PRINTED SOURCES.
A Gest of Robyn Hode. Fragment without printer’s name or date, but of the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century: the eleventh and last piece in a volume the other contents of which are nine pieces printed by Walter Chepman and Andrew Myllar—three of these purporting to be printed at Edinburgh in 1508—and one other piece the printer of which is also unascertained. Advocates’ Library, Edinburgh.
A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode, etc. Wynken de Worde, London, n. d. (1492-1534). Library of the University of Cambridge.
Three fragments (one of which was attributed to Wynken de Worde by Ritson). Douce, Bodleian Library.
A Mery Geste of Robyn Hoode, etc. London, Wyllyam Copland, n. d. (1549-69). British Museum.
A Merry Iest of Robin Hood, etc. London, Printed for Edward White, n. d. (1577-1612). Bodleian Library.
The sources of the later Robin Hood ballads may more conveniently be entered here, than in regular course. Articles n. d. may of course not be in strict chronological order.
Broadside copies in the Wood, Pepys, Douce, Roxburghe, and Rawlinson collections.
Martin Parker, A True Tale of Robbin Hood. London, 1634(?). British Museum, C. 39, a. 52.—The same. By Clark, Thackeray, and Passinger. London, 1686. Bodleian Library.
Robin Hoods Garland; or Delightful Songs, Shewing the noble Exploits of Robin Hood, and his Yeomendrie. With new Edditions and Emendations. London, Printed for W. Gilbertson, at the Bible in Giltspur-street without Newgate, 1663. (17 ballads.) Wood, Bodleian Library.
Robin Hoods Garland. Containing his merry Exploits, and the several Fights which he, Little John, and Will. Scarlet had, upon several occasions. Some of them never before Printed. [London,] Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright. 1670. (16 ballads.) Douce, Bodleian Library.
Robin Hood’s Garland. Printed by C. Dicey in Bow Church Yard, n. d. (before 1741).[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland, without place or printer. 1749. Percy Papers, Harvard College Library.
Robin Hood’s Garland. Printed by W. & C. Dicey, in St. Mary Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, Cheapside, and sold at the Warehouse in Northampton, n.d. (c. 1753).[131]
The English Archer ... Robin Hood. Paisley, printed by John Neilson for George Caldwell, Bookseller, near the Cross, 1786.[131]
The English Archer, or ... Robin Hood. York, printed by N. Nickson in Feasegate, n. d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. Printed by L. How in Peticoat Lane, n. d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. London, J. Marshall & Co., Aldermary Churchyard, n. d. Harvard College Library.
Robin Hood’s Garland. London. R. Marshall, in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, n. d. Harvard College Library.
Captain Delany’s Garland. In a collection of folio sheet-ballads mostly dated 1775. Edinburgh (?). British Museum, 1346. m. 7. (9.)
Robin Hood’s Garland. York, T. Wilson and R. Spence, n. d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. Preston, Printed and sold by W. Sergent, n. d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. Wolverhampton, Printed and sold by J. Smart, n. d.[131]
Adventures of ... Robin Hood. Falkirk, Printed and sold by T. Johnston, 1808.[131]
The History of Robin Hood and the Beggar. Aberdeen. A. Keith (1810-35).[131]
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly. Two fragments of an edition by John Byddell. London, 1536. Library of the University of Cambridge.
A fragment by a printer not identified, formerly in the possession of J. Payne Collier. (No 116.)
Adambel, Clym of the cloughe, and Wyllyam of cloudesle. William Copeland, London, n. d. (1562-69. See Arber, Transcript, V, 25). British Museum.
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesle. London, Printed by James Roberts, 1605.[131]
[Thomas Ravenscroft.] Deuteromelia, or, The Second Part of Musicks Melodie or Melodius Musicke, etc. London, 1609.
[Thomas Ravenscroft.] Melismata, Musicall Phansies, fitting the Court, Cittie, and Countrey Humours. London, 1611.
