'''The Good Old Leathern Bottle'''

[[Roud 1375]]

Tune and words from [[English County Songs]] edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland - listed under [[Oxfordshire]] - are at http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=243

The editors' notes state:
'The tune, first verse and part of second, from Mr Bennell; the remainder from Mr [[Heywood Sumner]], The Besom Maker (1888). The words are given again as "[[Reaphook and the Sickle, The|The Reaphook and the Sickle]]"'

Good Old Leathern Bottle, The

2007-10-10T22:04:16Z

Irene Shettle:

'''The Good Old Leathern Bottle'''

[[Roud 1375]]

Tune and words from [[English County Songs]]edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland - listed under [[Oxfordshire]] - are at http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=243

The editors' notes state:
:'The tune, first verse and part of second, from Mr Bennell; the remainder from Mr Heywood Sumner, The Besom Maker (1888). The words are given again as "[[Reaphook and the Sickle, The|The Reaphook and the Sickle]]"'

Water of Tyne, The

2007-10-10T22:01:07Z

Irene Shettle:

Water of Tyne, The

2007-10-10T21:57:42Z

Irene Shettle: New page: This song is to be found at page 3 of "English County Songs" edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland (Leadenhall Press, 1893). The editors' notes state that the words and tune are...

This song is to be found at page 3 of "English County Songs" edited by Lucy Broadwood and J A Fuller Maitland (Leadenhall Press, 1893). The editors' notes state that the words and tune are to be found in "[[Northumbrian Minstrelsy]]" ,page 89, with further notes to the effect that "Mr S Reay, Mus B, in a paper on "Northumberland Ballad Music" read before the National Society of Professional Musicians in January 1892, states that this song was taken down by Mr Stokoe from the singing of an old man at Hexham, and that it has appeared in many song-books since 1793" -''Musical News, January 22, 1892''

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 22:57, 10 October 2007 (BST)

English County Songs

2007-10-10T21:52:07Z

Irene Shettle:

'''English County Songs''' was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893.

The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is

English County Songs: Words and Music
Collected and Edited by Lucy E.Broadwood and J.A.Fuller Maitland M.A.,F.S.A

Published by The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.
J.B.Cramer and Co, 201 Regent Street, w.
Simpkin,Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745, Broadway.

----

'''INDEX OF SONGS'''

A Cheshire Man went to Spain

Adam and Eve

A dashing young lad from Buckingham

Ah! There was an old man

All on Spurn Point

A North-Country Maid

An outlandish Knight

Around the green gravel

As I rode over yonger forest green

As I sat on a Sunny Bank

As it fell out upon one day

As I walked out

As I walked through Bristol City

As I was a-walking one morning in May

As I was going to Derby

As me and my marrow

A soul! a soul! a soul-cake

A varmer he lived in the West Countree

A Virgin unspotted

Banks of the Sweet Dundee, The

Barkshire Tragedy, The

Beautiful Damsel, The

Bedlam City

Bristol City

Carter's Health, The

Cheerful Arn, The

Cheshire Man, The

Collier's Rant, The

Cold Blows the Wind

Come all you lads and lasses

Come, all you jolly ploughmen

Come, Deavie, I'll tell thee a secret

Come, I will sing to you

Come listen awhile unto my song

Crocodile,The

Derby Ram, The

Dives and Lazarus

Down by the side of Bedlam City

Easter Day was a holiday

Faithful Emma

Farewell, my Joy and Heart

Farmer's Boy, The

Farmer's daughter, The

Feast Song

Garden Gate, The

Golden Vanity, The

[[Good Old Leathern Bottle, The]]

Green Broom

Green Bushes,The

Green Gravel

Green Grow the Rushes Oh!

Ground for the Floor

Harvest Song

Here come three dukes

Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith

Here's a health unto our master

Here's a health unto the mistress

Here's two or three jolly lads

Here we come a-wassailing

Hold up thy hand, most righteous judge

Ho! yonder stands a charming creature

I been a-rambling all this night

I cannot get to my love

I'll spread the greeen branches

I'll tell you of a fellow

I'll weave my love a garland

I'm a man that's done wrong to my parents

In Bethlehem City

In Thorney woods in Nottinghamshire

I once loved a boy

Is any of you going to Scarborough fair?

