TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE LATE
D. RADFORD, Esq., J.P.,
OF MOUNT TAVY,
AT WHOSE HOSPITABLE TABLE THE
MAKING OF THIS COLLECTION
WAS FIRST PLANNED
ALSO
TO THAT OF
THE REV. H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A.,
MY FELLOW WORKER IN THIS FIELD FOR TWELVE YEARS

[CONTENTS]

[PREFACE]—[INTRODUCTION].
1.[BY CHANCE IT WAS].
2.[THE HUNTING OF ARSCOTT OF TETCOTT].
3.[UPON A SUNDAY MORNING].
4.[THE TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH].
5.[PARSON HOGG].
6.[COLD BLOWS THE WIND].
7.[THE SPRIG OF THYME].
8.[ROVING JACK THE JOURNEYMAN].
9.[BRIXHAM TOWN].
10.[GREEN BROOM].
11.[AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT].
12.[THE MILLER AND HIS SONS].
13.[ORMOND THE BRAVE].
14.[JOHN BARLEYCORN].
15.[SWEET NIGHTINGALE].
16.[WIDDECOMBE FAIR].
17.[YE MAIDENS PRETTY].
18.[THE SILLY OLD MAN].
19.[THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR].
20.[THE CHIMNEY SWEEP].
21.[THE SAUCY SAILOR].
22.[BLUE MUSLIN].
23.[THE DEATH OF PARKER].
24.[THE HELSTON FURRY DANCE].
25.[BLOW AWAY YE MORNING BREEZES].
26.[THE HEARTY GOOD FELLOW].
27.[THE BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES].
28.[THE LAST OF THE SINGERS].
29.[THE TYTHE PIG].
30.[OLD WICHET].
31.[JAN'S COURTSHIP].
32.[THE DROWNED LOVER].
33.[CHILDE THE HUNTER].
34.[THE COTTAGE WELL THATCH'D WITH STRAW].
35.[CICELY SWEET].
36.[A SWEET PRETTY MAIDEN SAT UNDER A TREE].
37.[THE WHITE COCKADE].
38.[THE SAILOR'S FAREWELL].
39.[A MAIDEN SAT A WEEPING].
40.[THE BLUE KERCHIEF].
41.[COME TO MY WINDOW].
42.[TOMMY A LYNN].
43.[THE GREEN BUSHES].
44.[THE BROKEN TOKEN].
45.[THE MOLE-CATCHER.].
46.[THE KEENLY LODE].
47.[MAY-DAY CAROL].
48.[THE LOVER'S TASKS].
49.[LULLABYE].
50.[THE GIPSY COUNTESS]. In Two Parts.
51.[THE GREY MARE].
52.[THE WRECK OFF SCILLY].
53.[HENRY MARTYN].
54.[PLYMOUTH SOUND].
55.[THE FOX].
56.[FURZE BLOOM].
57.[THE OXEN PLOUGHING].
58.[FLORA, THE LILY OF THE WEST]. In F
" " " " " " [In G]
59.[THE SIMPLE PLOUGHBOY].
60.[FAIR LADY PITY ME].
61.[THE PAINFUL PLOUGH].
62.[AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN].
63.[ALL JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH].
64.[THE GOLDEN VANITY].
65.[THE BOLD DRAGOON].
66.[TRINITY SUNDAY].
67.[THE BLUE FLAME].
68.[STRAWBERRY FAIR.]
69.[THE COUNTRY FARMER'S SON].
70.[THE HOSTESS' DAUGHTER].
71.[THE JOLLY GOSS-HAWK].
72.[THE SONG OF THE MOOR].
73.[ON A MAY MORNING SO EARLY].
74.[THE SPOTTED COW].
75.[THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN].
76.[WELL MET, WELL MET, MY OWN TRUE LOVE].
77.[POOR OLD HORSE].
78.[THE DILLY SONG].
79.[A COUNTRY DANCE].
80.[CONSTANT JOHNNY].
81.[THE DUKE'S HUNT].
