English Folk-Song and Dance

by Frank Kidson; Mary Neal

Cambridge:

at the University Press
1915

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CONTENTS

ENGLISH FOLK-SONG
PAGE
	Introduction	[3]
i.	Definition	[9]
ii.	The Origin of Folk-Song	[11]
iii.	The Cante-Fable	[15]
iv.	The Construction of Folk-Music	[19]
v.	Changes that occur in Folk-Music	[25]
vi.	The Quality of Folk-Song, and its Diffusion	[36]
vii.	The Movement for collecting English Folk-Song	[40]
viii.	The Noting of Folk-Music	[47]
ix.	The Different Classes of Folk-Song	[52]
x.	The Narrative Ballad	[53]
xi.	Love Songs and Mystic Songs	[57]
xii.	The Pastoral	[60]
xiii.	Drinking Songs and Humorous Songs	[62]
xiv.	Highwayman and Poacher Songs	[64]
xv.	Soldier Songs	[66]
xvi.	Sea Songs	[67]
xvii.	Pressgang Songs	[69]
xviii.	Hunting and Sporting Songs	[70]
xix.	Songs of Labour	[71]
xx.	Traditional Carols	[74]
xxi.	Children’s Singing-Games	[77]
xxii.	The Ballad Sheet and Song Garland	[78]
	Bibliography	[86]
ENGLISH FOLK-DANCE
	Introduction	[97]
i.	The Morris Dance To-day	[125]
ii.	Tunes	[130]
iii.	Musical Instruments	[132]
iv.	The Dress	[136]
v.	Extra Characters	[141]
vi.	The Sword Dance	[145]
vii.	The Furry Dance	[150]
viii.	The Country Dance	[152]
ix.	The Present-Day Revival of the Folk-Dance	[158]
x.	Conclusions	[167]
	Bibliography	[173]

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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)