I sowed the seeds of love

It's of a farmer's daughter

It was one summer's morning

Ive lived in a wood for a number of years

I will give you the Keys of Heaven

John Appleby

Jolly Ploughboy, The

King Arthur had three sons

Lavender cries

Lazarus

Little Sir William

Lord Bateman

Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

Loyal Lover, The

Lurg geurey gy niaghtey

May-Day carols

Me mither mend't me auld breek

Mistress's health, The

My bonnie,bonnie boy

My Johnny was a shoemaker

Mylecharane

Nottinghamshire Poacher, The

Now listen, you landsmen, unto me

Now,Robin, lend to me thy bow

Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey

Oats and Beans

Of all the horses in the merry greenwood

O father, father, come build me a boat

"Oh hangman, hold thy hand" he cried

Old Tup, The

Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead

O Mylechrane

One Morning in May

One very keen winter

One Zunday Morn

Our Mistress's health we now begin

Our sheep-shearing done

Our sheep-shear is over

Outlandish Knight,The

O Vylecharane

Painful (or Faithful) Plough, The

Peace-Egging Songs

Poor Mary is weeping

Prickly Bush,The

Reaphook and Sickle, The

Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

Robin-a-Thrush

Robin he married a wife in the west

Sally Gray

Scarborough Fair

Seasons of the Year, The

Seeds of Love, The

Servingman and the Husbandman, The

Sheepcrook and Blackdog

Sheep-shearing songs

Shepherd's Song, The

Souling Song, The

Spier, The

Sprig of Thyme, The

Stratton Church Chimes

Sweet Nightingale, The

Sweet William

Sword Dance Song

The Cheerful Arn

The day was gone

The lambs they skip with pleasure

The Moon shines Bright

There was a Lady in the West

There was a Pig went out to dig

There was a ship from the north country

There was a tree, and a very fine tree

There were three sisters fair and bright

There were two loving brothers

The sun it goes down

The sun went down beyond yon hill

Three Dukes, The

Thresher and the Squire, The

'Tis of a bold thresherman

'Tis of a fair damsel

'Tis young men and maidens all

Tree in the Valley, The

Tripping up the Green Grass

Turmut-hoeing

Twankydillo

'Twas on a jolly summer's morn

Twelve Apostles, The

Twenty, Eighteen

Undaunted Female, The

Venus and Adonis

Wassail Bough, The

[[Water of Tyne, The]]

Well met my brother friend

We shepherds are the best of men

Will you buy my sweet lavender?

Young Herchard

You noble spectators

''It should be noted that the index of songs also incorporates an index of first lines;and some songs are given more than one title. Thus one song may appear more than once in the index (eg Dives and Lazarus, and Lazarus, and As it fell out upon one day are all entries for the same song - titled "Lazarus" on the relevant page of the book)''

----

The book is divided up into "chapters" each of which gives songs attributed to a grouping of counties, as follows:

'''Songs of the Northern Counties'''

Northumberland

Cumberland

Durham

Yorkshire

Westmoreland

'''Songs of the North-Western Counties'''

Lancashire

Cheshire

Shropshire

Isle of Man

'''Songs of the Midland Counties'''

Staffordshire

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutlandshire

Huntingdonshire

Northamptonshire

Oxfordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Herefordshire

Gloucestershire

Monmouthshire

'''Songs of the Eastern Counties'''

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Essex

'''Songs of the Home Counties'''

Middlesex

Hertfordshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

Surrey

'''Songs of the South Coast'''

Kent

Sussex

Hampshire

Wiltshire

Dorsetshire

Somersetshire

Devonshire

Cornwall

'''Songs of the Sea'''

All on Spurn Point

My Johnny was a shoemaker

The Golden Vanity

The Crocodile

As can be seen from these groupings, particularly the last one, there was a somewhat arbitrary nature to the allocation to a particular grouping, and the appropriateness of its title (for instance, Wiltshire has been included in the grouping for the South Coast, and large tranches of various of the other counties are nowhere near a coastline!)

Three counties were also missing from the overall collection - Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

The actual allocation of songs to particular counties was also somewhat less than accurate. In one or two instances a song collected in one particular county has been allocated to another because it was known that the version in question was sung there, or because the singer had actual associations with the county in question, although no longer living there.

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:02, 8 October 2007 (BST)

Books before 1900

2007-10-10T02:24:28Z

Irene Shettle:

* '''Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry''' is described in Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliques_of_Ancient_English_Poetry See]

The contents might well be catalogued here but in the meantime here's one song to be going on with - [[The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington]]

* '''Old English Songs''' as Now sung by the peasantry of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex, and collected by one who has learnt them by hearing them sung every Christmas from early childhood, by the country people, who go about to the Neighbouring Houses, singing, or “Wassailing” as it is called, at that season. The Airs are set to music exactly as they are now sung to rescue them from oblivion…. and to afford a specimen of genuine Old English melody, and the words are given in their original Rough state, with an occasional slight alteration to render the sense intelligible
'''Arr''' G A Dusart (1843).
Private publication - 1847 - of songs collected by [[John Broadwood]]). This was a softback publication, and only three copies are known to be still in existence. One of these is held in the Surrey History Centre in Woking, Surrey, England (where the original galley proofs are also now held), and another in the British Library.

