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The Crystal Spring
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Maud Karpeles (editor) |
The Songs
Ballads
- Lord Randal (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814)
- Lady Maisry (Roud 32444)
- Geordie (Roud 90; Child 209; G/D 2:249)
- Barbara Ellen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
- The Coasts of High Barbary (Roud 134; Laws K33; G/D 1:38)
- The Dragoon and the Lady (Roud 321; Laws M27)
- The Low Lands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180)
- Willie o’ Winsbury (Roud 64; Child 100; G/D 5:999; Henry H221)
- The Outlandish Knight (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163)
- Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470)
- Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor (Roud 4; Child 73; G/D 2:212)
- The Lover’s Tasks, or Scarborough Fair (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329)
- Waly Waly, or The Water is Wide (Roud 18829; Henry H218ab)
- The Farmer’s Curst Wife (Roud 160; Child 278; G/D 2:320)
- The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter (Roud 67; Child 110; G/D 7:1465)
- Ruggleton’s Daughter of Iero (Roud 117; Child 277; G/D 7:1282)
- The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73)
- The Gypsy Laddie (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124)
- The Broomfield Wager (Roud 34; Child 43; G/D 2:322; Henry H135)
- Lamkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735)
- The Death of Queen Jane (Roud 77; Child 170; G/D 3:693)
- The Two Magicians (Roud 1350; Child 44; G/D 2:334)
- Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Roud 253; Child 74; G/D 2:337)
- The Maid Freed from the Gallows, or The Briery Bush (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248)
- Robin Hood and the Tanner (Roud 332; Child 126)
- Henry Martin (Roud 104; Child 250)
- The Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
- Blow Away the Morning Dew (Roud 11; Child 112; G/D 2:301)
- The Banks of Green Willow (Roud 172; Child 24; G/D 6:1225)
- The Unquiet Grave, or Cold Blows the Wind (Roud 51; Child 78)
Lovers’ Laments
- The Drowned Lover (Roud 185; Laws K18; G/D 1:20; TYG 7)
- Still Growing, or The Trees They Do Grow High (Roud 31; Laws O35; G/D 6:1222)
- Blackbirds and Thrushes (Roud 12657)
- Bedlam (Roud 578)
- The Duke of Bedford (Roud 78)
- Sweet William (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
False-Hearted Lovers
- The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180)
- Green Bushes (Roud 1040; Laws P2; Henry H143)
- Once I Had a Sweetheart (Roud 170)
- The Bold Grenadier, or The Nightingale (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34)
- The Banks of Sweet Primroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841)
- The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479)
- My Bonny, Bonny Boy (Roud 293; G/D 6:1141; Henry H215)
- A Brisk Young Soldier, or Died for Love (Roud 60; Laws P25; G/D 6:1169, 6:1170; Henry H683)
- A Shoemaker Courted Me (Roud 816)
- The Chaps of Cockaigny (Roud 1451)
- The False Bride (Roud 154; G/D 6:1198)
- William Taylor (Roud 158; Laws N11; G/D 1:169; Henry H213, H757)
Love and Courtship
- Searching for Lambs (Roud 576; Henry H548)
- The Crystal Spring (Roud 1391)
- The Shepherd and His Fife (Roud 1433)
- Seventeen Come Sunday (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152, H793)
- The Sign of the Bonny Blue Bell (Roud 579)
- The Rose in June, or Let It Be Early, Late or Soon (Roud 1202)
- Hares on the Mountains (Roud 329)
- The Fisherman (Roud 291; Laws O24; G/D 4:834)
- Arise Arise (Roud 22620, 22621; Laws M4; Henry H722)
- As I Walked Through the Meadows (Roud 594)
- The Bonny Lighter Boy (Roud 843; Laws M22; G/D 3:413, 6:1117)
