User contributions for Lewis Jones

19 November 2018

• 22:3022:30, 19 November 2018 diff hist +462 N Cecil Sharp's Note 82 (1916) Created page with "No. 82. Driving away at the Smoothing Iron I have noted two other versions of this song. The tune is a variant of “All round my hat,” a popular song of the early years of..." current
• 22:2922:29, 19 November 2018 diff hist +1,114 N Cecil Sharp's Note 81 (1916) Created page with "No. 81. Jack Hall Jack Hall, who had been sold to a chimney-sweep for a guinea, was executed for burglary at Tyburn in 1701. The song must have been written before 1719, for..." current
• 22:0922:09, 19 November 2018 diff hist +156 N Cecil Sharp's Note 80 (1916) Created page with "No. 80. The Three Sons For other versions with tunes, see ''English County Songs'' (p. 20), and Miss Mason’s ''Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs'' (p. 7)." current
• 22:0722:07, 19 November 2018 diff hist +346 N Cecil Sharp's Note 79 (1916) Created page with "No. 79. The Keeper This is one of the few two-men folksongs. I have several variants of it, but the words of all of them, except this particular one, were so corrupt as to be..." current
• 22:0622:06, 19 November 2018 diff hist +2,626 N Cecil Sharp's Note 78 (1916) Created page with "No. 78. The Beggar THE words of the refrain of this song are very nearly identical with the chorus of “I cannot eat but little meat,” the well-known drinking-song in ''Ga..." current
• 22:0022:00, 19 November 2018 diff hist +516 N Cecil Sharp's Note 77 (1916) Created page with "No. 77. The Crabfish A Scottish version of this curious song, “The Crab,” is given in ''A Ballad Book'' by C. K. Sharpe and Edmund Goldsmid (volume ii, p. 10), published..." current
• 21:5921:59, 19 November 2018 diff hist +441 N Cecil Sharp's Note 76 (1916) Created page with "No. 76. Bridgwater Fair St. Matthew's Fair at Bridgwater is a very ancient one, and is still a local event of some importance, although it has seen its best days. The tune, w..." current
• 21:5721:57, 19 November 2018 diff hist +286 N Cecil Sharp's Note 75 (1916) Created page with "No. 75. Brimbledon Fair, or Young Ramble-Away Mr. Kidson prints a major version of this song in his ''Traditional Tunes'' (p. 150), under the heading “Brocklesby Fair.” T..." current
• 21:5521:55, 19 November 2018 diff hist +1,472 N Cecil Sharp's Note 74 (1916) Created page with "No. 74. Scarborough Fair For other versions, see ''Songs of the West'' (No. 48, 2d ed.); ''English County Songs'' (p. 12); ''Traditional Tunes'' (pp. 42 and 172); ''Northumbr..." current
• 21:5121:51, 19 November 2018 diff hist +257 N Cecil Sharp's Note 73 (1916) Created page with "No. 73. The Watchet Sailor I have only one variant of this song, “Three-penny Street,” and so far as I know it has not been published elsewhere. Compare the tune, which i..." current
• 21:4921:49, 19 November 2018 diff hist +279 N Cecil Sharp's Note 72 (1916) Created page with "No. 72. Sweet William Other versions are given in the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i,p. 99); ''English County Songs'' (p. 74); and Christie’s ''Traditional..." current
• 21:4821:48, 19 November 2018 diff hist +731 N Cecil Sharp's Note 71 (1916) Created page with "No. 71. William Taylor For other versions with tunes, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 254; volume iii, pp. 214–210); and ''Folk Songs from Somers..." current
• 21:4421:44, 19 November 2018 diff hist +105 Cecil Sharp's Note 70 (1916) No edit summary current
• 21:4121:41, 19 November 2018 diff hist +3,309 N Cecil Sharp's Note 70 (1916) Created page with "No. 70. Ruggleton’s Daughter of Iero This song, of which I have only collected one variant, is a version of a very ancient ballad, the history of which may be traced in Chi..."
