English County Songs
English County Songs was published by Leadenhall Press in 1893.
The full title of the work, as illustrated on the frontispiece is
English County Songs: Words and Music Collected and Edited by Lucy E.Broadwood and J.A.Fuller Maitland M.A.,F.S.A
Published by The Leadenhall Press Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London E.C. J.B.Cramer and Co, 201 Regent Street, w. Simpkin,Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745, Broadway.
INDEX OF SONGS
A Cheshire Man went to Spain
Adam and Eve
A dashing young lad from Buckingham
Ah! There was an old man
All on Spurn Point
A North-Country Maid
An outlandish Knight
Around the green gravel
As I rode over yonger forest green
As I sat on a Sunny Bank
As it fell out upon one day
As I walked out
As I walked through Bristol City
As I was a-walking one morning in May
As I was going to Derby
As me and my marrow
A soul! a soul! a soul-cake
A varmer he lived in the West Countree
A Virgin unspotted
Banks of the Sweet Dundee, The
Barkshire Tragedy, The
Beautiful Damsel, The
Bedlam City
Bristol City
Carter's Health, The
Cheerful Arn, The
Cheshire Man, The
Collier's Rant, The
Cold Blows the Wind
Come all you lads and lasses
Come, all you jolly ploughmen
Come, Deavie, I'll tell thee a secret
Come, I will sing to you
Come listen awhile unto my song
Crocodile,The
Derby Ram, The
Dives and Lazarus
Down by the side of Bedlam City
Easter Day was a holiday
Faithful Emma
Farewell, my Joy and Heart
Farmer's Boy, The
Farmer's daughter, The
Feast Song
Garden Gate, The
Golden Vanity, The
Green Broom
Green Bushes,The
Green Gravel
Green Grow the Rushes Oh!
Ground for the Floor
Harvest Song
Here come three dukes
Here's a health to the jolly blacksmith
Here's a health unto our master
Here's a health unto the mistress
Here's two or three jolly lads
Here we come a-wassailing
Hold up thy hand, most righteous judge
Ho! yonder stands a charming creature
I been a-rambling all this night
I cannot get to my love
I'll spread the greeen branches
I'll tell you of a fellow
I'll weave my love a garland
I'm a man that's done wrong to my parents
In Bethlehem City
In Thorney woods in Nottinghamshire
I once loved a boy
Is any of you going to Scarborough fair?
I sowed the seeds of love
It's of a farmer's daughter
It was one summer's morning
Ive lived in a wood for a number of years
I will give you the Keys of Heaven
John Appleby
Jolly Ploughboy, The
King Arthur had three sons
Lavender cries
Lazarus
Little Sir William
Lord Bateman
Lord Thomas he was a bold forester
Loyal Lover, The
Lurg geurey gy niaghtey
May-Day carols
Me mither mend't me auld breek
Mistress's health, The
My bonnie,bonnie boy
My Johnny was a shoemaker
Mylecharane
Nottinghamshire Poacher, The
Now listen, you landsmen, unto me
Now,Robin, lend to me thy bow
Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey
Oats and Beans
Of all the horses in the merry greenwood
O father, father, come build me a boat
"Oh hangman, hold thy hand" he cried
Old Tup, The
Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead
O Mylechrane
One Morning in May
One very keen winter
One Zunday Morn
Our Mistress's health we now begin
Our sheep-shearing done
Our sheep-shear is over
Outlandish Knight,The
O Vylecharane
Painful (or Faithful) Plough, The
Peace-Egging Songs
Poor Mary is weeping
Prickly Bush,The
Reaphook and Sickle, The
Robbie Tamson's Smiddie
Robin-a-Thrush
Robin he married a wife in the west
Sally Gray
Scarborough Fair
Seasons of the Year, The
Seeds of Love, The
Servingman and the Husbandman, The
Sheepcrook and Blackdog
Sheep-shearing songs
Shepherd's Song, The
Souling Song, The
Spier, The
Sprig of Thyme, The
Stratton Church Chimes
Sweet Nightingale, The
Sweet William
Sword Dance Song
The Cheerful Arn
The day was gone
The lambs they skip with pleasure
The Moon shines Bright
There was a Lady in the West
There was a Pig went out to dig
There was a ship from the north country
There was a tree, and a very fine tree
There were three sisters fair and bright
There were two loving brothers
The sun it goes down
The sun went down beyond yon hill
Three Dukes, The
Thresher and the Squire, The
'Tis of a bold thresherman
'Tis of a fair damsel
'Tis young men and maidens all
Tree in the Valley, The
Tripping up the Green Grass
Turmut-hoeing
Twankydillo
'Twas on a jolly summer's morn
Twelve Apostles, The
Twenty, Eighteen
Undaunted Female, The
Venus and Adonis
Wassail Bough, The
Water of Tyne, The
Well met my brother friend
We shepherds are the best of men
Will you buy my sweet lavender?
Young Herchard
You noble spectators
It should be noted that the index of songs also incorporates an index of first lines;and some songs are given more than one title. Thus one song may appear more than once in the index (eg Dives and Lazarus, and Lazarus, and As it fell out upon one day are all entries for the same song - titled "Lazarus" on the relevant page of the book)
The book is divided up into "chapters" each of which gives songs attributed to a grouping of counties, as follows:
Songs of the Northern Counties
Northumberland
Cumberland
Durham
Yorkshire
Westmoreland
Songs of the North-Western Counties
Lancashire
Cheshire
Shropshire
Isle of Man
Songs of the Midland Counties
Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Leicestershire
Rutlandshire
Huntingdonshire
Northamptonshire
Oxfordshire
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Herefordshire
Gloucestershire
Monmouthshire
Songs of the Eastern Counties
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Songs of the Home Counties
Middlesex
Hertfordshire
Bedfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
Surrey
Songs of the South Coast
Kent
Sussex
Hampshire
Wiltshire
Dorsetshire
Somersetshire
Devonshire
Cornwall
Songs of the Sea
All on Spurn Point
My Johnny was a shoemaker
The Golden Vanity
The Crocodile
As can be seen from these groupings, particularly the last one, there was a somewhat arbitrary nature to the allocation to a particular grouping, and the appropriateness of its title (for instance, Wiltshire has been included in the grouping for the South Coast, and large tranches of various of the other counties are nowhere near a coastline!)
Three counties were also missing from the overall collection - Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.
The actual allocation of songs to particular counties was also somewhat less than accurate. In one or two instances a song collected in one particular county has been allocated to another because it was known that the version in question was sung there, or because the singer had actual associations with the county in question, although no longer living there.
--Irene Shettle 01:02, 8 October 2007 (BST)