| Dedication | [vii] |
| Introduction | [ix] |
| King Henry V., His Conquest of France, in Revenge for the
Affront offered by the French King, in sending him (instead of a Tribute) a Ton of Tennis-balls | [1] |
| A Ballad of Derbyshire. By Sir Aston Cokain | [6] |
| The Most Pleasant Song of Lady Bessy, the Eldest
Daughter of King Edward the Fourth, and how she married
King Henry the Seventh, of the House of Lancaster | [12] |
| Devonshire's Noble Duel with Lord Danby in the Year 1687 | [55] |
| The Unconsionable Batchelors of Darby: or the Young
Lasses Pawn'd by their Sweet-hearts, for a large Reckning, at
Nottingham Goose Fair, when poor Susan was forc'd to
pay the Shot. | [58] |
| The Humours of Hayfield Fair | [61] |
| On the Strange and Wonderful Sight that was seen
in the Air on the 6th of March, 1716 | [64] |
| The Drunken Butcher of Tideswell | [66] |
| A New Ballad of Robin Hood: showing his Birth, Breeding,
Valour, and Marriage, at Titbury Bull-running: Calculated
for the Meridian of Staffordshire, but may serve for
Derbyshire or Kent | [73] |
| Robin Hood and Little John | [85] |
| Little John's End | [91] |
| The Lay of the Buckstone | [96] |
| Sir Richard Whittington's Advancement: Being an Historical
Account of his Education, Unexpected Fortune, Charity, &c. | [104] |
| The Derbyshire Miller | [110] |
| Tideswell in an Uproar, or the Prince in the Town,
and the Devil in the Church | [111] |
| The Prince at Tideswell | [114] |
| The Derby Ram | [115] |
| The Blink-Ey'd Cobler | [119] |
| A Strange Banquet; or the Devil's Entertainment by Cook
Laurel, at the Peak in Darby-shire; with an Account of
the several Dishes served to Table | [125] |
| The Taylor's Ramble, or the Blues' Valour Displayed | [129] |
| Squire Vernon's Fox-Chace | [131] |
| The Trusley Hunting Song | [136] |
| Squire Frith's Hunting Song | [142] |
| Derbyshire Men | [145] |
| An Elegy upon the Death of the greatest Gentry in
Darley Dale, who loved Hunting and Hawking,
and several other Games | [146] |
| Cocktail Reel | [153] |
| Lines Occasioned by a Yorkshire Pye sent as a Present
from Sir William St. Quintin to His Grace the
Duke of Devonshire, at Bath, on Christmas Day, 1762 | [157] |
| The Agricultural Meeting | [160] |
| The Complainte of Anthonie Babington | [164] |
| A New Song in Praise of the Derbyshire Militia | [182] |
| The Florists' Song | [184] |
| The Sorrowful Lamentation, last Dying Speech and
Confession of Old Nun's Green | [187] |
| A Traveller's Dream | [188] |
| A Poem Found by Mr. * * * and Dedicated To Major Trowel | [190] |
| The Quadrupeds, &c., or Four-footed Petitioners
against the Sale of Nun's Green | [193] |
| Paving and Lighting | [196] |
| The Nun's Green Rangers; or the Triple Alliance, Consisting
of an old Sergeant, a Tinker, and a Bear | [199] |
| A Birch Rod for the Presbytarians | [201] |
| Lost and Dead | [204] |
| Song (satirical, on the Choir of All Saints' Church, Derby) | [206] |
| Sir Francis Leke; or the Power of Love | [210] |
| The True Lover's Knot Untied: Being the right path
whereby to advise princely Virgins how to behave themselves,
by the example of the renowned Princess, the Lady
Arabella and the second son of the Lord Seymour, late
Earl of Hertford | [222] |
| An Address To "Dickie" | [226] |
| The Driving of the Deer | [230] |
| The Ashupton Garland; or a day in the Woodlands | [237] |
| Derbyshire Hills | [243] |
| Derbyshire Dales | [246] |
| A Rhapsody on the Peak of Derbyshire | [248] |
| The Derby Hero | [249] |
| A New Song on the great Foot Race that was contested
on the London Road, near Derby, betwixt
Jas. Wantling, of Derby, and Shaw, the Staffordshire
Hero, for 2 Hundred Guineas | [252] |
| On the Death of the late Rev. Bache Thornhill, M.A. | [255] |
| A Journey into the Peak. To Sir Aston Cokaine | [257] |
| Epistle to John Bradshaw, Esq. | [259] |
| Hugh Stenson and Molly Green | [263] |
| The Beggar's Ramble | [266] |
| "" | [271] |
| Henry and Clara | [274] |
| The Gipsies Song | [280] |
| The Flax-Dresser's Wife of Spondon, and the Pound Of Tea | [281] |
| The Ashborne Foot-Ball Song | [284] |
| The Parson's Torr | [286] |
| Index of Titles, First Lines, Names, &c. | [294] |