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Link to the Home Page of the Full English Transcription Programme (formerly known as the [[Take 6 Transcription Programme]])
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'''Part 1: RVW2/1/1 to RVW2/1/99'''




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''abc notation''


X:1<br>
T:RVW2/1/1 The Green Mossy Banks<br>
T: Played on a penny whistle at the Bell, Kersey, Suffolk, Aug. 30th 1907<br>
L:1/4<br>
Q:1/4=116<br>
M:3/4<br>
I:linebreak $<br>
K:Eaeo<br>
"^(editorial suggestion) " E/F/ | G B G | F A F/E/ | D E2- | E2 E/F/ | G B G | F A G | E3- | <br>
E2 E/F/ | G B B |$ F A F | D E E/F/ | G F E | B, E F | E2 E/F/ |"^(a)" G A B | d B G | F D2- | <br>
D2 E/F/ | G A B |$ d B d | e3- | e2 e | d2 B/A/ | G A F | D E2- | E2 E/F/ | G B B | F A F | E2 ||$ <br>
E/F/ | G B G | F A F/E/ | D E2- | E2 E/F/ | G B G | F A G | E3- | E2 E/F/ | G B B |$ F A F | <br>
D E E/F/ | G F E | B, E F | E2 E/F/ |"^(a) var." G2 G | d B G | F D2- | D2 E/F/ | G A B |$ d B d | <br>
e3- | e2 e | d2 B/A/ | G A F | D E2- | E2 E/F/ | G B B | F A F | E2 |] <br>




'''RVW2/1/2 Basket of Eggs'''
'''RVW2/1/2 The Basket of Eggs'''


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''abc notation''
X:2<br>
T:RVW2/1/2 Basket of Eggs<br>
T:Sung by Mr. Ansell in the Bell, Kersey, Aug 31st 1907 (1 of 3)<br>
L:1/8<br>
Q:1/4=80<br>
M:5/8<br>
I:linebreak $<br>
K:G<br>
"^(editorial suggestion) " d | dA c>BA |[M:3/4] d>A B/c/ d2 e/f/ |[M:5/8] g>g dcB | cd e2 d |$ <br>
dA c>BA |[M:3/4] d>A B/c/ d2 e/f/ |[M:5/8] g>g dcB | c B G2 |] <br>




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X:3<br>
T:RVW2/1/3 Barbry Ellen<br>
T:Sung by Mr. Ansell in the Bell, Kersey, Aug 31st 1907 (2 of 3)<br>
L:1/8<br>
Q:1/4=66<br>
M:5/8<br>
I:linebreak $<br>
K:G<br>
"^(editorial suggestion) " G | Bc d2 A | cB G2 G |[M:3/4] Bd g2 ag | e d2- d2 d |$ <br>
[M:5/8] ge d2 e/f/ | ggGAB | ce d2 A | BG- G2 |] <br>




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X:4<br>
T:RVW2/1/4 I Courted a Dark Girl (The False Lover)<br>
T:Sung by Mr. Ansell in the Bell, Kersey, Aug 31st 1907 (3 of 3)<br>
L:1/8<br>
Q:1/4=100<br>
M:6/8<br>
I:linebreak $<br>
K:G<br>
"^(editorial suggestion) " D | GED G2 D | GBd d2 B | ccA B2 G | AGE D2 B |$ Bcd EFG | <br>
ABA"^(a)" GFD | E>FG AFE | D G2- G2 ||$ D | GED G2 D | GBd d2 B | ccA B2 G | AGE D2 B |$ Bcd EFG | <br>
ABA"^(a) var." GF/E/D | E>FG AFE | D G2- G2 |] <br>




'''RVW2/1/5 When I Was Young [Broken-Down Gentleman]'''
'''RVW2/1/5 When I Was Young [The Broken-Down Gentleman]'''


