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Northumbrian Minstrelsy

Northumbrian Minstrelsy (Folklore Associates, 1965)

J. Collingwood Bruce, John Stokoe,
Northumbrian Minstrelsy
A Collection of the Ballads, Melodies and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria.
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1882;
Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates, Inc., 1965 (facsimile reprint with a foreword by A.L. Lloyd)

 Northumbrian Minstrelsy

Part I. Ballads and Songs of Northumbria

The songs are referenced by page numbers.

  1. Chevy Chase (Roud 223; Child 162)
  2. The Battle of Otterbourne (Roud 3293; Child 161)
  3. The Bewick and the Graeme (Roud 849; Child 211)
  4. The Brave Earl Brand and the King of England’s Daughter (Roud 23; Child 7; G/D 2:220)
  5. Hughie the Graeme (Roud 84; Child 191; G/D 2:271)
  6. Jock o’ the Side (Roud 82; Child 187)
  7. The Death of Parcy Reed (Roud 335; Child 193)
  8. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163)
  9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland (Roud 25; Child 9; G/D 6:1149)
  10. The Laidley Worm o’ Spindleston Heugh (Roud 3176; Child 34 Appendix)
  11. Binnorie; or, the Cruel Sister (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213)
  12. Lord Beichan (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470)
  13. Derwentwater’s Farewell (Roud 2616)
  14. Derwentwater (Roud 3158)
  15. Lay the Bent to the Bonny Broom (Roud 161; Child 1)
  16. Whittingham Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329)
  17. Blow the Winds, I-Ho! (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301)
  18. The Keach i’ the Creel (Roud 120; Child 281; G/D 2:317; Henry H201)
  19. O I Hae Seen the Roses Blaw (Roud 2617)
  20. O the Oak and the Ash and the Bonny Ivy Tree (Roud 1367; G/D 5:1058)
  21. Bonny at Morn (Roud 3064)
  22. The Water of Tyne (Roud 1364)
  23. The Willow Tree, or Rue and Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180)
  24. Sair Fyel’d, Hinny (Roud 3062; G/D 3:481)
  25. I Drew My Ship Into a Harbour (Roud 402; G/D 4:792)
  26. The Miller and His Sons (Roud 138; Laws Q21; G/D 3:703)
  27. The Shoemakker (Roud 3152; G/D 3:479)
  28. My Love Is Newly Listed (Roud 191; TYG 2)
  29. Broom, Green Broom (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147)
  30. O the Bonny Fisher Lad (Roud 3150)
  31. The Hexhamshire Lass (Roud 3182)
  32. The Mode o’ Wooing (Roud 3151; G/D 4:908)
  33. The Northumberland Bagpipes (Roud 3055)
  34. Durham Old Women (Roud 10953)
  35. Aboot the Bush, Willy (Roud 3149)
  36. Christmas Day in the Morning (Roud 497)
  37. Elsie Marley (Roud 3065)
  38. Bobby Shaftoe (Roud 1359)
  39. Up the Raw (Roud 3155)
  40. Dol-li-a (Roud 2611)
  41. Buy Broom Buzzems (Roud 1623; G/D 3:489)
  42. A U Hinny Burd (Roud 235)
  43. Ca’ Hawkie Through the Water (Roud 3159; G/D 3:428)
  44. The Anti-Gallican Privateer (Roud 3169)
  45. Adam Buckham, O! (Roud 3481)
  46. Captain Bover (Roud 3147)
  47. Here’s the Tender Coming (Roud 3174)
  48. Liberty for the Sailors (Roud 3179)
  49. The Sailors Are All At the Bar (Roud 10954)
  50. The Lad with the Trowsers On (Roud 8744)
  51. The Twelve Days of Christmas (Roud 68; G/D 3:637)
  52. Maw Canny Hinny (Roud 3168)
  53. Robin Spraggon’s Auld Grey Mare (Roud 3063)
  54. The Sword Dancers’ Song
  55. Kitty Bo-Bo
  56. The Keel Row (Roud 3059; G/D 4:771)
  57. The Northern Minstrel’s Budget

Part II. Songs and Dance Tunes Adapted to the Northumberland Small-Pipes

  1. Chevy Chase (Roud 223; Child 162)
  2. Coquetside
  3. Wylam Away
  4. Cockle Geordie
  5. I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me
  6. Jockey Lay Up in the Hay Loft
  7. Felton Lonnin’ (Roud 3166)
  8. Stay a Wee Bit, Bonnie Lad
  9. The Broken-Legged Chicken
  10. The Bonny Pit Laddie (Roud 3487)
  11. The Bonny Keel Laddie (Roud 9021)
  12. Dorrington Lads
  13. Blackett o’ Wylam
  14. The Peacock Followed the Hen; or, Cuddle Me, Cuddy (Roud 10956)
  15. Meggy’s Foot
  16. Because He Was a Bonny Lad (Roud 22834)
  17. The Fair Maid of Whickham
  18. My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up; or, My Bonnie Bay Mare and I (Roud 3181)
  19. Newburn Lads
  20. Cut and Dry Dolly
  21. I’ll Have Her in Spite of Her Minnie
  22. The Lads of Alnwick
  23. Sir John Fenwick’s the Flower Amang Them
  24. Cuddie Clauder
  25. All the Night I Lay Awake
  26. All Hands Upon Deck
  27. Noble Squire Dacre
  28. Go to Berwick, Johnnie
  29. The Parks o’ Yester
  30. The Wedding o’ Blyth, or Blue’s Gaen Oot o’ the Fashion (Roud 10955)
  31. O the Lousy Cutter (Roud 8772)
  32. The Black Cock o’ Whickham
  33. Coffee and Tea; or, Jamie Allen’s Fancy
  34. The Keelman Ower Land
  35. Small Coals an’ Little Money
  36. Shew’s the Way to Wallington (Roud 3165)
  37. Jockey Stays Lang at the Fair
  38. Stagshaw Bank Fair
  39. We’ll All Away to Sunniside
  40. The Miller’s Wife o’ Blaydon (Roud 3167)
  41. The Holey Halfpenny
  42. Hoop Her and Gird Her
  43. Fenwick o’ Bywell
  44. Drucken Moll Knox
  45. The Lass and the Money Is All My Own
  46. Cannie Hobbie Elliot (Roud 8986)
  47. Peackock’s March
  48. Peackock’s Tune
  49. Peackock’s Fancy
  50. Piper’s Maggot or Fancy
  51. The Green Brechan o’ Branton
  52. Jackey Layton
  53. Till the Tide Comes In (Roud 8726)
  54. Lamshaw’s Fancy
  55. Morpeth Lasses
  56. The Major
  57. Andrew Carr (Roud 8166)
  58. Follow Her over the Border
  59. Little Fishie
  60. Leazes Hopping
  61. The Cooper o’ Stannerton Heugh
  62. A Mile to Ride
  63. Sandhill Corner
  64. Lang Stay’d Away
  65. Blaw the Wind Southerly (Roud 2619)
  66. Cuckold Come Out o’ the Amrey
  67. Ower the Border
  68. Sunderland Lasses
  69. New Highland Laddie
  70. Little Wot Ye Wha’s Coming
  71. Fairly Shot of Her
  72. The Black and the Grey
  73. Rantin’ Roarin’ Willie, or The Mitford Galloway
  74. The Hen’s March
  75. Blanchland Races