Thomas Deloney. Pleasant History of John Winchcomb, in his younger years called Jacke of Newberie: reprint of the 9th edition, of London, 1633, by J. O. Halliwell. London, 1859.
The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, written by Master David Hume of Godscroft. Edinburgh, 1644.
Broadsides: mostly of the second half of the 17th century.
Wood, Rawlinson, Douce collections. Bodleian Library. Here from the originals.
Pepys collection. Magdalen College Library, Cambridge. Mostly from the originals.
Roxburghe collection. British Museum. Here sometimes from originals, sometimes from The Roxburghe Ballads, Ballad Society. Vols I, II, edited by William Chappell, London, 1871-80. Vols IV-VII, edited by J. W. Ebsworth, 1883-93.
Bagford Collection. British Museum. Here from the Bagford Ballads, Ballad Society, edited by J. W. Ebsworth, 2 vols. Hertford, 1878.
Osterley Park Library, British Museum, c. 39, k. 6 (60). 1690(?).
Laing (Scottish) Broadsides, c. 1700. In the possession of Lord Rosebery.
A Scottish Broadside formerly in the possession of J. Maidment, c. 1700. (No 162.) Harvard College Library.
“Ballard’s Collection” (so cited by Percy).
Pepys Penny Merriments. Magdalen College Library, Cambridge.
The King’s Pamphlets. British Museum, 669. f. 20, 55. 1657.
Wit Restord, in several select poems not formerly publisht. London, 1658 (in Facetiæ, Musarum Deliciæ, 1656, Wit Restord, 1658, and Wits Recreations, 1640. 2 vols. London, 1817).
Wit and Drollery, Jovial Poems. Corrected and amended, with New Additions. London, 1682.
Wit and Mirth, or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, being a collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, etc., [with airs]. London. [Ed. by Henry Playford,] four editions, London, 1699-1714, 5 vols.; [ed. by T. D’Urfey,] 6 vols. London, I-V, 1719, VI, 1720.
True Love Requited, or, The Bayliff’s Daughter of Islington. Printed and sold in Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Lane, “1700 or a little later.”
A Collection of Old Ballads, corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical, critical, or humorous. 3 vols. London, I, II, 1723; III, 1725.
Allan Ramsay. The Ever Green, being a collection of Scots Poems, wrote by the ingenious before 1600. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1724.
Allan Ramsay. The Tea-Table Miscellany, or a collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English. (Vol. I, Edinburgh, 1724; vol. II, 172-?; vol. III, 1727. 3 vols in one, Dublin, 1729; London, 1733. 9th edition, enlarged with a fourth volume, London, 1740. 11th edition, four volumes in one, London, 1750. David Laing’s notes in the Musical Museum, ed. 1853, pp. 108* f., 382*, 393* f.) London, 1733, 3 vols in one; 1763, 4 vols in one.
W. Thomson. Orpheus Caledonius, or, a Collection of the best Scotch Songs. [London, 1725.] 1 vol. fol. Orpheus Caledonius, or, a Collection of Scots Songs. 2 vols, 8o, London, 1733.
Gill Morrice. An Ancient Scottish Poem, 2d ed. Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1755.
Young Waters. An Ancient Scottish Poem, never before printed. Robert & Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1755.
Edom of Gordon. An Ancient Scottish Poem, never before printed. Robert & Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1755.
Letter of Thomas Gray, June, 1757? (Gray’s Works, ed. Gosse, II, 316. London, 1884.)
Thomas Percy. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other pieces of our Earlier Poets, together with some few of later date. 3 vols. London, 1765, 1767, 1775. 4th ed., 1794, ostensibly edited by Percy’s nephew, with restoration of some original readings.
Garlands, etc., of the second half of the 18th century:
The Brown Girl’s Garland. British Museum. 11621 c. 3. (10.)
The Duke of Gordon’s Garland. British Museum. 11621 c. 2. (15.) Also, Harvard College Library.
