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18 November 2018

  • 22:1422:14, 18 November 2018 diff hist +655 N Cecil Sharp's Note 56 (1916)Created page with "No. 56. High Germany There are two ballads of this name. The words of one of them, that given here, may be found on a broadside by Such and in ''A Collection of Choice Garlan..." current
  • 22:1022:10, 18 November 2018 diff hist +1,427 N Cecil Sharp's Note 55 (1916)Created page with "No. 55. The True Lover’s Farewell For other versions with tunes of this ballad and of “The Turtle Dove,” with which it is closely allied, see the ''Journal of the Folk-..." current
  • 22:0522:05, 18 November 2018 diff hist +363 N Cecil Sharp's Note 54 (1916)Created page with "No. 54. Erin’s Lovely Home Other versions with tunes are printed in the Journal of the Folk-Song Society (volume i, p. 117; volume ii, pp. 167 and 211); and the Journal of..." current
  • 22:0322:03, 18 November 2018 diff hist +322 N Cecil Sharp's Note 53b (1916)Created page with "No. 53 a and b. As I walked through the meadows For other versions, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume ii, pp. 10–12; volume v, p. 94). A few verbal alter..." current
  • 22:0322:03, 18 November 2018 diff hist +322 N Cecil Sharp's Note 53a (1916)Created page with "No. 53 a and b. As I walked through the meadows For other versions, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume ii, pp. 10–12; volume v, p. 94). A few verbal alter..." current
  • 21:5221:52, 18 November 2018 diff hist +1,305 N Cecil Sharp's Note 52 (1916)Created page with "No. 52. My Bonny, Bonny Boy THE earliest form of the ballad is, perhaps, that which was printed in the reign of Charles II under several titles, “Cupid’s Trappan,” “T..." current
  • 21:4921:49, 18 November 2018 diff hist +621 N Cecil Sharp's Note 51 (1916)Created page with "No. 51. The Sweet Priméroses This is one of the most common of English folksongs. The words are on broadsides by Barraclough of Nuneaton and others. Variants of the tune are..." current
  • 21:4721:47, 18 November 2018 diff hist +317 N Cecil Sharp's Note 50 (1916)Created page with "No. 50. The Bonny Lighter-Boy I have not heard any one sing this song except the man who gave me this version. Nor do I know of any published form of it. The tune is in the..." current
  • 21:4521:45, 18 November 2018 diff hist +322 N Cecil Sharp's Note 49 (1916)Created page with "No. 49. Green Broom For other versions with words, see ''Pills to Purge Melancholy'' (volume vi, p. 100, ed. 1720); ''Songs of the West'' (No. 10); ''Northumbrian Minstrelsy'..." current
  • 21:4121:41, 18 November 2018 diff hist +364 N Cecil Sharp's Note 48 (1916)Created page with "No. 48. Searching for Lambs So far as I know, this has not been published elsewhere. The tune is modal, but lacking the sixth of the scale, it may be either Æolian or Dorian..." current
  • 21:3821:38, 18 November 2018 diff hist +244 N Cecil Sharp's Note 47 (1916)Created page with "No. 47. Arise, arise I have taken down four variants of this ballad, but I do not know of any published form of it. The tune is partly Mixolydian. The words have not been alt..." current
  • 21:3621:36, 18 November 2018 diff hist +914 N Cecil Sharp's Note 46 (1916)Created page with "No. 46. Fanny Blair The words that I took down from the singer of this song were very corrupt and almost unintelligible. I have therefore substituted lines taken from a Catna..." current
  • 21:2721:27, 18 November 2018 diff hist +1,128 N Cecil Sharp's Note 45 (1916)Created page with "No. 45. The Saucy Sailor Other versions with tunes are published in the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume v, pp. 343–345); Tozer’s ''Sailors’ Songs'' (No. 39..." current
  • 21:2121:21, 18 November 2018 diff hist +835 N Cecil Sharp's Note 44 (1916)Created page with "No. 44. Dabbling in the Dew This is a very popular song all over England, and I have taken down a large number of variants. The words, which vary but little, are very free an..." current
  • 21:1721:17, 18 November 2018 diff hist +547 N Cecil Sharp's Note 43 (1916)Created page with "No. 43. The Rambling Sailor For other versions with tunes, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume iii, p. 108; volume v, p. 61); and ''Songs of the West'' (No...." current
  • 21:1421:14, 18 November 2018 diff hist +1,379 N Cecil Sharp's Note 42 (1916)Created page with "No. 42. The Bold Fisherman FOR other versions with tunes, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 138; volume v, pp. 132–135); and ''English County Songs..." current
  • 20:5120:51, 18 November 2018 diff hist +595 N Cecil Sharp's Note 41 (1916)Created page with "No. 41. Bedlam For other versions with words, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 146; volume ii, pp. 37, 93, and 291; volume iii, pp. 111 and 290); ''..." current

30 October 2018

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