* '''Old English Popular Music''' by William Chappell ''Ed. H.E.Wooldridge'' ''Additions by Frank Kidson''

* '''Popular Music of the Olden Time''' by William Chappell (1809 -1888). In two volumes, this work has been an important reference for many years. It is now freely available for download. [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol01chapuoft Volume 1] [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol02chapuoft Volume 2]

* '''[[Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire|The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire]]''' - [http://www.peaklandheritage.org.uk/index.asp?peakkey=40600721 Llewellyn Jewitt] - 1867 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)

* '''The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs''' Heywood Sumner. Pub 1888

* '''Sussex Songs: Popular Songs of Sussex''' arranged by H F Birch Reynardson - undated- Leonard and Co, (London). (Edited in collaboration with [[Lucy Broadwood]]) (stated by Lucy Broadwood to have been published in 1889)

* '''[[English County Songs]]''' Ed. [[Lucy Broadwood]] & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd

* '''English Traditional Songs and Carols''' Ed. [[Lucy E. Broadwood]] - 1908
For the most part these were collected between 1893 and 1901. Very difficult to find and even when republished in 1974 EP Publishing (and Rowan and Littlefield in America) still not an easy acquisition.

Song Books

2007-10-10T02:18:47Z

Irene Shettle:

==General Anthologies==

Books of folk songs can be comprehensive anthologies of songs from a region, from a country, or a nation.

* ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'', A L Lloyd and Ralph Vaughan Williams, several editions from 1959 onwards, Penguin Books. Seventy songs selected from ''The Journal of the Folk-Song Society'', with music, and the book most favoured by singers in the '60s revival as a source of songs.<br/>A revised edition, with more detailed notes, bibliography and information on the source singers, was published by EFDSS as [[Classic English Folk Songs]] in 2003, and can be bought from http://folkshop.efdss.org/. Web pages devoted to additions and corrections, with supporting material, can be seen at http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/penguin/

* ''[[The Singing Island]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1960, Mills Books. Another great favourite in the early revival. Mostly traditional songs, arranged by theme, and with music.

* ''[[Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland]]'', Compiled and edited by Ewan MacColl 1965, Oak Publications Books. Traditional songs, with music.

* ''[[I'm A Freeborn Man]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1968, Oak Publications, New York. Tells the story of the eight Radio Ballads (1957 - 1964) commissioned by the BBC. This book contains the story of the original radio ballads, songs taken from some of the ballads and other contemporary songs of struggle and conscience.

* ''[[Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1977, Routledge Keegan And Paul. The result of 15 years of collecting both in the south and south-eastern England and central and north-eastern Scotland. 130 songs arranged into themes along with stories. Excellent book.

* ''[[Till Doomsday in the Afternoon]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1986, Manchester University Press. The result of 20 years of following the fortunes of the Stewarts of Blairgowrie, a family of Scots Travellers. An enormous treasury of tales, jokes, riddles, children's songs and and the words and music of some seventy songs.

* ''[[Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland]]'', Peter Kennedy, 1975, Cassell. Again the songs are arranged by theme, largely using versions collected by Kennedy himself. Has music, and copious notes on each song, with useful references to other versions.

==Specific Subjects==

* ''Come All you Bold Miners'', [[A. L. Lloyd]], second edition 1978, Laurence and Wishart

* ''A Taste of Ale'', [[Roy Palmer]], 2000, Green Branch, Lechlade

* '' A Touch on the Times'', Songs of Social Change 1770- 1914 Edited by [[Roy Palmer]], Penguin Education 1974

* ''The Rambling Soldier'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1977, Peacock Books

* ''Songs and Music of The Redcoats (1642 - 1902)'', Lewis Winstock, 1970, Leo Cooper Ltd

* ''One Hundred Songs of Toil'', [[Karl Dallas]], 1974, Wolfe

* ''The Cruel Wars'', 100 Soldiers Songs from Agincourt to Ulster [[Karl Dallas]], 1974, Wolfe

* ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', [[Stan Hugill]], 1961, Routledge & Kegan Paul

* ''Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland'' Elisabeth Bristol Greenleaf and Grace Yarrow Mansfield, 1933, Memorial University of Newfoundland

* ''The Oxford Book of Sea Songs'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1986, Oxford University Press

* ''Boxing The Compass - Sea Songs and Shanties'' - [[Roy Palmer]], 2001, Herron Publishing (Previously ''The Oxford Book of Sea Songs'' - now expanded)

==Collections==

Books which concentrate on the songs collected by one or two collectors.