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''abc notation''
X:5<br>
T:RVW2/1/5 When I Was Young [Broken-Down Gentleman]<br>
T:Sung in the "Shoulder of Mutton," Hadleigh, Sept 1 1907 by Warner<br>
L:1/8<br>
Q:1/4=116<br>
M:6/8<br>
I:linebreak $<br>
K:Eaeo<br>
"^(editorial suggestion) " E | G2 B B2 B | A2 F D2 D | E2 F G2 A | B3 z z E | E2 B B2 B |$ <br>
A2 F D2 D | EFG AGF | E3 z z D | E2 F G2 A | B2 B E2 D |$ E2 F G2 A | B3 B2 A |[M:9/8] GAB d3 e3 | <br>
[M:6/8] dBG D2 D | EFG AGF | E3 z z |] <br>




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X:6<br>
T:RVW2/1/6 Our Chief Mate's Name<br>
T:Chanty sung by Mr. Broome at Hadleigh, Sept. 2nd 1907<br>
L:1/8<br>
Q:1/4=66<br>
M:2/4<br>
I:linebreak $<br>
K:F<br>
"^(editorial suggestion) " f | d d d c | d e f A |$ F/G/F F/F/ G | A/A/ F D C | F F G2 |$ <br>
w: Our|chief mate's name it|was Ike Green, the|dirt- i- est dev- il that|ev- er was seen. Sing|Tow- row- row,|<br>
F/ G/F F c | d>e f A | AG !fermata!F |] <br>
w: lay a- long now, be|hand- y boys be|hand- y now.|<br>




'''RVW2/1/7 Basket Of Eggs'''
'''RVW2/1/7 The Basket of Eggs'''


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'''RVW2/1/10 Villikins And His Dinah'''
'''RVW2/1/10 Villikins and His Dinah'''


[[File:RVW2-1-10.mid]]
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''abc notation''




 
'''RVW2/1/11 The Dew Is on the Grass'''
'''RVW2/1/11 The Dew Is On The Grass'''


[[File:RVW2-1-11.mid]]
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[[File:RVW2-1-11.xml]]
[[File:RVW2-1-11.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/12 The Milkpail [The Sweet Nightingale]'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-12.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-12.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-12.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/13 The Green Mossy Banks'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-13.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-13.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-13.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/14 I Hunted My Merry Dogs [Hunting Song]'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-14.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-14.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-14.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/15 Silvy'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-15.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-15.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-15.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/16 Come All You Roaring Boys'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-16.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-16.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-16.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/17 I Once Loved a Dark Girl [False Lover]'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-17.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-17.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-17.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/18 [Died For Love?]'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-18.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-18.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-18.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/20 T'Old Tup'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-20.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-20.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-20.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/21 The Old Horse'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-21.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-21.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-21.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/22 A Frolicsome Sargeant'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-22.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-22.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-22.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/23 Bold William Taylor'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-23.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-23.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-23.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/24 The Silvery Tide'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-24.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-24.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-24.abc]]
 
''Note'' This tune is missing from the VWML catalogue, but can be found on the same MS page as RVW2/1/23. <br>
The catalogue also omits item 24. The editors have assumed that this is a mistake or the result of a <br>
computer error. As such, the editors have assigned the missing number to this tune.
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/25 The Two Champions'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-25.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-25.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-25.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/26 Seventeen Come Sunday'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-26.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-26.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-26.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/28 Poor Mary'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-28.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-28.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-28.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/29 Oats and Beans'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-29.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-29.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-29.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/30 Wallflowers'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-30.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-30.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-30.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/30A Jolly Sailor Boys'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-30A.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-30A.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-30A.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/32 Milkmaids'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-32.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-32.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-32.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/33 O May He Never Prosper'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-33.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-33.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-33.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/34 Erin's Lovely Home'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-34.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-34.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-34.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/35 I Courted an Old Man'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-35.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-35.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-35.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/36 [The Broken Down Gentleman]'''
 
''Note:'' This is a duplicate of RVW2/1/5 transcribed above.
 