The Glasgow Lasses Garland. British Museum. 11621 c. 3. (68.)
The Jovial Rake’s Garland. (No 104.) Bodleian Library.
Lord Roslin’s Daughter’s Garland. (No 46.)
Lovely Jenny’s Garland. (No 91.)
Sir James the Rose’s Garland. Harvard College Library.
The Rambler’s Garland. B. M. 11621 c. 4. (57.)
A chap-book of Four New Songs and a Prophecy. 1745? (Here from The Scots Musical Museum, 1853, IV, 458.)
The Merry Cuckold and Kind Wife. Broadside. Printed and Sold at the Printing Office in Bow Church-Yard, London.
Five Excellent New Songs. Edinburgh, 1766. B. M. 11621. b. 6. (8.)
The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter, 1775, in a collection of folio ballads. B. M. 1346. m. 8.
Sir James the Rose, stall-tract of about 1780. Abbotsford Library.
The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter. C. McLachlan, Dumfries, 1785 (?).
Lord Douglas Tragedy, stall-copy of 1792.
[David Herd.] The Ancient and Modern Scots Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc., now first collected into one body from the various Miscellanies wherein they formerly lay dispersed, containing likewise a great number of Original Songs from Manuscripts never before published. Edinburgh, 1769.
[David Herd.] Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc., collected from memory, tradition and ancient authors. The second edition. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1776.
John Pinkerton. Scottish Tragic Ballads. London, 1781.
John Pinkerton. Select Scotish Ballads. 2 vols. (vol. I, Tragic Ballads; vol. II, Comic Ballads). London, 1783.
[Joseph Ritson.] A Select Collection of English Songs, with their Original Airs, and a historical essay on the Origin and Progress of National Song. 3 vols. London, 1783. (The second edition, with Additional Songs, and occasional Notes. By Thomas Park. 3 vols. London, 1813.)
[Joseph Ritson.] “The Bishopric Garland, or Durham Minstrel. Being a choice collection of Excellent Songs relating to the above county. Stockton, 1784. A new edition, corrected, 1792.” Reprinted by J. Haslewood in, Northern Garlands, edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq. London, 1810.
[George Caw.] The Poetical Museum. Containing Songs and Poems on almost every subject. Mostly from periodical publications. Hawick, 1784.
James Johnson. The Scots Musical Museum, in six volumes. Consisting of Six Hundred Scots Songs, with proper Basses for the Piano Forte, etc. Edinburgh, [1787-1803]. (Second Edition, 1839.) Third Edition, with copious Notes and Illustrations of the Lyric Poetry and Music of Scotland, by the late William Stenhouse, [and] with additional Notes and Illustrations [by David Laing]. 4 vols. Edinburgh and London, 1853.
[Joseph Ritson.] Ancient Songs, from the time of King Henry the Third to the Revolution. London, 1790. (“Printed, 1787; dated 1790; published 1792.” Second Edition. Ancient Songs and Ballads from the Reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution. Collected by Joseph Ritson, Esq. 2 vols. London, 1829.)
Joseph Ritson. Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry: from authentic manuscripts and old printed copies. London, 1791. 2d ed., London, 1833.
[Joseph Ritson.] “The Northumberland Garland, or Newcastle Nightingale. A matchless collection of Famous Songs. Newcastle, 1793.” Reprinted by J. Haslewood in, Northern Garlands, edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq. London, 1810.
[Joseph Ritson.] Scotish Song. In two volumes. London, 1794.
[Joseph Ritson.] Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English Outlaw. To which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of his Life. In two volumes. London, 1795. (Second edition, London, 1832.)
[J. Currie.] The Works of Robert Burns, with an Account of his Life, etc. 4th ed., 4 vols. London, 1803.
John Leyden. The Complaynt of Scotland, written in 1548. With a Preliminary Dissertation and Glossary. Edinburgh, 1801.
