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 - 1867 - Bemrose & Lothian (London & Derby)
• English County Songs Ed. Lucy Broadwood & J A Fuller Maitland - 1893 - Leadenhall Press Ltd