 
'''RVW2/1/38 Lord Ellenwater '''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-38.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-38.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-38.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/39 May Song'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-39.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-39.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-39.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/40 The Lost Lady'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-40.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-40.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-40.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/41 The Yorkshire Bite '''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-41.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-41.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-41.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/42 The Trees They Do Grow High '''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-42.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-42.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-42.abc]]
 
''Notes:'' This MS is defective, and the barring is profoundly incorrect. The MS contains musical inconsistencies,<br>
notational errors and spelling mistakes; much of it is barely legible. The original field notation is in pencil and the first<br>
half of this was revised and rewritten in ink, and there are clear signs of problems. The second half is almost certainly faithful<br>
to the performance of the singer, and illustrates graphically why pencil notation is inferior to audio recording. The version<br>
provided here is the best that the transcribers could make of what is either a work in progress or an unfinished effort that Ralph<br>
Vaughan Williams abandoned. The transcribers have tried to iron out the most egregious problems using the lightest of touches, but the<br>
result is neither academically trustworthy nor plausibly singable. However, it is provided here because it contains many interesting<br>
fragments that may assist students of variants or enthusiasts who enjoy making conjectural restorations.<br>
 
 
'''RVW2/1/43 Lakes of Cold Finn'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-43.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-43.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-43.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/44 Adieu My Lovely Nancy'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-44.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-44.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-44.abc]]
 
 
'''RVW2/1/45 Green Bushes'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-45.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-45.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-45.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/46 God Rest You'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-46.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-46.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-46.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/47 [No Title]'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-47.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-47.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-47.abc]]
 
''Note:'' This tune bears some similarity to that of "The White Cockade".
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/48 [No Title]'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-48.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-48.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-48.abc]]
 
''Note:'' This melody is similar to the tune for ''Lucy Wan'', as sung by Mrs. Dann <br>
and published in ''The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs'' eds. Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd (1959).
 
 
'''RVW2/1/49 The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-49.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-49.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-49.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/50 There Is an Alehouse'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-50.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-50.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-50.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/51 Three Days Before Easter'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-51.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-51.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-51.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/52 The Golden Glove'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-52.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-52.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-52.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/53 The Red Barn'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-53.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-53.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-53.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/54 Shannon Side'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-54.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-54.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-54.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/55 May Song'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-55.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-55.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-55.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/56 Geordie'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-56.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-56.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-56.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/57 Rolling in the Dew'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-57.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-57.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-57.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/58 The Yorkshire Bite'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-58.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-58.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-58.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/59 Gilderoy'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-59.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-59.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-59.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/64 Nine Joys of Mary'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-64.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-64.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-64.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/65 Geordie'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-65.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-65.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-65.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/66 High Germany'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-66.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-66.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-66.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/67 The Young Soldier'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-67.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-67.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-67.abc]]
 
''Note'' This song is wrongly titled in the VWML archive as "The Jolly Sailor".
 
 
'''RVW2/1/68 Salisbury Plain'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-68.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-68.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-68.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/69 Robin Hood's Men'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-69.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-69.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-69.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/70 Robin Wood and the Pedlar'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-70.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-70.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-70.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/71 Down by Some River'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-71.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-71.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-71.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/72 Three Weeks Before Easter'''


[[File:RVW2-1-72.mid]]


''abc notation''
[[File:RVW2-1-72.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-72.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/75 Lovely on the Water '''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-75.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-75.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-75.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/76 When I Was a Bachelor'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-76.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-76.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-76.abc]]
 
''Notes'' Lucy Broadwood has given us another version of the same rendition by Mr. Hilton. (See LEB/5/462).
This transcription conflates the two versions to rectify some faults in RVW's notation.
 
