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19 November 2018

• 23:5123:51, 19 November 2018 diff hist 0‎ Cecil Sharp's Note 97 (1916) ‎No edit summary
• 23:4923:49, 19 November 2018 diff hist +7,559‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 97 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 97. The Ten Commandments This song is very common in Somerset and over the whole of the West of England. The Rev. S. Baring-Gould has published a version in ''Songs of th..."
• 23:3023:30, 19 November 2018 diff hist +3,254‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 96 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 96. The Twelve Days of Christmas This song consists of twenty-three verses, and is sung in the following way. The second verse begins: ⁠On the eleventh day of Christma..." current
• 23:2423:24, 19 November 2018 diff hist +1,754‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 95 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 95. The Sheep-Shearing The tune to which this song is set is, of course, that of “The Sweet Nightingale,” a song that is known to almost every folksinger in the West..." current
• 23:2023:20, 19 November 2018 diff hist +391‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 94 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 94. A Brisk Young Sailor This is one of the most popular of English folksongs. I have collected a large number of variants, from the several sets of which the words in th..." current
• 23:1823:18, 19 November 2018 diff hist +665‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 93 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 93. It’s a rosebud in June The Rev. John Broadwood noted a Sussex version of this song before 1840 (see ''Sussex Songs'', No. 11, Leonard & Company, Oxford Street). The..." current
• 23:1523:15, 19 November 2018 diff hist 0‎ Cecil Sharp's Note 92 (1916) ‎No edit summary current
• 23:1523:15, 19 November 2018 diff hist +1,492‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 92 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 92. Wassail Song The old custom of wassail singing still survives in many parts of England, though it is fast dying out. The ceremony is performed on January 5, i.e., the..."
• 23:0923:09, 19 November 2018 diff hist +976‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 91 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 91. Come all you worthy Christian men Several versions of this moralizing ballad with tunes are printed in the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 74; volu..." current
• 23:0623:06, 19 November 2018 diff hist +437‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 90 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 90. The Ship in Distress For other versions with tunes, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume iv, pp. 320–323). Ashton, in his ''Real Sailor Songs'' (No...." current
• 23:0323:03, 19 November 2018 diff hist +721‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 89 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 89. Spanish Ladies This is a Capstan Chantey. It is also well known in the navy, where it is sung as a song, chanteys not being permitted, Captain Kettlewell, R.N., who h..." current
• 23:0123:01, 19 November 2018 diff hist +636‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 88 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 88. Bold Nelson’s Praise This is the only version of this song that I know. The singer mixed his words in all the verses except the first one, necessitating a certain a..." current
• 22:5922:59, 19 November 2018 diff hist +2,630‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 87 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 87. Admiral Benbow Chappell (''Popular Music of the Olden Time'', volume ii, pp. 642 and 678) gives two versions of this ballad. The first of these is entirely different..." current
• 22:5122:51, 19 November 2018 diff hist +206‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 86 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 86. Botany Bay I do not know of any published versions of this song. I made use of the tune in Mr. Granville Barker's production of Hardy's ''Dynasts'', setting the words..." current
• 22:4622:46, 19 November 2018 diff hist +654‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 85 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 85. Poor Old Horse For other versions with tunes, see the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, pp. 75 and 260; volume ii, p. 263); Miss Mason's ''Nursery Rhyme..."
• 22:3522:35, 19 November 2018 diff hist +1,785‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 84 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 84. John Barleycorn For other versions with tunes of this well-known ballad, see ''Songs of the West'' (No. 14 and Note, 2d cd.); Barrett’s ''English Folk Songs'' (No...." current
• 22:3222:32, 19 November 2018 diff hist +277‎ N Cecil Sharp's Note 83 (1916) ‎ Created page with "No. 83. The Robber The words to which this remarkably fine Dorian air was sung were about a highwayman and his sweetheart, but were too fragmentary for publication. I have we..." current
• 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