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* '''[[Besom Maker and Other Country Folk Songs, The|The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs]]''' - by [[Heywood Sumner]]. Pub 1888 | * '''[[Besom Maker and Other Country Folk Songs, The|The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs]]''' - by [[Heywood Sumner]]. Pub 1888 | ||
* '''[[A Collection of Original Local Songs|A Collection of Original Local Songs]]''' - by Robert Gilchrist, 2nd ed. - 1824 - Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
* '''[[English County Songs]]''' Ed. [[Lucy Broadwood]] & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd | * '''[[English County Songs]]''' Ed. [[Lucy Broadwood]] & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd | ||
Latest revision as of 08:34, 11 August 2017
Song Books published prior to 1900 (For dance tune books go here)
- The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire - Llewellyn Jewitt - 1867 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)
- The Besom Maker & Other Country Folk Songs - by Heywood Sumner. Pub 1888
- A Collection of Original Local Songs - by Robert Gilchrist, 2nd ed. - 1824 - Newcastle upon Tyne
- English County Songs Ed. Lucy Broadwood & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd
- English Folk-Songs by Barrett, William Alexander, 1891
- English Traditional Songs and Carols Ed. Lucy 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. Facsimile available at Archive.com
- Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs - Miss Mason. 1878 (Second edition 1908)
- Old English Popular Music by William Chappell Ed. H.E.Wooldridge Additions by Frank Kidson
- Old English Songs as Now sung by the peasantry of the Weald of Surrey and Sussex. John Broadwood, Arr G A Dusart, 1847
- A Pedlar's Pack of Ballads and Songs with illustrative notes by W.H.Logan. Edinburgh, 1869
- Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry is described in Wikipedia See Here's one song to be going on with - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
- 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. Volume 1 Volume 2
- 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)
- Traditional Tunes Edited by Frank Kidson, 1891. A Collection of Ballad Airs, Chiefly Obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland
- Wit & Mirth or Pills To Purge Melancholy by Thomas D'Urfrey was published in several volumes between 1653 and 1723. Volume six is available online at Project Gutenburg