* ''Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs'', [[Maud Karpeles]], 1974, Oxford University Press. About two-thirds of the songs and tunes collected in England in the early 1900s by the most prolific collector, mostly in their original forms, though not invariably accurately or completely transcribed by Dr Karpeles. In two volumes, but difficult to find except through university libraries and 'antiquarian' book dealers.

* ''The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection'', [[Pat Shaw|Pat Shuldham-Shaw]], Emily B Lyle and others, 1981-2002, Aberdeen University Press and Mercat Press. The entire collection of the two Scots collectors [[Gavin Greig]] and [[John Duncan]], who worked in Aberdeenshire at the same time as Sharp and his contemporaries were collecting mainly in the south and east of England. Eight volumes: numbers 2, 4, 7 and 8 of which can still be got from the publishers.

* ''[[Marrow Bones]]'', ''[[The Wanton Seed]]'', ''[[The Constant Lovers]]'', and ''[[The Foggy Dew]]'', [[Frank Purslow]], 1965 to 1973, EFDS Publications Ltd. A series of books with a selection of songs from the collections of and [[H.E.D. Hammond|Henry]] and [[Robert Hammond]] and [[George Gardiner]], who collected mainly in Dorset and Hampshire respectively, again in the early 1900s. The books were intended for relative newcomers to folk song and, as was usual until very recently in 'popular' anthologies, many of the song texts were edited and collated in order to produce good 'singing' versions.<br/>A new, extensively revised edition of ''[[Marrow Bones]]'' was published by EFDSS in June 2007, and can be bought from http://folkshop.efdss.org/. A new edition of ''[[The Wanton Seed]]'' is planned for 2008.

* EFDSS also published two books from the collecting of [[Fred Hamer]] and one from the collecting of [[Ken Stubbs]]. These were ''Garners Gay: English Folk songs collected by Fred Hamer'' (1967): ''The Life of a Man: English Folk Songs from the Home Counties collected by Ken Stubbs'' (1970); and ''Green Groves: More English Folk Songs collected by Fred Hamer'' (1973).

* ''Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1983, J M Dent.

* ''Bushes and Briars, Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1999, Llanerch Press (Reprint of "Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams" 1983, but with corrections): http://www.llanerchpress.com/

Song Books

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==General Anthologies==

Books of folk songs can be comprehensive anthologies of songs from a region, from a country, or a nation.

* ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'', A L Lloyd and Ralph Vaughan Williams, several editions from 1959 onwards, Penguin Books. Seventy songs selected from ''The Journal of the Folk-Song Society'', with music, and the book most favoured by singers in the '60s revival as a source of songs.<br/>A revised edition, with more detailed notes, bibliography and information on the source singers, was published by EFDSS as [[Classic English Folk Songs]] in 2003, and can be bought from http://folkshop.efdss.org/. Web pages devoted to additions and corrections, with supporting material, can be seen at http://www.folk-network.com/miscellany/penguin/

* ''[[The Singing Island]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1960, Mills Books. Another great favourite in the early revival. Mostly traditional songs, arranged by theme, and with music.

* ''[[Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland]]'', Compiled and edited by Ewan MacColl 1965, Oak Publications Books. Traditional songs, with music.

* ''[[I'm A Freeborn Man]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1968, Oak Publications, New York. Tells the story of the eight Radio Ballads (1957 - 1964) commissioned by the BBC. This book contains the story of the original radio ballads, songs taken from some of the ballads and other contemporary songs of struggle and conscience.

* ''[[Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1977, Routledge Keegan And Paul. The result of 15 years of collecting both in the south and south-eastern England and central and north-eastern Scotland. 130 songs arranged into themes along with stories. Excellent book.

* ''[[Till Doomsday in the Afternoon]]'', Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1986, Manchester University Press. The result of 20 years of following the fortunes of the Stewarts of Blairgowrie, a family of Scots Travellers. An enormous treasury of tales, jokes, riddles, children's songs and and the words and music of some seventy songs.

* ''[[Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland]]'', Peter Kennedy, 1975, Cassell. Again the songs are arranged by theme, largely using versions collected by Kennedy himself. Has music, and copious notes on each song, with useful references to other versions.