82.[THE BELL-RINGING].
83.[A NUTTING WE WILL GO].
84.[DOWN BY A RIVER-SIDE].
85.[THE BARLEY-RAKINGS].
86.[A SHIP CAME SAILING OVER THE SEA].
87.[THE RAMBLING SAILOR].
88.[WILLY COMBE].
89.[MIDSUMMER CAROL].
90.[THE BLACK-BIRD].
91.[THE GREEN BED].
92.[THE LOYAL LOVER].
93.[THE STREAMS OF NANTSIAN].
94.[THREE DRUNKEN MAIDENS].
95.[TOBACCO IS AN INDIAN WEED].
96.[FAIR SUSAN SLUMBERED].
97.[THE FALSE BRIDE].
98.[BARLEY STRAW].
99.[DEATH AND THE LADY].
100.[BOTH SEXES GIVE EAR TO MY FANCY].
101.[I RODE MY LITTLE HORSE].
102.[AMONG THE NEW-MOWN HAY].
103.[I'LL BUILD MYSELF A GALLANT SHIP].
104.[COLLY, MY COW].
105.[WITHIN A GARDEN].
106.[THE BONNY BIRD].
107.[THE LADY AND APPRENTICE].
108.[PAUL JONES].
109.[THE MERRY HAYMAKERS].
110.[IN BIBBERLEY TOWN].
111.[THE MARIGOLD].
112.[ARTHUR LE BRIDE].
113.[THE KEEPER].
114.[THE QUEEN OF HEARTS].
115.[THE OWL].
116.[MY MOTHER DID SO BEFORE ME].
117.[A WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE].
118.[THE OLD MAN CAN'T KEEP HIS WIFE AT HOME].
119.[SWEET, FAREWELL!]
120.[OLD ADAM, THE POACHER].
121.[EVENING PRAYER].
[NOTES ON THE SONGS].

[ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SONGS]

No.Page
[A MAIDEN SAT A WEEPING]39[78]
[AMONG THE NEW MOWN HAY]102[208]
[ALL JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH]63[130]
[A NUTTING WE WILL GO]83[170]
[ARTHUR LE BRIDE]112[228]
[A SHIP CAME SAILING]86[176]
[AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT]11[22]
[A SWEET PRETTY MAIDEN]36[72]
[AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN]62[128]
[A WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE]117[238]
[BARLEY RAKING, THE]85[174]
[BARLEY STRAW, THE]98[200]
[BELL RINGING, THE]82[168]
[BIBBERLY TOWN, IN]110[224]
[BLACKBIRD, THE]90[184]
[BLOW AWAY YE MORNING BREEZES]25[50]
[BLUE FLAME, THE]67[138]
[BLUE KERCHIEF]40[80]
[BLUE MUSLIN]22[44]
[BOLD DRAGOON, THE]65[134]
[BONNY BIRD, THE]106[216]
[BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES, THE]27[54]
[BOTH SEXES GIVE EAR TO MY FANCY]100[204]
[BRIXHAM TOWN]9[18]
[BROKEN TOKEN, THE]44[88]
[BY CHANCE IT WAS]1[2]
[CHILDE THE HUNTER]33[66]
[CHIMNEY SWEEP, THE]20[40]
[CICELY SWEET]35[70]
[COLD BLOWS THE WIND]6[12]
[COLLY, MY COW]104[212]
[COME TO MY WINDOW]41[82]
[CONSTANT JOHNNY]80[164]
[COTTAGE WELL THATCHED WITH STRAW, THE]34[68]
[COUNTRY DANCE, A]79[162]
[COUNTRY FARMER'S SON, THE]69[142]
[DEATH AND THE LADY]99[202]
[DEATH OF PARKER]23[46]
[DILLY SONG, THE]78[160]
[DOWN BY A RIVER SIDE]84[172]
[DROWNED LOVER, THE]32[64]
