Chapter I: Preface: Introduction

1. BY CHANCE IT WAS.
2. THE HUNTING OF ARSCOTT OF TETCOTT.
3. UPON A SUNDAY MORNING.
4. THE TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH.
5. PARSON HOGG.
6. COLD BLOWS THE WIND.
7. THE SPRIG OF THYME.
8. ROVING JACK THE JOURNEYMAN.
9. BRIXHAM TOWN.
10. GREEN BROOM.
11. AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT.
12. THE MILLER AND HIS SONS.
13. ORMOND THE BRAVE.
14. JOHN BARLEYCORN.
15. SWEET NIGHTINGALE.
16. WIDDECOMBE FAIR.
17. YE MAIDENS PRETTY.
18. THE SILLY OLD MAN.
19. THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
20. THE CHIMNEY SWEEP.
21. THE SAUCY SAILOR.
22. BLUE MUSLIN.
23. THE DEATH OF PARKER.
24. THE HELSTON FURRY DANCE.
25. BLOW AWAY YE MORNING BREEZES.
26. THE HEARTY GOOD FELLOW.
27. THE BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES.
28. THE LAST OF THE SINGERS.
29. THE TYTHE PIG.
30. OLD WICHET.
31. JAN'S COURTSHIP.
32. THE DROWNED LOVER.
33. CHILDE THE HUNTER.
34. THE COTTAGE WELL THATCH'D WITH STRAW.
35. CICELY SWEET.
36. A SWEET PRETTY MAIDEN SAT UNDER A TREE.
37. THE WHITE COCKADE.
38. THE SAILOR'S FAREWELL.
39. A MAIDEN SAT A WEEPING.
40. THE BLUE KERCHIEF.
41. COME TO MY WINDOW.
42. TOMMY A LYNN.
43. THE GREEN BUSHES.
44. THE BROKEN TOKEN.
45. THE MOLE CATCHER.
46. THE KEENLY LODE.
47. MAY-DAY CAROL.
48. THE LOVER'S TASKS.
49. LULLABYE.
50. THE GIPSY COUNTESS. _In Two Parts._
51. THE GREY MARE.
52. THE WRECK OFF SCILLY.
53. HENRY MARTYN.
54. PLYMOUTH SOUND.
55. THE FOX.
56. FURZE BLOOM.
57. THE OXEN PLOUGHING.
58. FLORA, THE LILY OF THE WEST. _In F_ [Transcriber's Note: D minor.]
" " " " " " _In G_
60. FAIR LADY PITY ME.
61. THE PAINFUL PLOUGH.
62. AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN.
63. ALL JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH.
64. THE GOLDEN VANITY.
65. THE BOLD DRAGOON.
66. TRINITY SUNDAY.
67. THE BLUE FLAME.
68. STRAWBERRY FAIR.
69. THE COUNTRY FARMER'S SON.
70. THE HOSTESS' DAUGHTER.
71. THE JOLLY GOSS-HAWK.
72. THE SONG OF THE MOOR.
73. ON A MAY MORNING SO EARLY.
74. THE SPOTTED COW.
75. THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN.
76. WELL MET, WELL MET, MY OWN TRUE LOVE.
77. POOR OLD HORSE.
78. THE DILLY SONG.
79. A COUNTRY DANCE.
80. CONSTANT JOHNNY.
81. THE DUKE'S HUNT.
82. THE BELL-RINGING.
83. A NUTTING WE WILL GO.
84. DOWN BY A RIVER-SIDE.
85. THE BARLEY-RAKINGS.
86. A SHIP CAME SAILING OVER THE SEA.
87. THE RAMBLING SAILOR.
88. WILLIE COMBE.
89. MIDSUMMER CAROL.
90. THE BLACKBIRD.
91. THE GREEN BED.
92. THE LOYAL LOVER.
93. THE STREAMS OF NANTSIAN.
94. THREE DRUNKEN MAIDENS.
95. TOBACCO IS AN INDIAN WEED.
96. FAIR SUSAN SLUMBERED.
97. THE FALSE BRIDE.
98. BARLEY STRAW.
99. DEATH AND THE LADY.
100. BOTH SEXES GIVE EAR TO MY FANCY.
101. I RODE MY LITTLE HORSE.
102. AMONG THE NEW-MOWN HAY.
103. I'LL BUILD MYSELF A GALLANT SHIP.
104. COLLY, MY COW.
105. WITHIN A GARDEN.
106. THE BONNY BIRD.
107. THE LADY AND APPRENTICE.
108. PAUL JONES.
109. THE MERRY HAYMAKERS.
110. IN BIBBERLY TOWN.
111. THE MARIGOLD.
112. ARTHUR LE BRIDE.
113. THE KEEPER.
114. THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.
115. THE OWL.
116. MY MOTHER DID SO BEFORE ME.
117. A WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE.
118. THE OLD MAN CAN'T KEEP HIS WIFE AT HOME.
119. SWEET, FAREWELL!
120. OLD ADAM, THE POACHER.
121. EVENING PRAYER.
NOTES ON THE SONGS.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SONGS