==Specific Subjects==
* ''Come All you Bold Miners'', [[A. L. Lloyd]], second edition 1978, Laurence and Wishart

* ''A Taste of Ale'', [[Roy Palmer]], 2000, Green Branch, Lechlade

* '' A Touch on the Times'', Songs of Social Change 1770- 1914 Edited by [[Roy Palmer]], Penguin Education 1974

* ''The Rambling Soldier'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1977, Peacock Books

* ''Songs and Music of The Redcoats (1642 - 1902)'', Lewis Winstock, 1970, Leo Cooper Ltd

* ''One Hundred Songs of Toil'', [[Karl Dallas]], 1974, Wolfe

* ''The Cruel Wars'', 100 Soldiers Songs from Agincourt to Ulster [[Karl Dallas]], 1974, Wolfe

* ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', [[Stan Hugill]], 1961, Routledge & Kegan Paul

* ''Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland'' Elisabeth Bristol Greenleaf and Grace Yarrow Mansfield, 1933, Memorial University of Newfoundland

* ''The Oxford Book of Sea Songs'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1986, Oxford University Press

* ''Boxing The Compass - Sea Songs and Shanties'' - [[Roy Palmer]], 2001, Herron Publishing (Previously ''The Oxford Book of Sea Songs'' - now expanded)

==Collections==
Books which concentrate on the songs collected by one or two collectors.

* ''Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs'', [[Maud Karpeles]], 1974, Oxford University Press. About two-thirds of the songs and tunes collected in England in the early 1900s by the most prolific collector, mostly in their original forms, though not invariably accurately or completely transcribed by Dr Karpeles. In two volumes, but difficult to find except through university libraries and 'antiquarian' book dealers.

* ''The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection'', [[Pat Shaw|Pat Shuldham-Shaw]], Emily B Lyle and others, 1981-2002, Aberdeen University Press and Mercat Press. The entire collection of the two Scots collectors [[Gavin Greig]] and [[John Duncan]], who worked in Aberdeenshire at the same time as Sharp and his contemporaries were collecting mainly in the south and east of England. Eight volumes: numbers 2, 4, 7 and 8 of which can still be got from the publishers.

* ''[[Marrow Bones]]'', ''[[The Wanton Seed]]'', ''[[The Constant Lovers]]'', and ''[[The Foggy Dew]]'', [[Frank Purslow]], 1965 to 1973, EFDS Publications Ltd. A series of books with a selection of songs from the collections of and [[H.E.D. Hammond|Henry]] and [[Robert Hammond]] and [[George Gardiner]], who collected mainly in Dorset and Hampshire respectively, again in the early 1900s. The books were intended for relative newcomers to folk song and, as was usual until very recently in 'popular' anthologies, many of the song texts were edited and collated in order to produce good 'singing' versions.<br/>A new, extensively revised edition of ''[[Marrow Bones]]'' was published by EFDSS in June 2007, and can be bought from http://folkshop.efdss.org/. A new edition of ''[[The Wanton Seed]]'' is planned for 2008.

* EFDSS also published two books from the collecting of [[Fred Hamer]] and one from the collecting of [[Ken Stubbs]]. These were ''Garners Gay: English Folk songs collected by Fred Hamer'' (1967): ''The Life of a Man: English Folk Songs from the Home Counties collected by Ken Stubbs'' (1970); and ''Green Groves: More English Folk Songs collected by Fred Hamer'' (1973).

* ''Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1983, J M Dent.

* ''Bushes and Briars, Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams'', [[Roy Palmer]], 1999, Llanerch Press (Reprint of "Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams" 1983, but with corrections): http://www.llanerchpress.com/

Folk Song Scholarship

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* ''English Folk Song Some Conclusions'' [[Cecil Sharp]], 1907, Simpkin and Co, Novello and Co. This was first published in 1907 and was written at a time when few people were aware of the wealth of folk music that England possessed. By that time Sharp had been collecting for four years and noted 1,500 tunes mostly from Somerset. There was a second edition in 1936 and a third revised edition in 1954. This was in effect a new edition by Maud Karpeles who makes a few modifications which she considers Sharp would have made with his later wider knowledge. There is an appreciation of Sharp by Ralph Vaughan Williams in this third edition. There was also a fourth edition (1965) and a reprint of the 1907 edition published by EP publishing (1972).*

* ''English Folk Song and Dance'', [[Frank Kidson]] and [[Mary Neal]], 1915, Cambridge University Press (Reprint 1972 - EP Publishing)

* ''National Music'' [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], 1934, Oxford University Press

* ''The Common Muse'' [[V. de Sola Pinto and A.E. Rodway]], An Anthology of Popular British ballad poetry from the 15th century to the 20th century. Chatto and Windus 1957 also Penguin 1965. Lots of interesting material but no tunes.

