LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
Morris Dancers at Bampton-in-the-Bush, Oxon.[97]
(By kind permission of The Daily Chronicle)
Abingdon Dances, whose tradition goes back to 1700[104]
(From The Espérance Morris Book, Vol. I.,
 by kind permission of Messrs J. Curwen & Son)
Morris Dancers in the time of James I.[120]
Morris Dance and Music[125]
(From the Orchesographie of Thoinot-Arbeau, British Museum) 
Whit-Monday at Bampton-in-the-Bush, Oxon.[145]
(By kind permission of The Daily Chronicle)
The Lock; Characteristic of Sword Dances[148]
(From The Espérance Morris Book, Vol. II.,
 by kind permission of Messrs J. Curwen & Son)

ENGLISH FOLK-SONG

BY FRANK KIDSON


NOTE

I am indebted to Miss Lucy E. Broadwood
for permission to use a folk-tune of her
collecting, and for many helpful suggestions.

F. K.