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A Yorkshire Songster

A Yorkshire Songster Folk songs collected in Yorkshire since the Second World War. Selected by Steve Gardham Musical notation by Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne with notes by Steve Gardham London: Francis Boutle, June 2025

Songs

The songs are referenced by page numbers.

12. An Acre of Land (Roud 21093; TYG 23)
13. The Artillery Alphabet (Roud 21102, TYG 26)
14. As Tommy Was Walking (Tommy and the Apples) (Roud 8723)
15. The Barley Corn (The Barley Mow) (Roud 944)
16. The Barnburgh Tup (The Derby Ram) (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59)
18. The Battle of Trafalgar (Nelson’s Monument) (Roud 1552)
19. The Bilsdale Hunt Song (Roud 21173; TYG 18)
21. Bold Rennie (Three Jolly Huntsmen) (Roud 796)
22. The Bonny Hawthorn (Roud 9268; TYG 9)
23. The Bonny Yorkshire Lass (My Pretty Yorkshire Lass) (Roud 12514; TYG 66)
25. Buttercups (Down in the Fields Where the Buttercups All Grow) (Roud 1736)
26. Castle Hill Anthem (Pleasant and Delightful) (Roud 660; Laws O30; TYG 51)
27. The Cat, the Mouse and the Cask of Ale (Roud 20468)
29. The Christmas Goose (Roud 3204; TYG 40)
31. The Cliffs of Old Whitby (Roud 16917)
32. Collier Lads (The Soldier Laddie) (Roud 3505)
33. The Country Carrier (Roud 1400; G/D 3:456; Henry H664)
34. The Country Gawby (Roud 9223)
36. A Country Life for Me (Roud 1409, TYG 28)
38. The Cropper Lads (TYG 62, 148)
39. The Cropton Murders (Roud 20490)
40. The Death of Bill Brown (Roud 609; TYG 41)
42. Despised for Being Poor (Roud 7944)
43. Dick Turpin’s Ride to York (Roud 31236)
45. Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1169, 6:1170; Henry H683)
46. The Duke of Buckingham’s Hunting Song (The Noble Foxhunting) (Roud 584; TYG 76)
48. The Farmer of Cheshire’s Daughter (Roud 2637; Laws L1; G/D 2:266; Henry H51; TYG 78)
50. The Farmyard Song (Roud 887)
51. Father’s Advice (Roud 1152; TYG 29)
53. A Fine Old Lady Was My Grandma (My Grandma’s Advice) (Roud 282; Henry H208)
54. Forty Miles (Roud 608; G/D 5:983; TYG 36)
55. Foster’s Mill (TYG 63)
56. Fylingdales Hunt Song (Roud 1109)
58. The Gallant Hussar (Roud 1146; G/D 5:982; Henry H243a)
60. Gather All Round (Roud 20493)
61. Godë Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Roud 394)
62. Gossip John (Gossip Joan) (Roud 1039; TYG 54)
63. The Grey Goose and Gander (The Goose and the Gander) (Roud 1094)
64. Hear the Nightingales Sing (The Bold Grenadier) (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34)
65. Hedon Road Gaol (TYG 64)
66. Here We Come A-Wassailing (Roud 209; TYG 22)
67. The Herring’s Head (The Herring Song) (Roud 128; TYG 31)
69. The Holmfirth Anthem (Through the Groves) (Roud 1046; TYG 55)
70. I Wish I Was Single Again (Roud 437)
71. I’ve Fun a Bod’s Nest (Roud 236)
72. The Indian Lass (Roud 2326)
74. Jolly Country Lads Are We (Old Joe Braddleum) (Roud 1857; TYG 134)
75. The Jolly Ploughboy (Roud 163; TYG 32)
77. The Jolly Waggoner (Roud 1088)
78. The Keys of Heaven (Roud 573)
79. King Henry Was King James’s Son (The White Cockade) (Roud 4203; G/D 8:1571; TYG 128)
80. The Lady of Robin Hood’s Bay (Mary Wright) (Roud 21117)
82. The Lily-White Hand (Roud 564; Laws P18)
84. The Little Ball of Yarn (The Ball of Yarn) (Roud 1404)
85. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470)