* ''[[Sailortown]]'' [[Stan Hugill]], 1967, Routledge, Keegan Paul

* ''[[Folk Song in England]]'', [[A. L. Lloyd]], 1967, Lawrence & Wishart (then Paladin)

* ''The Sound of History - Songs & Social Comment'', Roy Palmer, 1988, Oxford University Press

* ''The British Folk Scene - Musical Performance and Social Identity'', Niall MacKinnon, 1993, Open University Press

* ''Victorian Songhunters: The Recovery and Editing of English Vernacular Ballads and Folk Lyrics 1820-1883'', E David Gregory, 2006, Scarecrow Press (Published in USA). Paperback edition only.

Lucy Broadwood

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'''Lucy Etheldred Broadwood''' was born in Melrose, Scotland on August 9th, 1858. The youngest of the 9 surviving children of Julianna Maria and Henry Fowler Broadwood, she was a member of a wealthy upper middle class family, whose money and estates were derived from their world renowned London -based piano manufacturing business. For much of her childhood, and early adulthood up to her thirties she lived on the family’s estate at Lyne,in Surrey, until her father’s death in 1893. Following this she lived at a succession of London addresses until her death on a visit to relatives in Dropmore, Kent in August 1929.

She was to become one of the foremost folksong collectors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries - a lynchpin of the collecting movement around which many of the important collectors of the day revolved, and from whom they received advice, information and support. She was a talented classically trained singer, composer and poet, and provided inspiration and assistance to many composers of the 20th century English classical school of music, such as [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], [[Percy Grainger]] and Gustav Holst.

Following in the footsteps of her uncle, the Rev [[John Broadwood]],who had published the ground breaking work "Old English Songs.." privately in 1847, Lucy was responsible with H F Birch Reynardson for the republication of the work as "Sussex Songs" in 1889. That particular collection included a number of songs which Lucy had collected herself.

Following the publication of the inspirational work “[[English County Songs]]” ,which she edited with J.Fuller Maitland in 1893, she became a founder member of the Folk-Song Society five years later, and was to become in turn Secretary, editor of the Society’s Journal for many years, and finally, shortly before her death, President of the Society. Her work was to influence both the world of the folksong collector in her day, and that of composers of the English school.

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:24, 8 October 2007 (BST)

Books before 1900

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* '''Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry''' is described in Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliques_of_Ancient_English_Poetry See]

The contents might well be catalogued here but in the meantime here's one song to be going on with - [[The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington]]

* '''Old English Songs''' as Now sung by the peasantry of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex, and collected by one who has learnt them by hearing them sung every Christmas from early childhood, by the country people, who go about to the Neighbouring Houses, singing, or “Wassailing” as it is called, at that season. The Airs are set to music exactly as they are now sung to rescue them from oblivion…. and to afford a specimen of genuine Old English melody, and the words are given in their original Rough state, with an occasional slight alteration to render the sense intelligible '''Arr''' G A Dusart (1843).(Private publication - 1847 - of songs collected by [[John Broadwood]]). This was a softback publication, and only three copies are known to be still in existence. One of these is held in the Surrey History Centre in Woking, Surrey, England (where the original galley proofs are also now held), and another in the British Library.

* '''Old English Popular Music''' by William Chappell ''Ed. H.E.Wooldridge'' ''Additions by Frank Kidson''

* '''Popular Music of the Olden Time''' by William Chappell (1809 -1888). In two volumes, this work has been an important reference for many years. It is now freely available for download. [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol01chapuoft Volume 1] [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol02chapuoft Volume 2]

* '''[[Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire|The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire]]''' - [http://www.peaklandheritage.org.uk/index.asp?peakkey=40600721 Llewellyn Jewitt] - 1867 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)

* '''The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs''' Heywood Sumner. Pub 1888

* '''Sussex Songs: Popular Songs of Sussex''' arranged by H F Birch Reynardson - undated- Leonard and Co, (London). (Edited in collaboration with [[Lucy Broadwood]]) (stated by Lucy Broadwood to have been published in 1889)

* '''[[English County Songs]]''' Ed. [[Lucy Broadwood]] & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd

* '''English Traditional Songs and Carols''' Ed. [[Lucy E. Broadwood]] - 1908
For the most part these were collected between 1893 and 1901. Very difficult to find and even when republished in 1974 EP Publishing (and Rowan and Littlefield in America) still not an easy acquisition.

