User contributions for Lewis Jones

30 October 2018

• 21:5721:57, 30 October 2018 diff hist +1,081‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 34 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 34. The Sprig of Thyme Although this and the preceding song probably spring from the same root, it is, I think, quite possible to distinguish them, both tunes and words...." current
• 21:4221:42, 30 October 2018 diff hist +1,084‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 33 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 33. The Seeds of Love This song, which is known to the peasant-folk all over England, is a modernized version of “The Sprig of Thyme,” the next number in this collect..." current
• 21:3621:36, 30 October 2018 diff hist +398‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 32 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 32. The Crystal Spring I have no variants of this song, nor have I been able to find it on ballad-sheets or in any published collection. I believe the tune to be a genuin..." current
• 21:3221:32, 30 October 2018 diff hist +327‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 31 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 31. Sweet Kitty The tune, which is in the Dorian mode, was used in Mr. Granville Barker’s production of Hardy’s ''Dynasts'', being set to the words, “My Love’s go..." current
• 21:2921:29, 30 October 2018 diff hist +409‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 30 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 30. Farewell, Nancy Versions with tunes are given in the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 130; volume ii, pp. 99 and 298); and in Joyce’s ''Ancient Ir..." current
• 21:2621:26, 30 October 2018 diff hist +365‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 29 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 29. The Death of Queen Jane For other versions see Child (No. 170) and the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume ii, p. 221; volume iii, p.67). Queen Jane Seymour..." current
• 21:2321:23, 30 October 2018 diff hist +713‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 28 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 28. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor This, of course, is a very common ballad. The words are on ballad-sheets and in most of the well-known collections, and are fully analyze..." current
• 21:2121:21, 30 October 2018 diff hist +679‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 27 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 27. False Lamkin Under the heading “Lamkin,” Child deals very fully with this ballad. There is a tradition in Northumberland that Lamkin and his tower were part of th..." current
• 21:1621:16, 30 October 2018 diff hist +398‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 26 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 26. Lord Lovel I do not know of any publication in which the tune of this ballad is published. I have collected six versions, but only one complete set of words, the one..." current
• 21:1421:14, 30 October 2018 diff hist +876‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 25 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 25. The Trees they do grow high The singer varied his tune, which is in the Dorian mode, in a very remarkable way, a good example of the skill with which folksingers will..." current
• 21:1121:11, 30 October 2018 diff hist +1,151‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 24 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 24. The Unquiet Grave, or, Cold Blows the Wind This ballad, of which I have collected a large number of variants, is widely known and sung by English folksingers. A Scott..." current
• 21:0421:04, 30 October 2018 diff hist +950‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 23 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 23. The Low, Low Lands of Holland One of the earliest copies of this ballad is printed in Herd’s ''Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs'' (volume ii, p. 2, ed. 1776). It i..." current
• 21:0021:00, 30 October 2018 diff hist +1,173‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 22 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 22. Death and the Lady For other versions with tunes see ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 169; volume ii, p. 137) ; ''Songs of the West'' (No. 99, 2d ed..." current
• 20:5620:56, 30 October 2018 diff hist +2,553‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 21 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 21. The Duke of Bedford The singer of this ballad, a native of Sheffield, told me that he learned it from his father, who, in turn, had derived it from his father, and th..." current

19 October 2018

• 22:1322:13, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 40 Green Bushes ‎No edit summary current
• 22:1222:12, 19 October 2018 diff hist −4‎ 39 O Waly, Waly ‎No edit summary
• 22:1122:11, 19 October 2018 diff hist −4‎ 38 The Sign of the Bonny Blue Bell ‎No edit summary
• 22:1022:10, 19 October 2018 diff hist −4‎ 37 The Drowned Lover ‎No edit summary
• 22:1022:10, 19 October 2018 diff hist −4‎ 36 Blackbirds and Thrushes ‎No edit summary
• 22:0922:09, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 35 The Cuckoo ‎No edit summary
• 22:0822:08, 19 October 2018 diff hist −26‎ 34 The Sprig of Thyme ‎No edit summary current
• 22:0722:07, 19 October 2018 diff hist −4‎ 33 The Seeds of Love ‎No edit summary
• 22:0722:07, 19 October 2018 diff hist −4‎ 32 The Crystal Spring ‎No edit summary
• 22:0522:05, 19 October 2018 diff hist −26‎ 31 Sweet Kitty ‎No edit summary current
• 22:0422:04, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 30 Farewell, Nancy ‎No edit summary
• 22:0322:03, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 29 The Death of Queen Jane ‎No edit summary
• 22:0222:02, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 28 Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor ‎No edit summary
• 22:0122:01, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 27 False Lamkin ‎No edit summary
• 22:0022:00, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 26 Lord Lovel ‎No edit summary
• 22:0022:00, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 25 The trees they do grow high ‎No edit summary
• 21:5921:59, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 24 The Unquiet Grave ''or'' Cold blows the wind ‎No edit summary
• 21:5821:58, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 23 The Low, Low Lands of Holland ‎No edit summary
• 21:5721:57, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 22 Death and the Lady ‎No edit summary
• 21:5521:55, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 21 The Duke of Bedford ‎No edit summary
• 21:5121:51, 19 October 2018 diff hist +2,187‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 20 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 20. The Two Magicians This is, I believe, the only copy of this ballad that has as yet been collected in England. The tune, which, of course, is modern, is a variant of o..." current
• 21:4621:46, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 20 The Two Magicians ‎No edit summary
• 21:4521:45, 19 October 2018 diff hist +944‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 19 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 19. Blow away the Morning Dew This is a shortened form of “The Baffled Knight, or Lady’s Policy” (Percy’s Reliques). The words beginning “Yonder comes a cou..." current
• 21:4221:42, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 19 Blow Away the Morning Dew ‎No edit summary
• 21:4121:41, 19 October 2018 diff hist +2,925‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 18 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 18. Lord Rendal This ballad is sung very finely from one end of the island to the other, and I have taken it down at least twenty times. The words given in the text have..." current
• 21:2621:26, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 18 Lord Rendal ‎No edit summary
• 21:2521:25, 19 October 2018 diff hist +2,251‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 17 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 17. The Briery Bush The lines printed in the text are as the singer of this version sang them, with the exception of the last stanza, which I have borrowed from a variant..." current
• 21:1921:19, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 17 The Briery Bush ‎No edit summary
• 21:1721:17, 19 October 2018 diff hist +2,643‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 16 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 16. The Green Wedding The words of this ballad were sung to me to a very poor tune. I have, therefore, taken the liberty of mating them to a fine air which was sung to me..." current
• 21:0921:09, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 16 The Green Wedding ‎No edit summary
• 21:0821:08, 19 October 2018 diff hist +1,694‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 15 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 15. Lord Thomas of Winesberry I have had to omit some of the words which the singer of this version gave me, and to supplement the rest with extracts from the three other..." current
• 21:0121:01, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 15 Lord Thomas of Winesbury ‎No edit summary
• 20:5820:58, 19 October 2018 diff hist +978‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 14 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 14. The Golden Vanity Many versions of this ballad have been published with tunes, for example, the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 104; volume ii. p...." current
• 20:5320:53, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 14 The Golden Vanity ‎No edit summary
• 20:5120:51, 19 October 2018 diff hist +1,829‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 13 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 13. The Cruel Mother The story, which is not quite clear in this version, is of a woman who contracts an illicit alliance with her father’s clerk, and secretly gives bi..." current
• 20:4620:46, 19 October 2018 diff hist −18‎ 13 The Cruel Mother ‎No edit summary