English Folk-Song and Dance

by Frank Kidson; Mary Neal

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The following works have each a bearing upon English Folk-Song and Folk-Music, and the student will find a reference to them of great help in obtaining a full knowledge of the subject. Many others might have been named, for it is difficult, if not impossible, to fix a limit for the bibliography of a particular line of study.

COLLECTION OF BALLADS AND SONGS,
WITHOUT MUSIC

Ashton, John. A Century of Ballads.
Collected, edited, and illustrated in facsimile by ——. 1887.

—— Modern Street Ballads. 1888.

—— Real Sailor Songs.

Ballad Society, The. Published between 1868 and 1881 many volumes of ballads which were reprinted from the black letter broadsides in the British Museum and elsewhere.

Ballads, The Roxburghe. A Book of Roxburghe Ballads. Edited by J. Payne Collier. 1847.

—— Edited by Charles Hindley. 2 vols. 1874.

(These two publications are merely selections from the collection.)

Bell, John. Rhymes of Northern Bards; being a curious collection of old and new songs and poems peculiar to the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham. 1812.

Bell, Robert. Early Ballads illustrative of History, Tradition, and Custom. Edited by ——. 1856.

—— Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England. Edited by ——. 1857.

(Of these two most useful volumes many later editions have been published. They were really compiled and annotated by John Henry Dixon, and originally appeared in 1846, with some slight differences, as one of the publications of the Percy Society. As they formed one of the series of “Bell’s English Poets,” the general editor’s name appeared instead of the real compiler’s. Other volumes of the Percy Society’s publications have some interest for the inquirer into English folk-song.)

Child, F. J. English and Scottish Ballads. Selected and edited by ——. 8 vols. 1857-1859.

(This is the original American edition. A later edition was published in 1861, and finally a large quarto edition with much new matter was begun in 1882, and completed in 1898 in 10 parts. A condensed edition of Child’s ballads was issued in 1904.)

Clark, Andrew. The Shirburn Ballads, 1585-1616. Reprinted from the MS. by ——. 1907.

Evans, Thomas. Old Ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date. 2 vols. 1777.

(A later edition in 4 vols., 1784. A different and fuller edition, 1810, 4 vols.)

Harland, John. Ballads and Songs of Lancashire. Chiefly older than the nineteenth century. 1865.

Jewitt, L. Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire, with illustrative notes and examples. 1867.

Lilly, Joseph. A collection of seventy-nine black letter ballads and broadsides printed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1867.

(This is a reprint from a collection of broadsides that formerly belonged to George Daniels, the antiquary.)

Logan, W. H. A Pedlar’s Pack of ballads and songs. 1869.

Percy, Bishop. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of popular poetry. 3 vols. 1765.

(Second edition, 1767; third, 1775; fourth, 1794; and numerous later editions.)

—— Folio Manuscript. A reprint by Hales and Furnivall of this celebrated collection from which the “Reliques” were selected. 4 vols. 1867-1868.

Rimbault, Dr E. F. A little book of songs and ballads, gathered from ancient musick books, MS. and printed, 1851.

Ritson, Joseph. Ancient Songs and Ballads from the reign of Henry the Second. 2 vols. 1787.

(Later editions, 1790, 1792, and 1829.)

—— Northern Garlands. 1810. A reprinted edition, 1887.

(They consist of four song “Garlands” issued by Joseph Ritson. “The Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel,” 1784—enlarged edition, 1792; “The Yorkshire Garland,” 1788; “The Northumberland Garland,” 1793; and “The North Country Chorister,” 1802.)

—— Robin Hood, a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads now extant relative to that celebrated English outlaw. 2 vols. 1795.

(Collections of the Robin Hood ballads reprinted from Ritson’s work are innumerable. An excellent edition appeared in 1820, and again in 1823, while a very useful one was published by Griffin about 1850.) Another reprint was issued in 2 vols. in 1884.

Sharp, Sir Cuthbert. The Bishopric Garland of Legends, Songs, Ballads, etc., belonging to the county of Durham. 1834.

Sidgwick, Frank. Popular Ballads of the Olden Time. First to fourth series, 1903-1912.

(See also several small carol books compiled by the above.)

ENGLISH FOLK-SONG COLLECTIONS
WITH THE TUNES, OR MUSICAL
WORKS BEARING ON THE SUBJECT

Chappell, Wm. National English Airs. 2 vols. 1838-1839.

—— Popular Music of the Olden Time. 2 vols. 1856-1859.

(The new edition of Chappell’s “Popular Music” edited by H. E. Wooldridge was published in 1893, but the traditional airs obtained by Chappell and his friends are omitted.)

Rimbault, Edward F. Musical Illustrations of Bishop Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. A collection of old ballad tunes chiefly from rare MSS. and early printed books. 1850.

—— Nursery Rhymes. Edited and arranged by E. F. Rimbault. (Several editions.) Chappell.

Mason, Miss M. A. Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs. 1877.

(A reprint by Metzler, recently issued.)

Bruce, Dr C., and J. Stokoe. Northumbrian Minstrelsy: Ballads, Melodies, and Pipe Tunes of Northumbria. 1882.

Stokoe, John, and Samuel Reay. Songs and Ballads of Northern England.

(Contents principally taken from “Northumbrian Minstrelsy” harmonised by the late Mr S. Reay, about 1895.)