• 21:3521:35, 19 November 2018 diff hist +691 N Cecil Sharp's Note 69 (1916) Created page with "No. 69. The Brisk Young Bachelor The troubles of married life, from either the husband’s or the wife’s point of view, form the subject of many folksongs. One of the best..." current
• 21:0921:09, 19 November 2018 diff hist +1,648 N Cecil Sharp's Note 68 (1916) Created page with "No. 68. O No, John! I have collected several versions of this song. The first stanza is identical with the initial verse of the Singing Game, “Lady on the Mountain” (Dict..." current
• 21:0521:05, 19 November 2018 diff hist +498 N Cecil Sharp's Note 67 (1916) Created page with "No. 67. My Man John This is obviously but an extension of the preceding song in which a third character is introduced. I have taken down four other versions, one of which is..." current
• 21:0021:00, 19 November 2018 diff hist +670 N Cecil Sharp's Note 66 (1916) Created page with "No. 66. The Keys of Canterbury For other versions with tunes, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume ii, p. 85); ''English County Songs'' (p. 32); ''Songs of th..." current
• 20:5620:56, 19 November 2018 diff hist +384 N Cecil Sharp's Note 65 (1916) Created page with "No. 65. Gently, Johnny, my Jingalo I have taken down only one other variant of this. The words were rather coarse, but I have, I think, managed to re-write the first and thir..." current
• 20:5520:55, 19 November 2018 diff hist +244 N Cecil Sharp's Note 64 (1916) Created page with "No. 64. O Sally, my dear This, of course, is clearly allied to the preceding song. I have collected only two other versions of it. The words of the first three stanzas had, o..." current
• 20:5320:53, 19 November 2018 diff hist +588 N Cecil Sharp's Note 63 (1916) Created page with "No. 63. Hares on the Mountains This is a very popular song in the West of England, but it has not, I believe, been found elsewhere. Similar words are in Sam Lover’s ''Rory..." current
• 20:4820:48, 19 November 2018 diff hist +252 N Cecil Sharp's Note 62 (1916) Created page with "No. 62. The Lark in the Morn For other versions with tunes, see ''Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties'' (No. 6); ''A Garland of Country Song'' (No. 27); ''Traditional Tunes'..." current
• 20:4620:46, 19 November 2018 diff hist +606 N Cecil Sharp's Note 61 (1916) Created page with "No. 61. I’m Seventeen come Sunday This ballad, with words re-written by Burns, is in The ''Scots Musical Museum'' (ed. 1792, No. 397). The tune there given, which is differ..." current
• 18:1718:17, 19 November 2018 diff hist −3 100 One man shall mow my meadow No edit summary
• 18:1618:16, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 99 The Barley-Mow No edit summary
• 18:1618:16, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 98 The Tree in the Wood No edit summary
• 18:1518:15, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 97 The Ten Commandments No edit summary
• 18:1418:14, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 96 The Twelve Days of Christmas No edit summary
• 18:1318:13, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 95 The Sheep-Shearing No edit summary
• 18:1318:13, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 94 A Brisk Young Sailor No edit summary
• 18:1218:12, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 93 It's a rosebud in June No edit summary
• 18:1118:11, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 92 Wassail Song No edit summary
• 18:1118:11, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 91 Come all you worthy Christian men No edit summary
• 18:1018:10, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 90 The Ship in Distress No edit summary
• 18:0918:09, 19 November 2018 diff hist −26 89 Spanish Ladies No edit summary current
• 17:5517:55, 19 November 2018 diff hist −26 88 Bold Nelson's Praise No edit summary current
• 17:5417:54, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 87 Admiral Benbow No edit summary
• 17:5317:53, 19 November 2018 diff hist −26 86 Botany Bay No edit summary current
• 17:5217:52, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 85 Poor Old Horse No edit summary
• 17:5117:51, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 84 John Barleycorn No edit summary
• 17:5017:50, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 83 The Robber No edit summary
• 17:4817:48, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 82 Driving away with the Smoothing Iron No edit summary current
• 17:4817:48, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 81 Jack Hall No edit summary
• 17:4717:47, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 80 The Three Sons No edit summary
• 17:4617:46, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 79 The Keeper No edit summary
• 17:4517:45, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 78 The Beggar No edit summary
• 17:4417:44, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 77 The Crabfish No edit summary
• 17:4317:43, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 76 Bridgwater Fair No edit summary
• 17:4317:43, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 75 Brimbledon Fair, ''or'' Young Ramble-Away No edit summary
• 17:4217:42, 19 November 2018 diff hist −4 74 Scarborough Fair No edit summary