'''RVW2/1/77 When Joan's Ale Was New'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-77.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-77.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-77.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/78 Flower of London'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-78.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-78.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-78.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/79 Dark Eyed Sailor'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-79.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-79.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-79.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/80 Just as the Tide Was Flowing'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-80.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-80.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-80.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/81 It's of an Old Miser'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-81.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-81.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-81.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/82 Plymouth Sound'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-82.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-82.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-82.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/83 Man of Birmingham Town'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-83.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-83.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-83.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/85 The Lady Looked Out'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-85.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-85.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-85.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/86 When I Was a Young Man'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-86.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-86.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-86.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/87 The Red Running Rue'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-87.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-87.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-87.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/88 All You That Are to Mirth Inclined'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-88.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-88.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-88.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/89 Old Christmas Day [All in the Morning]'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-89.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-89.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-89.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/91 Down in Yon Forest'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-91.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-91.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-91.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/92 High Germany'''
 
[[File:RVW2-1-92.mid]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-92.pdf]]
 
[[File:RVW2-1-92.abc]]
 
 
 
'''RVW2/1/93 Salisbury Plain'''
 
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'''RVW2/1/94 Little Cabin Boy'''
 
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'''RVW2/1/95 Rolling in the Dew'''
 
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'''RVW2/1/96 Good Morning'''
 
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'''RVW2/1/97 Noble Lord Archer'''


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'''RVW2/1/12 Milkpail, The [Sweet Nightingale]'''
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'''RVW2/1/98 Down in the Groves'''


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'''RVW2/1/13 Green Mossy Banks'''


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'''RVW2/1/99 [Hurricane Wind]'''


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''abc notation''
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''Note'' For a transcription of this song that has been fitted with lyrics see <br>
"Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams," ed. Roy Palmer (1983) pp. 152-154.

Latest revision as of 16:36, 28 August 2026

Link to the Home Page of the Full English Transcription Programme (formerly known as the Take 6 Transcription Programme)


To view the original manuscript, follow the link provided in the related .abc file below.

For the .abc files, click on the desired .abc item. In the next window that appears, left-click the file name to display the ABC code. Right-click and select "Save as..." to download the file.


Part 1: RVW2/1/1 to RVW2/1/99


RVW2/1/1 The Green Mossy Banks

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RVW2/1/2 The Basket of Eggs

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RVW2/1/3 Barbry Ellen

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RVW2/1/4 I Courted a Dark Girl (The False Lover)

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RVW2/1/5 When I Was Young [The Broken-Down Gentleman]

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RVW2/1/6 Our Chief Mate's Name

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RVW2/1/7 The Basket of Eggs

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RVW2/1/8 Green Lanes

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RVW2/1/9 Broadstriped Trousers (Tarry Trousers)

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RVW2/1/10 Villikins and His Dinah

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RVW2/1/11 The Dew Is on the Grass

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RVW2/1/12 The Milkpail [The Sweet Nightingale]

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RVW2/1/13 The Green Mossy Banks

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RVW2/1/14 I Hunted My Merry Dogs [Hunting Song]

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RVW2/1/15 Silvy

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RVW2/1/16 Come All You Roaring Boys

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RVW2/1/17 I Once Loved a Dark Girl [False Lover]

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RVW2/1/18 [Died For Love?]

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RVW2/1/20 T'Old Tup

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RVW2/1/21 The Old Horse

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RVW2/1/22 A Frolicsome Sargeant

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RVW2/1/23 Bold William Taylor

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RVW2/1/24 The Silvery Tide

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Note This tune is missing from the VWML catalogue, but can be found on the same MS page as RVW2/1/23.
The catalogue also omits item 24. The editors have assumed that this is a mistake or the result of a
computer error. As such, the editors have assigned the missing number to this tune.


RVW2/1/25 The Two Champions

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RVW2/1/26 Seventeen Come Sunday

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RVW2/1/28 Poor Mary

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RVW2/1/29 Oats and Beans

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RVW2/1/30 Wallflowers

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RVW2/1/30A Jolly Sailor Boys

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RVW2/1/32 Milkmaids

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RVW2/1/33 O May He Never Prosper

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RVW2/1/34 Erin's Lovely Home

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RVW2/1/35 I Courted an Old Man

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RVW2/1/36 [The Broken Down Gentleman]

Note: This is a duplicate of RVW2/1/5 transcribed above.


