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English County Songs

Lucy E. Broadwood, J.A. Fuller Maitland: English County Songs

Lucy E. Broadwood, J.A. Fuller Maitland (collectors and editors),
English County Songs.
London: Leadenhall Press 1893,
New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1893
London: J.B. Cramer & Co, 1940s

Lucy E. Broadwood, J.A. Fuller Maitland: English County Songs

Songs

The songs are referenced by page numbers.

Songs of the Northern Counties

  1. The Water of Tyne (Roud 1364)
  2. Robbie Tamson’s Smiddie (Roud 939; Laws O12; G/D 5:1009)
  3. There Was a Lady in the West (Roud 161; Child 1)
  4. Sally Gray (Roud 1365)
  5. The Collier’s Rant (Roud 1366)
  6. Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329)
  7. The Wassail Bough (Roud 209; TYG 22)
  8. Sword Dance Song (Roud 610; TYG 83)
  9. A North Country Maid (Roud 1367; G/D 5:1058)

Songs of the North-Western Counties

  1. King Arthur (Roud 130; G/D 3:704)
  2. Peace-Egging Song, No. 1 (Roud 614; TYG 53)
  3. Peace-Egging Song, No. 2 (Roud 614; TYG 53)
  4. Green Gravel (Roud 1368; Henry H48b)
  5. There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig (Roud 1369)
  6. The Cheshire Man (Roud 1370)
  7. The Souling Song (Roud 304)
  8. I Will Give You the Keys of Heaven (Roud 573)
  9. Cold Blows the Wind (Roud 51; Child 78)
  10. Mylecharane (Roud 1370)
  11. Ny Kirree Fo-Sniaghtey (Roud 1371)

Songs of the Midland Counties

  1. Lord Thomas (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212)
  2. The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59)
  3. The Spider (Roud 1372)
  4. The Nottinghamshire Poacher (Roud 222)
  5. I’ll Tell You of a Fellow (Roud 442; G/D 4:891)
  6. Now Robin, Lend to Me Thy Bow (Roud 1373)
  7. In Bethlehem City (Roud 1374)
  8. The Seeds of Love; or, The Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180)
  9. The Beautiful Damsel; or, The Undaunted Female (Roud 289; Laws L3; G/D 2:268)
  10. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470)
  11. ’Twas Early One Morning (Roud 346; G/D 3:418)
  12. The Good Old Leathern Bottle (Roud 1375)
  13. The Thresher and the Squire (Roud 19; G/D 3:437; Henry H622)
  14. Turmut-Hoeing (Roud 1376)
  15. Bedlam City (Roud 968)
  16. The Garden Gate (Roud 418; G/D 5:981; Henry H770)
  17. Sweet William (Roud 273; G/D 6:1245)
  18. Poor Mary (Children’s Game) (Roud 1377)
  19. The Three Dukes (Children’s Choosing Game) (Roud 730)
  20. A Virgin Unspotted (Roud 1378)
  21. Feast Song (Roud 1379)
  22. The Shepherds’ Song (Roud 284)

Songs of the Eastern Counties

  1. Little Sir William (Roud 73; Child 155)
  2. Oats and Beans (Roud 1380)
  3. Green Broom (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147)
  4. Twenty, Eighteen (Roud 542; G/D 8:1588)
  5. Robin-a-Thrush (Roud 2792; TYG 1)
  6. Oliver Cromwell (Roud 797; TYG 88)
  7. Ground for the Floor (Roud 1269)
  8. May-Day Carol (Roud 305)

Songs of the Home Counties

  1. Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56)
  2. Farewell, My Joy and Heart (Roud 583; G/D 6:1104)
  3. Lavender Cries (Roud 854)
  4. Tripping up the Green Grass (A Choosing Game) (Roud 1381)
  5. The Moon Shines Bright (May-Day Song) (Roud 702)
  6. As I Walked Out (Roud 291; Laws O24; G/D 4:834)
  7. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank (Carol) (Roud 700)
  8. The Prickly Bush (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248)
  9. A Dashing Young Lad from Buckingham (Roud 1382)
  10. The Farmer’s Daughter (Roud 148; Laws M25; G/D 2:224)
  11. The Barkshire Tragedy (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213)
  12. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960)
  13. Venus and Adonis (Roud 1383)
  14. The Sweet Nightingale (Roud 356)
  15. The Painful (or Faithful) Plough (Roud 355; G/D 3:448)
  16. Sheepcrook and Black Dog (Roud 948; Henry H30a)

Songs of the South Coast

  1. John Appleby (A Hop-Picker’s Song) (Roud 1292)
  2. The Farmer’s Boy (Roud 408; Laws Q30; G/D 5:960)
  3. Faithful Emma (Roud 18820)
  4. Twankydillo (Roud 2409)
  5. The Mistress’s Health (Roud 310)
  6. The Carter’s Health (Roud 1384)
  7. The Seasons of the Year (Roud 169)
  8. The Servingman and the Husbandman (Roud 873)
  9. My Bonnie, Bonnie Boy (Roud 293; G/D 6:1141; Henry H215)
  10. The Reaphook and the Sickle (Roud 1375)
  11. Sheep-Shearing Songs (Roud 1385)
  12. Harvest Song (Roud 310)
  13. The Jolly Ploughboy (Roud 202)
  14. The Twelve Apostles (Roud 133)
  15. I’m a Man That’s Done Wrong to My Parents (Roud 1386)
  16. Bristol City (Roud 1087)
  17. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163)
  18. Young Herchard (i.e., Richard) (Roud 382)
  19. The Cheerful ’Arn (Roud 217; G/D 4:727)
  20. The Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2; Henry H143)
  21. The Loyal Lover (Roud 578)
  22. The Tree in the Valley (Roud 129; G/D 8:1668)
  23. Adam and Eve (Roud 1387) (sung to the Stratton Church Chimes)

Songs of the Sea

  1. All on Spurn Point (Roud 599; TYG 67)
  2. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848)
  3. The Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
  4. The Crocodile (Roud 1891)