Sweet Sussex
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The full text and contents of Sweet Sussex, a folk song booklet that contains modern transcriptions of the songs first published by John Broadwood in the 1840s, and of songs published by his niece, Lucy Broadwood, around 1889, is available at http://imslp.org/wiki/Sweet_Sussex_%28Broadwood,_John%29. The pages and sheet music of the booklet are also replicated below, together with MIDI files of the tunes.
Sweet Sussex: Front Cover
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Sweet Sussex: Frontispiece
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Sweet Sussex: Verso
Sweet Sussex: Creative Commons Licence
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Sweet Sussex: Table of Contents
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Sweet Sussex: Introduction
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Sweet Sussex: Notes for Singers and Accompanyists
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Sweet Sussex: Part One--John Broadwood 1843
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Sweet Sussex: Song No. 1 The Moon Shines Bright
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 2 A Wassail, A Wassail
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 3 The Noble Lord
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 4 Rosebuds in June
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 5 A Sweet Country Life
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 6 The Ploughboy
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 7 The Privateer
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 8 The Fourteenth of July
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 9 Gipsy Song
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 10 The Husbandman
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 11 The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 12 The Poacher's Song
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 13 In Lancashire
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 14 Come Listen
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 15 The Woodcutter [Harvest Supper Song]
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 16 Lord Bateman
Sweet Sussex: Part Two--Lucy Broadwood 1889
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Sweet Sussex: Song No. 17 Mummers'Carol
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 18 The Nobleman and the Thresherman
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 19 Bango [Harvest Supper Song]
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 20 Bold Reynard the Fox [Hunting Song]
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 21 Last Valentine's Day [Hunting Song]
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 22 The Sweet Rosy Morning [Hunting Song]
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 23 Bowl! Bowl! [Drinking Song]
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 24 I've been to France and ...Dover
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 25 He Swore He'd Drink Old England Dry
Sweet Sussex: Song No. 26 The Shepherd Boy
Sweet Sussex: Back Cover