Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 4 (of 4)
CONTENTS
T he old mayor climbed the belfry tower,
The ringers ran by two, by three;
Pull, if ye never pulled before;
Good ringers, pull your best, quoth he.
Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells!
Ply all your changes, all your swells,
Play uppe 'The Brides of Enderby.'
Men say it was a stolen tyde—
The Lord that sent it, He knows all;
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POPULAR BRITISH BALLADS
ANCIENT AND MODERN
THE HIGH TIDE ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE
BALLAD OF THE BRIDES OF QUAIR
FIRST LOVE
SAD MEMORIES
HOW WE BEAT THE FAVOURITE
THE MERMAID OF PADSTOW
THE HIGHWAYMAN'S GHOST
THE BROTHERS
THE BALLAD OF DEAD MEN'S BAY
THE BRIDE'S TRAGEDY
THE WITCH-MOTHER
THE SEA-SWALLOWS
THE KING'S DAUGHTER
THE BALLAD OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
1883.
PART I.
PART II.
LITTLE WILLIE
THE BALLAD OF JUDAS ISCARIOT
PHIL BLOOD'S LEAP
THE RED THREAD OF HONOUR
TICONDEROGA
I.
II.
III.
HEATHER ALE
CAPTAIN GOLD AND FRENCH JANET
SIR ELDRIC
THE MOWERS
THE TOWER OF ST MAUR
A BALLAD OF HELL
THE WEDDING OF PALE BRONWEN
I.
II.
III.
THE BALLAD OF FISHER'S BOARDING-HOUSE
THE FALL OF JOCK GILLESPIE
SOLDIER, SOLDIER
BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST
THE LADY OF SEVILLA
IRISH BALLADS
THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE
SHULE AGRA
THE NIGHT BEFORE LARRY WAS STRETCHED
THE PATRIOT MOTHER
THE LAKE OF COOLFIN
THE HIGH-BORN LADY
THE MAIDEN CITY
SIR TURLOUGH; OR, THE CHURCHYARD BRIDE
THE VIRGIN MARY'S BANK
CAROLAN AND BRIDGET CRUISE
THE O'KAVANAGH
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
THE BRIDAL OF MALAHIDE
CAOCH, THE PIPER
THE FAIRY THORN
THE BATTLE OF ARDNOCHER
FONTENOY
THE SACK OF BALTIMORE
THE BALLAD OF THE BIER THAT CONQUERED
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
THE BALLAD OF "BONNY PORTMORE"
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
A BALLAD OF SARSFIELD;
or, The Bursting of the Guns.
A BALLAD OF ATHLONE;
or, How they broke down the Bridge
LOVE'S WARNING
THE OLD STORY
THE BROTHERS: HENRY AND JOHN SHEARS
THE WITCH-BRIDE
THE MILKMAID
THE NOBLEMAN'S WEDDING
THE MAIDS OF ELFIN-MERE
THE FAITHLESS KNIGHT
MICHAEL DWYER
RANDALL M'DONALD
THE DEMON OF THE GIBBET
KILBRANNON
THE GREEN DOVE AND THE RAVEN
MANNIX THE COINER
MY MAURIA NI MILLEÔN
THE LADYE'S ROCK
THE WRECK OFF MIZEN-HEAD
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
JOHNNY COX
A SONG OF THE EXMOOR HUNT
THE SONG OF THE GHOST
A SEA STORY
GEOFFREY BARRON
FATHER GILLIGAN