Walter Scott. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland, with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. 3 vols. Vols I, II, Kelso, 1802; vol. III, Edinburgh, 1803. 2d ed., Edinburgh, 1803; 3d, 1806; 4th, 1810. 4 vols, edited by J. G. Lockhart, with airs. Edinburgh, 1833.
The Edinburgh Magazine, or, Literary Miscellany. Edinburgh, 1803.
The Scots Magazine, vol. LXV, 1803; vol. LXXX, 1817; vol. LXXXIX, 1822. Edinburgh.
The Sporting Magazine, vol. XXV. London, 1805.
Robert Jamieson. Popular Ballads and Songs from Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce Editions; with translations of similar pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a few Originals by the Editor. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1806.
John Finlay. Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads, chiefly ancient. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1808.
R. H. Cromek. Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: with Historical and Traditional Notices relative to the manners and customs of the Peasantry. London, 1810.
R. H. Cromek. Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern; with Critical Observations and Biographical Notices, by Robert Burns. 2 vols. London, 1810.
Gammer Gurton’s Garland, or, The Nursery Parnassus. London, 1810.
John Bell. 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. Edited by John Bell, Jun. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1812.
[John Fry.] Pieces of Ancient Poetry from unpublished manuscripts and scarce books. Bristol, 1814.
H. Weber, R. Jamieson, W. Scott. Illustrations of Northern Antiquities, etc. Edinburgh, 1814.
Sir Egerton Brydges. Restituta, vol. I. London, 1814.
Alexander Campbell. Albyn’s Anthology, or, a select collection of the Melodies and Local Poetry peculiar to Scotland and the Isles, hitherto unpublished. 2 vols. 1816, 1818.
R. H. Cromek. Reliques of Robert Burns. 4th ed. London, 1817.
James Hogg. The Jacobite Relics of Scotland, being the Songs, Airs, and Legends of the adherents to the House of Stuart. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1819-21.
R. A. Smith. The Scotish Minstrel, a selection from the Vocal Melodies of Scotland, ancient and modern. 6 vols. Edinburgh, [1820-24].
John Struthers. The British Minstrel, a selection of Ballads, ancient and modern, etc. 2 vols. London, 1822.
Robert Trotter. Lowran Castle, or, The Wild Boar of Curridoo, with other Tales, illustrative of the Superstitions, Manners, and Customs of Galloway. Dumfries, 1822.
[Alexander Laing.] Scarce Ancient Ballads, many never before published. Aberdeen, 1822.
Alexander Laing. The Thistle of Scotland, a selection of Ancient Ballads, with notes. Aberdeen, 1823.
[Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.] A Ballad Book. Edinburgh, 1823.] Reprinted by E. Goldsmid, Edinburgh, 1883.
Davies Gilbert. Some Ancient Christmas Carols, with the Tunes to which they were formerly sung in the West of England. Together with two ancient Ballads, a Dialogue, etc. 2d edition. London, 1823.
William Hone. Ancient Mysteries. London, 1823.
[James Maidment.] A North Countrie Garland. Edinburgh, 1824. Reprinted by E. Goldsmid. Edinburgh, 1884.
The Common-Place Book of Ancient and Modern Ballad and Metrical Legendary Tales. An original selection, including many never before published. Edinburgh, 1824.
John Mactaggart. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, or, the original, antiquated, and natural Curiosities of the South of Scotland. London, 1824.
David Webster. A Collection of curious Old Ballads and Miscellaneous Poetry. Edinburgh, 1824.
The Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. XCV, Part I. London, 1825.
Peter Buchan. Gleanings of Scotch, English, and Irish scarce old Ballads chiefly tragical and historical, etc. Peterhead, 1825.
Allan Cunningham. The Songs of Scotland, ancient and modern, with an introduction and notes, historical and critical, etc. 4 vols. London, 1825.
Stall copies, etc., mostly of uncertain date:
The Song of Bewick and Grahame. B. M. 11621. e. 1. (4.)
