Books before 1900
- Percy's Reliques of Ancient Poetry is described in Wikipedia See
The contents might well be catalogued here but in the meantime here's one song to be going on with - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
- Old English Popular Music by William Chappell Ed. H.E.Wooldridge Additions by Frank Kidson
- The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire - Llewellyn Jewitt - 1842 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)