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- I:linebreak $<br> w: Fol the didd- le|de- ro,|Fol the didd- le|de ro, Sing|le- ro\- * i-|day.|<br> ...2 KB (441 words) - 22:05, 19 October 2018
- ...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.); ''Eng ...' (1736). The words of this last version are on a broadside by Evans which I am fortunate enough to possess. It is ornamented with a curious old woodcut ...1 KB (201 words) - 21:00, 30 October 2018
- This is, I believe, the only copy of this ballad that has as yet been collected in Eng ...a novelty in this legendary ballad very amusing, and it must be very old. I never saw anything in print which had the smallest resemblance to it.” It h ...2 KB (388 words) - 21:51, 19 October 2018
- W:Tis not my gold watch nor my money I value<br> W:Tis not my gold watch nor my money I crave<br> ...4 KB (867 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2010
- I:linebreak $<br> w: Come|all young * men of|learn- ing * good a *|warn\- * ing * take by|me, I'll *|have you quit * night *|<br> ...2 KB (493 words) - 17:53, 19 November 2018
- ...Scottish ballad, “Waly, Waly, up the bank” (''Orpheus Caledonius''), that I have published them under the same title. A close variant is to be found in ...871 bytes (140 words) - 22:19, 30 October 2018
- ...with tunes, for example, the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society'' (volume i, p. 104; volume ii. p. 244); ''English County Songs'' (p. 182); ''Songs of The ballad is still freely sung by English folksingers, from whom I have noted down twelve different versions. ...978 bytes (155 words) - 20:58, 19 October 2018
- ...e famous White Cliffs. "When I mentioned old songs, Jack asked me if I was from the BBC, adding that they had written to him in the ‘50s to say th To begin with, Jack denied knowing any songs at all and it was only as I turned to leave that he said, “You mean those old historical songs... ...1 KB (249 words) - 22:02, 18 January 2011
- ...i, p. 255); and Christie’s ''Traditional Ballad Airs of Scotland'' (volume i, p. 134). The earliest printed copy of the ballad is of the time of James I. ...2 KB (311 words) - 22:35, 19 November 2018
- W:As I was going up through Glastonbury Street,<br> W:I lookèd high and I lookèd low,<br> ...2 KB (587 words) - 03:51, 23 November 2010
- ...of Ballads'' (pp. 23–25); the ''Journal of the Folk-Song Society''(volume i, p. 97; volume iii, p. 307); and Dr. Joyce’s ''Ancient Irish Music'' (No. 6 The words in the text are virtually as I took them down from the singer. The tune is partly Mixolydian. The word “bo ...950 bytes (158 words) - 21:04, 30 October 2018
- 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 ...244 bytes (45 words) - 20:55, 19 November 2018
- W:Tis down by the river-side, a fair maid I espied<br> W:"What makes you sigh & cry, my fair pretty maid" said I.<br> ...1 KB (310 words) - 17:12, 21 November 2010
- ...mbault’s ''Music to Reliques of Ancient Poetry''. See also “Blow the winds I ho!” in Bell’s ''Ballads of the English Peasantry'', and “Blow away ye moun ...d Songs'' (volume ii, p. 131). For other versions, see Child’s collection. I have secured thirteen variants, one of which was used as a Capstan Chantey. ...944 bytes (151 words) - 21:45, 19 October 2018
- ...ording of May Bradley singing the song is on Voice of the People [[A Story I'm Just About to Tell|Volume 8]] Track 22 ...310 bytes (47 words) - 13:53, 27 October 2009
- ...15–122). The tune is one of the most common, the most characteristic, and, I would add, the most beautiful of English folk-airs. The version here given ...976 bytes (165 words) - 23:09, 19 November 2018
- #[[I'm a Man That's Done Wrong]] #[[Thrashing Machine, The|The Thrashing Machine]] / [[I Come from the Country]] ...1,000 bytes (148 words) - 09:33, 19 October 2009
- W:Mother, I cant whistle neither will I now.<br> W:Mother, I cant whistle neither can I laugh<br> ...2 KB (536 words) - 16:50, 21 November 2010
- W:"You think I got no money<br> W:For she is the girl that I adore<br> ...2 KB (507 words) - 00:59, 23 November 2010