Bewick and Graham’s Garland. M. Angus & Son, Newcastle.
A Jolly Book of Garlands collected by John Bell in Newcastle. Abbotsford Library.
Curious Tracts, Scotland. B. M. 1078. m. 24. A collection made by J. Mitchell at Aberdeen in 1828.
The Unfortunate Weaver, etc. (for No 25). Greenock, [1810]. B. M. 11621. b. 7. (43.)
Stall or chap-book copies by M. Randall & C. Randall, Stirling; John Sinclair, Dumfries; W. Fordyce, Newcastle; T. Johnston, Falkirk; P. Buchan, Peterhead; Aberdeen, printed for the booksellers.
Recent Broadsides of Catnach, Pitts, Such.
Peggy Irvine. Stall-copy printed by J. Morren, Cowgate, Edinburgh.
Robert Chambers. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, with illustrations, chiefly collected from oral sources. Edinburgh, 1826, 1870.
George R. Kinloch. Ancient Scottish Ballads, recovered from tradition and never before published, with notes, historical and explanatory, and an appendix containing the airs of several of the ballads. London and Edinburgh, 1827.
[George R. Kinloch.] The Ballad Book. Edinburgh, 1827. Reprinted by E. Goldsmid. Edinburgh, 1885.
Thomas Lyle. Ancient Ballads and Songs, chiefly from tradition, manuscripts, and scarce works, etc. London, 1827.
William Motherwell. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern, with an historical introduction and notes. Glasgow, 1827. (A copy with MS. entries by Motherwell).
Peter Buchan. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, hitherto unpublished, with explanatory notes. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1828.
The Paisley Magazine, or, Literary and Antiquarian Miscellany. Paisley, 1828.
Robert Chambers. The Scottish Ballads, collected and illustrated. Edinburgh, 1829.
Sir N. H. Nicolas. History of the Battle of Agincourt. 2d ed. London, 1832.
[Joseph Robertson.] The New Deeside Guide, by James Brown. Aberdeen, [1832].
Andrew Picken. Traditionary Stories of Old Families. 2 vols. London, 1833.
William Sandys. Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, including the most popular in the West of England, and the airs to which they are sung, etc. London, 1833.
William Sandys. Christmastide, its history, festivities, and carols. London, [18—].
Sir Cuthbert Sharpe. The Bishoprick Garland, or a collection of Legends, Songs, Ballads, etc., belonging to the county of Durham. London, 1834.
The Universal Songster, or, Museum of Mirth, forming the most complete, extensive, and valuable collection of Ancient and Modern Songs in the English language. 3 vols. London, 1834.
The Songs of England and Scotland. 2 vols. London, 1835.
Fisher’s Drawing-Room Scrap-Book. London, 1835.
[E. V. Utterson.] A Little Book of Ballads. [Printed for the Roxburghe Club.] Newport, 1836.
J. E. Tyler. Henry of Monmouth, or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth. 2 vols. London, 1838.
The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London, 1839.
Sir N. H. Nicolas. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. Aldine Edition. 3 vols. London, 1839.
J. O. Halliwell. The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected principally from oral tradition. London, 1842 (Vol. IV of the Percy Society Publications). 4th ed., 1846; 5th ed., 1853.
Alexander Whitelaw. The Book of Scottish Song; collected and illustrated with historical and critical notices, etc. (Glasgow, 1844.) Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, 1855.
Alexander Whitelaw. The Book of Scottish Ballads; collected and illustrated with historical and critical notices. Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London. [1844] 1845.
J. O. Halliwell. Nugæ Poeticæ. Select Pieces of Old English Popular Poetry, illustrating the manners and arts of the fifteenth century. London, 1844.
R. Chambers, Twelve Romantic Scottish Ballads, with the original airs. Edinburgh, 1844.
[James Maidment.] A New Book of Old Ballads. Edinburgh, 1844.
T. Wright and J. O. Halliwell. Reliquiæ Antiquæ. Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts. 2 vols. London, 1845.
