Folk Songs From The Southern Highlands

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from the Southern Highlands Collected and Kdited by M ELLIN GER EDWARD HENRY J. AUGUSTIN PUBLISHER NEW YORK CITY VLL KIC. I1 I llilb FIRST I L I IION Ib COMIObtD IN GARAMOND TYPT UT KY J Hh MONOIYPf CORPORMION, PRINTED TN TtRMAN BY j i MJGL T SJIN, CiLtu KSTADT-HAMBURG - NFVI YORK AND BOUND H, I OROL MrKlHBLNA SON, BKOOKMN, N IN M IU iq I OR J J UC, UVTIN PUBLISHLK NL. W ORK CITY TO MY WIFL WIT1J OUT WHOM THIS BOOK WOULD NOT HA r E BhP. N POSSIBLE CONTENTS Page List of Illustrations .. . xi List of References-Abbreviations xii Introduction i Ballads and Songs ... 29 1. The Elfin Knight Child, No. 2 . . 31 2. Lady Isabel and the Klf-Knight Child, No. 4 .. . 32 3. Karl Brand Child, No. 7 . . 36 4. The Twa Sisters Child, No 10 . 38 5. Lord Randal Child, No. 12 .. . . 45 6. The Cruel Mother Child, No. 20 47 7. The Three Ravens Child, No. 26 . 48 8. The Broomficld Hill Child, No. 43 - 53 9. Young Bcichan Child, No 53 55 10. The Cherry-Tree Carol Child, No. 54 59 11. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet Child, No 73 .60 12. The Lass of Roch Royal Child, No. 76.. 66 1 3 . The Wife of Ushers Well Child, No. 79 . . 70 14 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard Child, No 81 73 15. Bonny Barbara Allan Child, No. 84 80 16 Lady Alice Child, No. 85 . ... 89 17. Lamkin Child, No 93 9 1 18. The Maid Freed from the Gallows Child, No. 95 . 93 19. Johnny Scot Child, No. 99 . 100 20. Sir Hugh, or the Jews Daughter Child, No 1 5 5 102 21. King Henry Fifths Conquest of France Child, No. 164 .. 106 22. The Gypsy Laddie Child, No. 200 no 23. James Harris The Daemon Lover Child, No 243 . 113 24 Our Goodman Child, No. 274 119 25 The Wife Wrapt in Wethers Skin Child, No. 277 .. 125 26. The Farmers Curst Wife Child, No. 278 12527. The Sweet Trinity The Golden Vanity Child, No. 286 127 28. The Mermaid Child, No. 289 . 33 29. The Brown Girl Child, No. 295 J 34 30. The Yorkshire Bite . . 35 31 1 Gave Aly Love a Cherry T 4 32. The Judge and the Jury . .... 142 33. Young Hunting . . M 34. The Perjured Maid . . ... 147 35. Little Dicky Whigburn .. - .... 153 36. The Holy Twig .. . J 54 37. Twelve Apostles The Ten Commandments . .. . . . .156 38. Home, Dearie, Home . . . J 5 vii Contents Page 39. The Bramble Briar 161 40. Johnny Doyle . .. .. 162 41. Young Edmund in the Lowlands Low 164 42. William and Polly 167 43. Young Johnny .. . 168 44. William and Mary .. 172 45. Jack and Joe . ... .. 17 46. Derby Ram . . 175 47 Johnny Troy 178 48. The Brisk Young Farmer . .. 180 49. The Bugaboo 182 50 The Sheffield Apprentice 183 51. The Soldiers Wooing.. .. . 185 52. Sweet William Sailor Boy . . 188 53. The Drowsy Sleeper ... . ...... 190 54. The Three Sons . . 191 55. The Boatsman and the Chest . . . . 191 56. The Dishonest Miller . . . ... . 192 57. The Butcher Boy .... ... . . 195 58. One Morning in May . . .... 200 59. Pretty Fair Miss . . ...... 201 60. Fair Damsel .. . . . . .. 204 61. Farewell, Parting Lover . 205 62. Jackaro 208 63. Pearl Bryan . . . 209 64. The Wexford Girl The Cruel Miller . 214 65. On the Banks of the Ohio . . ... 220 66. Poor Omic .. . 221 67. Come, Pretty Polly . 229 68. Early in the Spring . . 233 69 Broken Vows ... 235 70 Short Life of Trouble . .. . 236 71 Little Sweetheart 237 72 Flirting . . 238 73 A Package of Old Letters .... . ... 243 74 Forsaken . .,250 75. Forsaken Lover ... . .251 76 The Dear Companion . 252 77. 1 Dreamed Last Night of My True Ix ve 253 78. Song Ballcn 1 rode tochurch last Sunday . 255 79 Young Ladies Little Sparrow . 2 7 80. My Pretty Little Pink ... . 262 81 The True Lovers Farewell . .265 82 Black Is the Color 266 8 3 Lonesome Dove . . . 267 84 My Dearest Dear . 269 85 The I - overs Lament . . 270 86. No Change in Mr .... . . 272 87 Old Smoky . 273 88. Sweet Willie Sweet Lillie .... . .276 89 Fm Going to Georgia . . . .278 via Contents Page 90. The Wagoners Lad . . 279 91. I Love Little Willie 281 92. Pretty Saro 283 93. Little Nell of Narragansett Bay 284 94. Pretty Mohea.. .. ... 284 95. Paper of Pins 291 96...