88. The Lyke Wake Dirge (Roud 8194; TYG 85)
90. MacGregor John and John MacGregor (Bohunkus and Josephus) (Roud 6360)
91. Marrow Bones (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6)
93. Master Smith says to John (Roud 24900; TYG 50)
95. The Maypole Song (Roud 21188)
97. Merry Mountain Child (Roud 1769; TYG 42)
99. A Milking Can (Mother, Will You Buy Me a Milking Can?) (Roud 3515)
100. Mutton Pie (Roud 1408; TYG 30)
102. My Beautiful Muff (The Beautiful Muff) (Roud 1402)
104. My Father Died (The Foolish Boy) (Roud 469; G/D 8:1696; Henry H732; TYG 58)
105. My Little Fiddle (My Thing Is My Own) (Roud 16922)
107. No, My Love, Not I (Roud 1403)
108. The Nobleman’s Lady (The Alderman’s Lady) (Roud 2533)
109. The Oak and the Ash (Rosemary Lane) (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10)
111. Old Adam Was a Gentleman (Roud 12887)
113. Old Grimy (Roud 764; TYG 4)
115. Old Johnny Walker (Roud 764; TYG 17)
116. The Old Man from Lea (Roud 362; G/D 4:815)
117. The Old Mare (Roud 294; Henry H480a; TYG 27)
119. Old Matha Gummersal (Roud 21172; TYG 16)
120. The Old Sow (The Dead Pig) (Roud 17759; TYG 56)
121. Pace Egging Song (Roud 614; TYG 53)
122. The Pear Tree (Roud 1713; TYG 38)
124. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60)
125. Poverty Knocks (Roud 3491; TYG 14)
127. Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth (Nancy of Yarmouth) (Roud 407)
128. The Pride of the Pack (Roud 19114)
130. Rumpsy-Bumpsy-Ay (Rumpsy Bumpsy) (Roud 1212)
132. The Sandstone Girl (Roud 20460)
134. The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49)
135. The Sheffield Apprentice (Roud 399; Laws O39; G/D 5:998; Henry H31; TYG 71)
137. Sheffield Park (Roud 18833; TYG 39)
138. The Sheffield Ship Canal (Roud 23562)
139. Six Jolly Miners (Roud 877; TYG 61)
140. The Soldier and the Sailor (Roud 350; G/D 3:685)
141. Spence Broughton (Roud 1107; TYG 89)
143. Spencer the Rover (Roud 1115; TYG 3)
144. Staithes Anthem (The Fisherman and His Child) (Roud 9095)
146. Still I Love Him (Roud 654; TYG 33)
147. Stow Brow (The Drowned Sailor) (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7)
148. The Summer’s Morning (The White Cockade) (Roud 191; TYG 2)
149. The Tailor’s Britches (Roud 1610; TYG 49)
151. Take Care of Your Wives (Preaching for Bacon) (Roud 1317)
153. There Was a Maiden Fair (Roud 18828)
154. Three Jolly Fishermen (Roud 3496; TYG 82)
155. Three Men They Went A-Yunting (Three Men Went A-Hunting) (Roud 283; G/D 2:283)
156. Three Score and Ten (Roud 16873; TYG 5)
158. Timothy Briggs the Barber (The Parson With the Wooden Leg) (Roud 1508)
160. The Two Crows (Roud 5; Child 26)
161. Undaunted Mary (The Banks of the Sweet Dundee) (Roud 148; Laws M25; G/D 2:224)
163. Underneath Her Apron (Three Maids A-Rushing) (Roud 899; G/D 7:1493)
165. Up to Me Rigs (The Rigs of London Town) (Roud 868; G/D 2:299)
166. Wanton Lasses (Roud 37666)
168. The Wensleydale Lad (Roud 21176; TYG 8)
170. What Is That Blood on Thy Shirt Sleeve? (Edward) (Roud 200; Child 13; TYG 35)
172. Where There’s a Will There’s a Way (Roud 13835)
174. The Wild Rover (Roud 1173; G/D 7:1480)
176. Willy Went to Westerdale (Roud 2792; TYG 1)
178. The Wreck of the Industry (Industry Off Spurn Point) (Roud 599; TYG 67)
180. The Yorkshire Wassailing Song #1 (Roud 209; TYG 22)