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. V. Edinburgh and London, 1845.
James Henry Dixon. Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads. (Vol. XVII of the Percy Society Publications.) London, 1845.
James Henry Dixon. Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, taken down from oral recitation, and transcribed from private manuscripts, rare broadsides, and scarce publications. (Vol. XVII of the Percy Society Publications.) London, 1846.
M. A. Richardson. The Borderer’s Table Book, or, Gatherings of the Local History and Romance of the English and Scottish Border. 8 vols. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London, 1846.
James Paterson and Charles Gray. The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire, illustrated with sketches historical, traditional, narrative, and biographical. 2 series. Ayr, 1846, 1847.
Frederick Sheldon. The Minstrelsy of the English Border, being a collection of Ballads, ancient, re-modelled, and original, founded on well known Border legends. London, 1847.
John Matthew Gutch. A Lytyll Geste of Robin Hode, with other Ancient and Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this celebrated yeoman, etc. 2 vols. London, 1847.
The Scottish Journal. Vol. II, 1848.
The Edinburgh Topographical, Traditional, and Antiquarian Magazine. [Sept.-Dec. 1848.] Edinburgh, 1849.
J. O. Halliwell. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales; a sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England. London, 1849.
J. O. Halliwell. Ballads and Poems respecting Hugh of Lincoln. Brixton Hill, 1849.
Abraham Hume. Sir Hugh of Lincoln, or, an examination of a curious tradition respecting the Jews, with a notice of the Popular Poetry connected with it. London, 1849.
Notes and Queries. London, 1850-.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. I, 1852.
J. S. Moore. The Pictorial Book of Ancient Ballad Poetry of Great Britain, historical, traditional, and romantic, etc. London, 1853.
John Miller. Fly-Leaves, or Scraps and Sketches, literary, biographical, and miscellaneous. The Second Series. London, 1855.
William Chappell. Popular Music of the Olden Time. A collection of Ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance Tunes, illustrative of the National Music of England, etc. 2 vols. London, [1855-59].
Jabez Allies. The British, Roman, and Saxon Antiquities and Folk-lore of Worcestershire. 2d ed. London, “1856” [1852?].
Robert Bell. Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, taken down from oral recitation, and transcribed from private manuscripts, rare broadsides, and scarce publications. London, 1857.
William E. Aytoun. The Ballads of Scotland. 2 vols. Edinburgh and London, 1858; 2d ed., revised and augmented, 1859.
James Maidment. Scotish Ballads and Songs. Edinburgh, London, and Glasgow, 1859.
R. Chambers. The Romantic Scottish Ballads: their Epoch and Authorship. London and Edinburgh, 1859.
Thomas Hughes. The Scouring of the White Horse. Cambridge [England], 1859.
Joshua Sylvester. A Garland of Christmas Carols, ancient and modern, including some never before given in any collection. London, 1861.
Mary (Wilson) Gordon. Christopher North. A Memoir of John Wilson. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1862.
William Allingham. The Ballad Book. A selection of the choicest British Ballads. London, 1865.
Robert Hunt. Popular Romances of the West of England. First Series. London, 1865.
M. H. Mason. Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs, both tunes and words from tradition. London, n. d. [c. 1877].
William Henderson. Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern counties of England and the Borders. With an Appendix by S. Baring-Gould. London, 1866; new ed., 1879.
Llewellyn Jewitt. The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire, with illustrative notes and examples of the original music, etc. London and Derby, 1867.
John W. Hales and Frederick J. Furnivall. Bishop Percy’s Folio Manuscript. Ballads and Romances. 3 vols and a supplement. London, 1867-68.
James Maidment. Scotish Ballads and Songs, Historical and Traditionary. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1868.
W. H. Logan. A Pedlar’s Pack of Ballads and Songs, with illustrative notes. Edinburgh, 1869.
Robert Chambers. Popular Rhymes of Scotland. New edition. London and Edinburgh, [1870].