[DRUNKEN MAIDENS]94[192]
[DUKE'S HUNT, THE]81[166]
[EVENING PRAYER, THE]121[246]
[FAIR LADY PITY ME]60[124]
[FAIR SUSAN SLUMBERED]96[196]
[FALSE BRIDE, THE]97[198]
[FLORA, THE LILY OF THE WEST]58[118], [120]
[FOX, THE]55[112]
[FURZE BLOOM]56[114]
[GIPSY COUNTESS, THE]50[100]
[GOLDEN VANITY, THE]64[132]
[GREEN BED, THE]91[186]
[GREEN BROOM]10[20]
[GREEN BUSHES, THE]43[86]
[GREY MARE, THE]51[104]
[HEARTY GOOD FELLOW, THE]26[52]
[HELSTON FURRY DANCE, THE]24[48]
[HENRY MARTYN]53[108]
[HOSTESS' DAUGHTER, THE]70[144]
[HUNTING OF ARSCOTT, THE]2[4]
[I'LL BUILD MYSELF A GALLANT SHIP]103[210]
[IN BIBBERLY TOWN]110[224]
[I RODE MY LITTLE HORSE]101[206]
[JAN'S COURTSHIP]31[62]
[JOHN BARLEYCORN]14[28]
[JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH]63[130]
[JOLLY GOSS-HAWK, THE]71[146]
[KEENLY LODE, THE]46[92]
[KEEPER, THE]113[230]
[LADY AND APPRENTICE, THE]107[218]
[LAST OF THE SINGERS, THE]28[56]
[LOVER'S TASKS, THE]48[96]
[LOYAL LOVER, THE]92[188]
[LULLABY]49[98]
[MAIDEN SAT A-WEEPING, A]39[78]
[MARIGOLD, THE]111[226]
[MAY DAY CAROL]47[94]
[MERRY HAYMAKERS, THE]109[222]
[MIDSUMMER CAROL, A]89[182]
[MILLER AND HIS SONS, THE]12[24]
[MOLE CATCHER, THE]45[90]
[MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THE]19[38]
[MY MOTHER DID SO BEFORE ME]116[236]
[OLD ADAM THE POACHER]120[244]
[OLD MAN CAN'T KEEP HIS WIFE AT HOME, THE]118[240]
[OLD WICHET]30[60]
[ON A MAY MORNING]73[150]
[ORMOND THE BRAVE]13[26]
[OWL, THE]115[234]
[OXEN PLOUGHING, THE]57[116]
[PAINFUL PLOUGH, THE]61[128]
[PARSON HOGG]5[10]
[PAUL JONES]108[220]
[PLYMOUTH SOUND]54[110]
[POOR OLD HORSE]77[158]
[QUEEN OF HEARTS, THE]114[232]
[RAMBLING SAILOR, THE]87[178]
[ROVING JACK]8[16]
[SAILOR'S FAREWELL, THE]38[76]
[SAUCY SAILOR, THE]21[42]
[SILLY OLD MAN, THE]18[36]
[SIMPLE PLOUGHBOY, THE]59[122]
[SONG OF THE MOOR, THE]72[148]
[SPOTTED COW, THE]74[152]
[SPRIG OF THYME, THE]7[14]
[STRAWBERRY FAIR]68[140]
[STREAMS OF NANTSIAN, THE]93[190]
[SWEET FAREWELL]119[242]
[SWEET NIGHTINGALE]15[30]
[THREE DRUNKEN MAIDENS, THE]94[192]
[THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN]75[154]
[TOBACCO]95[194]
[TOMMY A LYNN]42[84]
[TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH, THE]4[8]
[TRINITY SUNDAY]66[136]
[TYTHE PIG, THE]29[58]
[UPON A SUNDAY MORNING]3[6]
[WELL MET! WELL MET!]76[156]
[WHITE COCKADE, THE]37[74]
[WIDDECOMBE FAIR]16[32]
[WILLY COMBE]88[189]
[WITHIN A GARDEN]105[214]
[WRECK OFF SCILLY, THE]52[106]
[WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE, A]117[238]
[YE MAIDENS PRETTY]17[34]