Sumner, Heywood. The Besom Maker, and other country folk-songs. 1888.

Smith, Laura A. Music of the Waters. 1888.

—— Through Romany Song-land. 1889.

Broadwood, Rev. John. Sussex Songs, arranged by H. F. Birch Reynardson. 1889.

(This is a reprint of the tunes collected and privately issued in 1843 by the Rev. John Broadwood, with additional ones collected by Miss Lucy E. Broadwood.)

Baring-Gould, Rev. Sabine. Songs and Ballads of the West. A collection made from the mouths of the people, by Rev. S. Baring-Gould and Rev. H. Fleetwood Sheppard. 4 parts. 1889-1891.Methuen.

(Several later editions of the parts, and in volume form. Also an entirely new edition in association with Mr Cecil J. Sharp, published 1905.)

—— A Garland of Country Songs. 1895.

Kidson, Frank. Old English Country Dances gathered from scarce printed collections, and from manuscript. 1890.

(Contains several hitherto unprinted folk-airs used as dance tunes.)

—— Traditional Tunes: a collection of ballad airs, chiefly obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland. 1891.

Barrett, W. Alex. English Folk-Songs. Collected and arranged by W. A. Barrett. Novello. 1891.

Broadwood, Lucy E., and J. A. Fuller Maitland. English County Songs. Collected and edited by ——. Leadenhall Press, and Cramer. 1893.

—— English Traditional Songs and Carols. Boosey. 1908.

Tozer, F. Sailors’ Songs and Chanties. Words by F. Davis, music arranged from traditional sailors’ airs. Boosey.

Bradford, J., and A. Fagge. Old Sea Chanties. Collected and arranged by ——. Metzler.

Graham, John. Dialect Songs of the North. Collected and edited by ——. Curwen.

Sharp, Cecil J. Folk-Songs from Somerset, gathered and edited with pianoforte accompaniments by Cecil J. Sharp (and Rev. Charles L. Marson). 1905.

(Four more parts afterwards added. In the fourth and fifth parts Mr Sharp’s name alone appears as editor.)

—— Folk-Song Airs. Collected and arranged for the pianoforte by ——. Books I. and II. Novello.

—— A School Series of Folk-Songs, in numbers. Novello.

Baring-Gould, Rev. S., and Cecil J. Sharp. English Folk-Songs for Schools. 1906. Curwen.

Folk-Songs of England. Novello.

Book I. Folk-Songs from Dorset. Collected by H. E. D. Hammond.

Book II. Folk-Songs from the Eastern Counties. Collected by R. Vaughan Williams.

Book III. Folk-Songs from Hampshire. Collected by George B. Gardiner.

Folk-Song Society, Journals of. 18 parts have been issued. (Hon. Sec., 19 Berners Street.)

CAROLS

Gilbert, Davies. Some Ancient Christmas Carols with the tunes to which they were formerly sung. 1822. Second edition, 1823.

(The tunes are eight in number.)

Sandys, William. Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, including the most popular in the West of England. 1833.

—— Christmastide: its history, festivities and carols. c. 1852.

Rimbault, E. F. Christmas Carols. Edited and arranged by ——. Chappell.

Husk, W. H. Songs of the Nativity, being Christmas Carols old and new. c. 1865.

Helmore, Thomas. Christmas Carols. Novello. 1853.

Bramley, Rev. H. R., and Stainer, John. Christmas Carols old and new. c. 1868. Reprinted in two small editions with a third series added. Novello.

Fuller Maitland, J. A. English Carols of the Fifteenth Century, from a MS. roll in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge, with added parts by W. S. Rockstro.

Duncombe, W. D. V. A Collection of Old English Carols as sung at Hereford Cathedral. Weekes.

Hill, Rev. Geoffry. Wiltshire Folk-Songs and Carols. 1904.

Broadwood, Lucy E. English Traditional Songs and Carols. Boosey. 1908.

Sharp, Cecil J. English Folk-Carols. Novello. 1911.

Gillington, Alice. Old Christmas Carols of the Southern Counties. Curwen.

Shaw, Martin, and Percy Dearmer. The English Carol Book. 1913.

SINGING-GAMES

Gomme, Alice B. Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 2 vols. 1894-1898.

—— Children’s Singing-Games, with the tunes to which they are sung. Oblong. 2 series. 1894.

—— Old English Singing-Games.

Kidson, Frank, and Alfred Moffat. Eighty Singing-Games, old, new, and adapted. Bayley & Ferguson.

Gillington, Alice E. Old Hampshire Singing-Games.

—— Old Isle of Wight Singing-Games.

—— Old Surrey Singing-Games. Curwen.

LITERATURE

Eckenstein, Lina. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes. 1906.

Engel, Carl. The Study of National Music. 1866.

—— The Literature of National Music. 1879.

Glyn, Margaret H. Analysis of the Evolution of Musical Form. 1909.

Halliwell, James Orchard. The Nursery Rhymes of England, obtained principally from Oral Tradition. 1843.

(A reprint from the volume contributed to the Percy Society’s publications by Halliwell in 1841. A most valuable work, several times, with the addition of “Nursery Tales,” re-issued.)

Musical Association, Proceedings of. For 1904-1905-1907-1908.

(These years contain different papers on folk-music.)

Sharp, Cecil J. English Folk-Songs: Some Conclusions. 1907.

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