Books before 1900

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Irene Shettle:

* '''Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry''' is described in Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliques_of_Ancient_English_Poetry See]

The contents might well be catalogued here but in the meantime here's one song to be going on with - [[The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington]]

* '''Old English Songs''' as Now sung by the peasantry of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex, and collected by one who has learnt them by hearing them sung every Christmas from early childhood, by the country people, who go about to the Neighbouring Houses, singing, or “Wassailing” as it is called, at that season. The Airs are set to music exactly as they are now sung to rescue them from oblivion…. and to afford a specimen of genuine Old English melody, and the words are given in their original Rough state, with an occasional slight alteration to render the sense intelligible '''Arr''' G A Dusart (1843).(Private publication - 1847 - of songs collected by [[John Broadwood]]).

* '''Old English Popular Music''' by William Chappell ''Ed. H.E.Wooldridge'' ''Additions by Frank Kidson''

* '''Popular Music of the Olden Time''' by William Chappell (1809 -1888). In two volumes, this work has been an important reference for many years. It is now freely available for download. [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol01chapuoft Volume 1] [http://www.archive.org/details/popularmusicofol02chapuoft Volume 2]

* '''[[Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire|The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire]]''' - [http://www.peaklandheritage.org.uk/index.asp?peakkey=40600721 Llewellyn Jewitt] - 1867 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)

* '''The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs''' Heywood Sumner. Pub 1888

* '''Sussex Songs: Popular Songs of Sussex''' arranged by H F Birch Reynardson - undated- Leonard and Co, (London). (Edited in collaboration with [[Lucy Broadwood]]) (stated by Lucy Broadwood to have been published in 1889)

* '''[[English County Songs]]''' Ed. [[Lucy Broadwood]] & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd

* '''English Traditional Songs and Carols''' Ed. [[Lucy E. Broadwood]] - 1908
For the most part these were collected between 1893 and 1901. Very difficult to find and even when republished in 1974 EP Publishing (and Rowan and Littlefield in America) still not an easy acquisition.

English County Songs

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Irene Shettle: New page: '''English County Songs''' was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893. The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is English County Songs: Words and Music Collected a...

'''English County Songs''' was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893.

The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is

English County Songs: Words and Music
Collected and Edited by Lucy E.Broadwood and J.A.Fuller Maitland M.A.,F.S.A

Published by The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London E.C.
J.B.Cramer and Co, 201 Regent Street, w.
Simpkin,Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745, Broadway.

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'''INDEX OF SONGS'''

A Cheshire Man went to Spain

Adam and Eve

A dashing young lad from Buckingham

Ah! There was an old man

All on Spurn Point

A North-Country Maid

An outlandish Knight

Around the green gravel

As I rode over yonger forest green

As I sat on a Sunny Bank

As it fell out upon one day

As I walked out

As I walked through Bristol City

As I was a-walking one morning in May

As I was going to Derby

As me and my marrow

A soul! a soul! a soul-cake

A varmer he lived in the West Countree

A Virgin unspotted

Banks of the Sweet Dundee, The

Barkshire Tragedy, The

Beautiful Damsel, The

Bedlam City

Bristol City

Carter's Health, The

Cheerful Arn, The

Cheshire Man, The

Collier's Rant, The

Cold Blows the Wind

Come all you lads and lasses

Come, all you jolly ploughmen

Come, Deavie, I'll tell thee a secret

Come, I will sing to you

Come listen awhile unto my song

Crocodile,The

Derby Ram, The

Dives and Lazarus

Down by the side of Bedlam City

Easter Day was a holiday

Faithful Emma

Farewell, my Joy and Heart

Farmer's Boy, The

Farmer's daughter, The

Feast Song

Garden Gate, The

Golden Vanity, The

Good Old Leathern Bottle,The

Green Broom

Green Bushes,The

Green Gravel

Green Grow the Rushes Oh!

Ground for the Floor

Harvest Song

Here come three dukes

Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith

Here's a health unto our master

Here's a health unto the mistress

Here's two or three jolly lads

Here we come a-wassailing

Hold up thy hand, most righteous judge

Ho! yonder stands a charming creature

I been a-rambling all this night

I cannot get to my love

I'll spread the greeen branches

I'll tell you of a fellow

I'll weave my love a garland

I'm a man that's done wrong to my parents

In Bethlehem City

In Thorney woods in Nottinghamshire

I once loved a boy

Is any of you going to Scarborough fair?