Wm. Henry Husk. Songs of the Nativity, being Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, several of which appear for the first time in a collection. London, [187-?].
Salopian Shreds and Patches. Vol. I. Shrewsbury, 1875.
Jahrbuch für Romanische u. Englische Sprache und Literatur. Vol. XV. Leipzig, 1876.
W. Christie. Traditional Ballad Airs, arranged and harmonized, etc., from copies obtained in the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Moray, etc. Edited, with the words for singing and with illustrative notes. 2 vols. Edinburgh, vol. I, 1876; vol. II, 1881.
Suffolk Notes and Queries, in The Ipswich Journal, 1877-78.
H. R. Bramley and J. Stainer, Christmas Carols, New and Old. London, [187-?].
Folk-Lore Record. Vol. II. London, 1879.
Francis Hindes Groome. In Gipsy Tents. Edinburgh, 1880.
The Leisure Hour, February 14, 1880. London.
Walter W. Skeat. Specimens of English Literature, from the Ploughmans Crede to the Shepherdes Calender, etc. 3d ed. Oxford, 1880.
A Ballad Book. By Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. 1823. Reprinted with Notes and Ballads from the unpublished MSS of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq., and Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edited by the late David Laing. Edinburgh, and London, 1880.
Aungervyle Society’s Publications. A Garland of Old Historical Ballads. Edinburgh, 1881.
B. Harris Cowper. The Apocryphal Gospels. 5th ed. London, 1881.
J. C. Bruce and J. Stokoe. Northumbrian Minstrelsy. A collection of the Ballads, Melodies and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1882.
A. Nimmo. Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1882.
G. A. Sala. ‘Sir Hugh,’ in Illustrated London News, October 21, 1882. (Repeated in Living London, 1883.)
Charlotte Sophia Burne. Shropshire Folk-Lore, a sheaf of gleanings edited from the collections of Georgina F. Jackson. London, 1883-6.
Wm W. Newell. Games and Songs of American Children. New York, 1883.
Edmund Venables. A Walk through Lincoln Minster. Lincoln, 1885.
W. H. Long. A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect, and of Provincialisms used,... with illustrative anecdotes and tales, etc. London and Newport, 1886.
Transactions of The New Shakspere Society, 1880-86. London, 1886.
A. H. Bullen. Carols and Poems from the 15th century to the present time. London, 1886.
Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. Ed. by Alexander Allardyce. 2 vols. Edinburgh and London, 1888.
Mrs Graham R. Tomson. Ballads of the North Countrie. London, 1888.
S. Baring-Gould and H. Fleetwood Sheppard. Songs and Ballads of the West. A collection made from the mouths of the People. 4 parts. London, [1889(?)-91].
The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend. Vol. III. Newcastle-on-Tyne and London, 1889.
The Folk-Lore Journal. Vols VI, VII. London, 1888-9.
James Raine, Jr. A volume of English Miscellanies, illustrating the history and language of the Northern Counties of England. Surtees Society, No 85. Durham, 1890.
Blackwood’s Magazine. Vol. CXLVII. Edinburgh, 1890.
Margaret Warrender. Walks near Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1890.
Longman’s Magazine. Vol. XVII. London, 1890.
Journal of the Gypsy-Lore Society. Vol. II. London, 1890-91.
Frank Kidson. Traditional Tunes. A collection of Ballad Airs, chiefly obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland, together with their appropriate words from broadsides or from oral tradition. Oxford, 1891.
Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland. English County Songs, words and music. London and New York, 1893.
County Folk-Lore. Printed Extracts. No 2. Suffolk. Collected and edited by the Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon. Folk-Lore Society. London, 1893.
The Journal of American Folk-Lore. Vol. VII. Boston, 1894.
H. A. Kennedy. Professor Blackie: his Sayings and Doings. London, 1895.
Francis Hindes Groome. Two Suffolk Friends. Edinburgh and London, 1895.