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One Hundred English Folksongs

One Hundred English Folksongs

Cecil J. Sharp (editor),
One Hundred English Folksongs
For Medium Voice
Oliver Ditson, 1916
New York: Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-23192-5, 1975

The Songs

Ballads

  1. Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250)
  2. Bruton Town (Roud 18; Laws M32)
  3. The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110; G/D 7:1465)
  4. Robin Hood and the Tanner (Roud 332; Child 126)
  5. The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies, O! (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
  6. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470)
  7. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
  8. Little Sir Hugh (Roud 73; Child 155)
  9. Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249)
  10. Lady Maisry (Roud 45; Child 65)
  11. The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163)
  12. The Coasts of High Barbary (Roud 134; Child 285; Laws K33; G/D 1:38)
  13. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73)
  14. The Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
  15. Lord Thomas of Winesberry (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221)
  16. The Green Wedding (Roud 93; Child 221; G/D 5:1024)
  17. The Briery Bush (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248)
  18. Lord Rendal (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814)
  19. Blow Away the Morning Dew (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301)
  20. The Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334)
  21. The Duke of Bedford (Roud 78)
  22. Death and the Lady (Roud 1031)
  23. The Low, Low Lands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180)
  24. The Unquiet Grave, or Cold Blows the Wind (Roud 51; Child 78)
  25. The Trees They Do Grow High (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222)
  26. Lord Lovel (Roud 48; Child 75; G/D 6:1232)
  27. False Lamkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735)
  28. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212)
  29. The Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170; G/D 3:693)

Songs

  1. Farewell, Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755)
  2. Sweet Kitty (Roud 1349)
  3. The Crystal Spring (Roud 1391)
  4. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180)
  5. The Sprig of Thyme (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180)
  6. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479)
  7. Blackbirds and Thrushes (Roud 12657)
  8. The Drowned Lover (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7)
  9. The Sign of the Bonny Blue Bell (Roud 579)
  10. O Waly, Waly (Roud 87; Child 204)
  11. Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2; Henry H143)
  12. A Maid in Bedlam (Roud 578)
  13. The Bold Fisherman (Roud 291; Laws O24; G/D 4:834)
  14. The Rambling Sailor (Roud 518; G/D 7:1477)
  15. Dabbling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812)
  16. The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49)
  17. Fanny Blair (Roud 1393)
  18. Arise, Arise (Roud 22620; Laws M4)
  19. Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548)
  20. Green Broom (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147)
  21. The Bonny Lighter-Boy (Roud 843; Laws M22; G/D 3:413, 6:1117)
  22. The Sweet Primeroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841)
  23. My Bonny, Bonny Boy (Roud 293; G/D 6:1141; Henry H215)
  24. As I Walked Through the Meadows (Roud 594) (two versions)
  25. Erin’s Lovely Home (Roud 1427; Laws M6; G/D 6:1098; Henry H46)
  26. The True Lover’s Farewell (Roud 422)
  27. High Germany (Roud 904; G/D 1:96)
  28. Sweet Lovely Joan (Roud 592)
  29. My Boy Willie (Roud 326)
  30. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle (Roud 1570; G/D 7:1334)
  31. Mowing the Barley (Roud 922)
  32. I’m Seventeen Come Sunday (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152)
  33. The Lark in the Morn (Roud 151)
  34. Hares on the Mountain (Roud 329)
  35. O Sally, My Dear (Roud 32572)
  36. Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo (Roud 5586; G/D 7:1412)
  37. The Keys of Canterbury (Roud 573)
  38. My Man John (Roud 573)
  39. O, No John! (Roud 146)
  40. The Brisk Young Bachelor (Roud 1572; G/D 7:1291)
  41. Ruggleton’s Daughter of Iero (Roud 117; Child 277)
  42. William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757)
  43. Sweet William (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
  44. The Watchet Sailor (Roud 917)
  45. Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329)
  46. Brimbledon Fair, or Young Ramble-Away (Roud 171; G/D 7:1485)
  47. Bridgwater Fair (Roud 1571)
  48. The Crabfish (Roud 149)
  49. The Beggar (Roud 1573)
  50. The Keeper (Roud 1519)
  51. The Three Sons (Roud 130; G/D 3:704)
  52. Jack Hall (Roud 369; Laws L5)
  53. Driving Away at the Smoothing Iron (Roud 869)
  54. The Robber (Roud 490; Laws L12; G/D 2:260; Henry H691)
  55. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
  56. Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60)
  57. Botany Bay (Roud 261; Laws L16; G/D 2:260; Henry H691)
  58. Admiral Benbow (Roud 227)
  59. Bold Nelson’s Praise (Roud 1574)
  60. Spanish Ladies (Roud 687)
  61. The Ship in Distress (Roud 807)
  62. Come All You Worthy Christian Men (Roud 815)
  63. Wassail Song (Roud 209)
  64. It’s a Rosebud in June (Roud 812)
  65. A Brisk Young Sailor (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1169, 6:1170; Henry H683)
  66. The Sheep-Shearing (Roud 1582)

Accumulative

  1. The Twelve Days of Christmas (Roud 68; G/D 3:637)
  2. The Ten Commandments (Roud 133)
  3. The Tree in the Wood (Roud 129; G/D 8:1668)
  4. The Barley-Mow (Roud 944, 10722)
  5. One Man Shall Mow My Meadow (Roud 143)