RVW2/1/38 Lord Ellenwater

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RVW2/1/39 May Song

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RVW2/1/40 The Lost Lady

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RVW2/1/41 The Yorkshire Bite

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RVW2/1/42 The Trees They Do Grow High

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Notes: This MS is defective, and the barring is profoundly incorrect. The MS contains musical inconsistencies,
notational errors and spelling mistakes; much of it is barely legible. The original field notation is in pencil and the first
half of this was revised and rewritten in ink, and there are clear signs of problems. The second half is almost certainly faithful
to the performance of the singer, and illustrates graphically why pencil notation is inferior to audio recording. The version
provided here is the best that the transcribers could make of what is either a work in progress or an unfinished effort that Ralph
Vaughan Williams abandoned. The transcribers have tried to iron out the most egregious problems using the lightest of touches, but the
result is neither academically trustworthy nor plausibly singable. However, it is provided here because it contains many interesting
fragments that may assist students of variants or enthusiasts who enjoy making conjectural restorations.


RVW2/1/43 Lakes of Cold Finn

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RVW2/1/44 Adieu My Lovely Nancy

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RVW2/1/45 Green Bushes

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RVW2/1/46 God Rest You

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RVW2/1/47 [No Title]

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Note: This tune bears some similarity to that of "The White Cockade".


RVW2/1/48 [No Title]

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Note: This melody is similar to the tune for Lucy Wan, as sung by Mrs. Dann
and published in The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs eds. Ralph Vaughan Williams and A.L. Lloyd (1959).


RVW2/1/49 The Cuckoo and the Nightingale

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RVW2/1/50 There Is an Alehouse

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RVW2/1/51 Three Days Before Easter

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RVW2/1/52 The Golden Glove

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RVW2/1/53 The Red Barn

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RVW2/1/54 Shannon Side

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RVW2/1/55 May Song

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RVW2/1/56 Geordie

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RVW2/1/57 Rolling in the Dew

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RVW2/1/58 The Yorkshire Bite

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RVW2/1/59 Gilderoy

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RVW2/1/64 Nine Joys of Mary

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RVW2/1/65 Geordie

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RVW2/1/66 High Germany

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RVW2/1/67 The Young Soldier

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Note This song is wrongly titled in the VWML archive as "The Jolly Sailor".


RVW2/1/68 Salisbury Plain

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RVW2/1/69 Robin Hood's Men

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RVW2/1/70 Robin Wood and the Pedlar

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RVW2/1/71 Down by Some River

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RVW2/1/72 Three Weeks Before Easter

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RVW2/1/75 Lovely on the Water

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RVW2/1/76 When I Was a Bachelor

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Notes Lucy Broadwood has given us another version of the same rendition by Mr. Hilton. (See LEB/5/462). This transcription conflates the two versions to rectify some faults in RVW's notation.

RVW2/1/77 When Joan's Ale Was New

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RVW2/1/78 Flower of London

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RVW2/1/79 Dark Eyed Sailor

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RVW2/1/80 Just as the Tide Was Flowing

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RVW2/1/81 It's of an Old Miser

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RVW2/1/82 Plymouth Sound

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RVW2/1/83 Man of Birmingham Town

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RVW2/1/85 The Lady Looked Out

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RVW2/1/86 When I Was a Young Man

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RVW2/1/87 The Red Running Rue

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RVW2/1/88 All You That Are to Mirth Inclined

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RVW2/1/89 Old Christmas Day [All in the Morning]

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RVW2/1/91 Down in Yon Forest

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RVW2/1/92 High Germany

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RVW2/1/93 Salisbury Plain

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RVW2/1/94 Little Cabin Boy

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RVW2/1/95 Rolling in the Dew

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RVW2/1/96 Good Morning

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RVW2/1/97 Noble Lord Archer

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RVW2/1/98 Down in the Groves

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RVW2/1/99 [Hurricane Wind]

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Note For a transcription of this song that has been fitted with lyrics see
"Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams," ed. Roy Palmer (1983) pp. 152-154.

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