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A MAIDEN SAT A WEEPING 39 78
AMONG THE NEW MOWN HAY 102 208
ALL JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH 63 130
A NUTTING WE WILL GO 83 170
ARTHUR LE BRIDE 112 228
A SHIP CAME SAILING 86 176
AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT 11 22
A SWEET PRETTY MAIDEN 36 72
AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN 62 128
A WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE 117 238

BARLEY RAKING, THE 85 174
BARLEY STRAW, THE 98 200
BELL RINGING, THE 82 168
BIBBERLY TOWN, IN 110 224
BLACKBIRD, THE 90 184
BLOW AWAY YE MORNING BREEZES 25 50
BLUE FLAME, THE 67 138
BLUE KERCHIEF 40 80
BLUE MUSLIN 22 44
BOLD DRAGOON, THE 65 134
BONNY BIRD, THE 106 216
BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES, THE 27 54
BOTH SEXES GIVE EAR TO MY FANCY 100 204
BRIXHAM TOWN 9 18
BROKEN TOKEN, THE 44 88
BY CHANCE IT WAS 1 2

CHILDE THE HUNTER 33 66
CHIMNEY SWEEP, THE 20 40
CICELY SWEET 35 70
COLD BLOWS THE WIND 6 12
COLLY, MY COW 104 212
COME TO MY WINDOW 41 82
CONSTANT JOHNNY 80 164
COTTAGE WELL THATCHED WITH STRAW, THE 34 68
COUNTRY DANCE, A 79 162
COUNTRY FARMER'S SON, THE 69 142

DEATH AND THE LADY 99 202
DEATH OF PARKER 23 46
DILLY SONG, THE 78 160
DOWN BY A RIVER SIDE 84 172
DROWNED LOVER, THE 32 64
DRUNKEN MAIDENS 94 192
DUKE'S HUNT, THE 81 166

EVENING PRAYER, THE 121 246

FAIR LADY PITY ME 60 124
FAIR SUSAN SLUMBERED 96 196
FALSE BRIDE, THE 97 198
FLORA, THE LILY OF THE WEST 58 118, 120
FOX, THE 55 112
FURZE BLOOM 56 114

GIPSY COUNTESS, THE 50 100
GOLDEN VANITY, THE 64 132
GREEN BED, THE 91 186
GREEN BROOM 10 20
GREEN BUSHES, THE 43 86
GREY MARE, THE 51 104

HEARTY GOOD FELLOW, THE 26 52
HELSTON FURRY DANCE, THE 24 48
HENRY MARTYN 53 108
HOSTESS' DAUGHTER, THE 70 144
HUNTING OF ARSCOTT, THE 2 4

I'LL BUILD MYSELF A GALLANT SHIP 103 210
IN BIBBERLY TOWN 110 224
I RODE MY LITTLE HORSE 101 206

JAN'S COURTSHIP 31 62
JOHN BARLEYCORN 14 28
JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH 63 130
JOLLY GOSS-HAWK, THE 71 146

KEENLY LODE, THE 46 92
KEEPER, THE 113 230

LADY AND APPRENTICE, THE 107 218
LAST OF THE SINGERS, THE 28 56
LOVER'S TASKS, THE 48 96
LOYAL LOVER, THE 92 188
LULLABY 49 98

MAIDEN SAT A-WEEPING, A 39 78
MARIGOLD, THE 111 226
MAY DAY CAROL 47 94
MERRY HAYMAKERS, THE 109 222
MIDSUMMER CAROL, A 89 182
MILLER AND HIS SONS, THE 12 24
MOLE CATCHER, THE 45 90
MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THE 19 38
MY MOTHER DID SO BEFORE ME 116 236

OLD ADAM THE POACHER 120 244
OLD MAN CAN'T KEEP HIS WIFE AT HOME, THE 118 240
OLD WICHET 30 60
ON A MAY MORNING 73 150
ORMOND THE BRAVE 13 26
OWL, THE 115 234
OXEN PLOUGHING, THE 57 116

PAINFUL PLOUGH, THE 61 128
PARSON HOGG 5 10
PAUL JONES 108 220
PLYMOUTH SOUND 54 110
POOR OLD HORSE 77 158

QUEEN OF HEARTS, THE 114 232

RAMBLING SAILOR, THE 87 178
ROVING JACK 8 16

SAILOR'S FAREWELL, THE 38 76
SAUCY SAILOR, THE 21 42
SILLY OLD MAN, THE 18 36
SIMPLE PLOUGHBOY, THE 59 122
SONG OF THE MOOR, THE 72 148
SPOTTED COW, THE 74 152
SPRIG OF THYME, THE 7 14
STRAWBERRY FAIR 68 140
STREAMS OF NANTSIAN, THE 93 190
SWEET FAREWELL 119 242
SWEET NIGHTINGALE 15 30

THREE DRUNKEN MAIDENS, THE 94 192
THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN 75 154
TOBACCO 95 194
TOMMY A LYNN 42 84
TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH, THE 4 8
TRINITY SUNDAY 66 136
TYTHE PIG, THE 29 58

UPON A SUNDAY MORNING 3 6

WELL MET! WELL MET! 76 156
WHITE COCKADE, THE 37 74
WIDDECOMBE FAIR 16 32
WILLY COMBE 88 189
WITHIN A GARDEN 105 214
WRECK OFF SCILLY, THE 52 106
WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE, A 117 238

YE MAIDENS PRETTY 17 34