- Master Kilby (Roud 1434)
- The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1496)
- Mowing the Barley (Roud 922)
- Limady (Roud 193, 2445)
- Sally My Dear (Roud 32572)
- Green Broom (Roud 379; G/D 5:950; Henry H147)
- The Keys of Canterbury (Roud 573)
The Laver’s Farewell and Return
- The True Lover’s Farewell (Roud 422)
- Farewell to Charming Sally (Roud 1446; Henry H780)
- The Dark-Eyed Sailor (Roud 265; Laws N35; G/D 5:1037; Henry H232)
- Faithful Nancy, or One Fine Summer’s Morning (Roud 1449)
- The Watchet Sailor (Roud 917; Laws P4)
- High Germany (Roud 904; G/D 1:96)
- Pretty Caroline (Roud 1448)
- Jimmy and Nancy (Roud 18525)
- Farewell, My Dearest Nancy (Roud 527; Laws K14; Henry H755)
Murderers, Robbers, and Highwaymen
- Two Jolly Butchers (Roud 17; Laws L4; G/D 2:186; Henry H185)
- The Cruel Ship’s Carpenter (Roud 15; Laws P36A; G/D 2:201, 2:202)
- Jack Hall (Roud 369; Laws L5)
- Brennan on the Moor (Roud 476; Laws L7; G/D 2:258)
Sea Songs
- Bold Nelson’s Praise (Roud 1574)
- Admiral Benbow (Roud 227)
- Spanish Ladies (Roud 687)
- The Greenland Fishery (Roud 347; Laws K21; G/D 1:9)
- Jack the Jolly Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40)
- The Rambling Sailor (Roud 518; G/D 7:1477)
- The Saucy Sailor (Roud 531; Laws K38; G/D 1:49)
Country Pursuits
- The Lark in the Morn (Roud 151)
- John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559)
- Creeping Jane (Roud 1012; Laws Q23)
- It’s a Rosebud in June (Roud 812)
- Sheep Shearing (Roud 1582)
- The Farmyard (Roud 745)
- Bingo (Roud 589)
Carols
- The Cherry Tree Carol (Roud 453; Child 54; G/D 2:327)
- The Moon Shines Bright (Roud 702)
- The Virgin Unspotted (Roud 1378)
- The Holy Well (Roud 1697)
- As I Sat on a Sunny Bank, or I Saw Three Ships (Roud 700)
- Come All You Worthy Christian Men (Roud 815)
- Wassail Song (Roud 209)
- Nowell, Nowell (Roud 682)
- King Herod and the Cock (Roud 306; Child 55)
- The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514)
- The Bitter Withy (Roud 452)
- Awake, Awake, or New Year’s Carol (Roud 701)
- God Bless You Merry Gentlemen (Roud 394)
- Dives and Lazarus (Roud 477; Child 56)
- On Christmas Night (Roud 597)
Humorous Songs
- The Crabfish (Roud 149)
- Dicky of Taunton Dene (Roud 382)
- Robin-a-Thrush (Roud 2792; TYG 1)
- Midsummer Fair (Roud 137)
- The Three Sons (Roud 130; G/D 3:704)
- Marrow Bones (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6)
- My Boy Willie (Roud 326)
Cumulative Songs
- The Tree in the Wood (Roud 129; G/D 8:1668)
- I Had a Little Cock (Roud 544; G/D 8:1666)
- One Man Shall Mow My Meadow (Roud 143)
Nonsense and Nursery Songs
- The Frog and the Mouse (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669)
- The Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59)
- The Carrion Crow (Roud 891)
- James Morrell is Dead (Roud 764; TYG 4)
- As I Was Going to Banbury (Roud 2423)
- The Foolish Boy, or The Swapping Song (Roud 469; G/D 8:1696; Henry H732; TYG 58)
- Three Jolly Huntsmen (Roud 283; G/D 2:283)
- The Red Herring (Roud 128; TYG 31)
- Dance to Thee Daddy (Roud 2439)
Various
- Three Maids A-Milking (Roud 290)
- Death and the Lady (Roud 32443)
- Tarry Trousers (Roud 427)
- Whistle, Daughter, Whistle (Roud 1570; G/D 7:1334)
- Bridgwater Fair (Roud 1571)
- The Brisk Young Bachelor (Roud 1572; G/D 7:1291)
- The Keeper (Roud 1519)
- Poor Old Horse (Roud 513; TYG 60)
- Maids a-Rushing, or Under Her Apron (Roud 899; G/D 7:1493)
- Sovay, Sovay, or The Female Highwayman (Roud 7; Laws N21; Henry H35)
- A Brisk Young Widow (Roud 2438)
- The Streams of Lovely Nancy (Roud 688; Henry H520)
- The Pretty Ploughboy (Roud 186; Laws M24; G/D 1:170; Henry H105)
- The Fit’s Come on Me Now (Roud 441)
- The Beggar (Roud 1573)
- T Stands for Thomas (Roud 419; Henry H593)