I sowed the seeds of love

It's of a farmer's daughter

It was one summer's morning

Ive lived in a wood for a number of years

I will give you the Keys of Heaven

John Appleby

Jolly Ploughboy, The

King Arthur had three sons

Lavender cries

Lazarus

Little Sir William

Lord Bateman

Lord Thomas he was a bold forester

Loyal Lover, The

Lurg geurey gy niaghtey

May-Day carols

Me mither mend't me auld breek

Mistress's health, The

My bonnie,bonnie boy

My Johnny was a shoemaker

Mylecharane

Nottinghamshire Poacher, The

Now listen, you landsmen, unto me

Now,Robin, lend to me thy bow

Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey

Oats and Beans

Of all the horses in the merry greenwood

O father, father, come build me a boat

"Oh hangman, hold thy hand" he cried

Old Tup, The

Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead

O Mylechrane

One Morning in May

One very keen winter

One Zunday Morn

Our Mistress's health we now begin

Our sheep-shearing done

Our sheep-shear is over

Outlandish Knight,The

O Vylecharane

Painful (or Faithful) Plough, The

Peace-Egging Songs

Poor Mary is weeping

Prickly Bush,The

Reaphook and Sickle, The

Robbie Tamson's Smiddie

Robin-a-Thrush

Robin he married a wife in the west

Sally Gray

Scarborough Fair

Seasons of the Year, The

Seeds of Love, The

Servingman and the Husbandman, The

Sheepcrook and Blackdog

Sheep-shearing songs

Shepherd's Song, The

Souling Song, The

Spier, The

Sprig of Thyme, The

Stratton Church Chimes

Sweet Nightingale, The

Sweet William

Sword Dance Song

The Cheerful Arn

The day was gone

The lambs they skip with pleasure

The Moon shines Bright

There was a Lady in the West

There was a Pig went out to dig

There was a ship from the north country

There was a tree, and a very fine tree

There were three sisters fair and bright

There were two loving brothers

The sun it goes down

The sun went down beyond yon hill

Three Dukes, The

Thresher and the Squire, The

'Tis of a bold thresherman

'Tis of a fair damsel

'Tis young men and maidens all

Tree in the Valley, The

Tripping up the Green Grass

Turmut-hoeing

Twankydillo

'Twas on a jolly summer's morn

Twelve Apostles, The

Twenty, Eighteen

Undaunted Female, The

Venus and Adonis

Wassail Bough, The

Water of Tyne, The

Well met my brother friend

We shepherds are the best of men

Will you buy my sweet lavender?

Young Herchard

You noble spectators

''It should be noted that the index of songs also incorporates an index of first lines;and some songs are given more than one title. Thus one song may appear more than once in the index (eg Dives and Lazarus, and Lazarus, and As it fell out upon one day are all entries for the same song - titled "Lazarus" on the relevant page of the book)''

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The book is divided up into "chapters" each of which gives songs attributed to a grouping of counties, as follows:

'''Songs of the Northern Counties'''

Northumberland

Cumberland

Durham

Yorkshire

Westmoreland

'''Songs of the North-Western Counties'''

Lancashire

Cheshire

Shropshire

Isle of Man

'''Songs of the Midland Counties'''

Staffordshire

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutlandshire

Huntingdonshire

Northamptonshire

Oxfordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Herefordshire

Gloucestershire

Monmouthshire

'''Songs of the Eastern Counties'''

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Suffolk

Cambridgeshire

Essex

'''Songs of the Home Counties'''

Middlesex

Hertfordshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Berkshire

Surrey

'''Songs of the South Coast'''

Kent

Sussex

Hampshire

Wiltshire

Dorsetshire

Somersetshire

Devonshire

Cornwall

'''Songs of the Sea'''

All on Spurn Point

My Johnny was a shoemaker

The Golden Vanity

The Crocodile

As can be seen from these groupings, particularly the last one, there was a somewhat arbitrary nature to the allocation to a particular grouping, and the appropriateness of it's title (for instance, Wiltshire has been included in the grouping for the South Coast, and large tranches of various of the other counties are nowhere near a coastline!)

Three counties were also missing from the overall collection - Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.

The actual allocation of songs to particular counties was also somewhat less than accurate. In one or two instances a song collected in one particular county has been allocated to another because it was known that the version in question was sung there, or because the singer had actual associations with the county in question, although no longer living there.

--[[User:Irene Shettle|Irene Shettle]] 01:02, 8 October 2007 (BST)