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The Pride of KildareBUCKINGHAMSHIRE I Had One Man Bonnie Susie CielandCAMBRIDGESHIRE May Song Lord Ellenwater The Keeper The Lousy Tailor The Nine Joys of MaryCUMBERLAND Blackwell Merry Night Geordie Gill King Roger
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HEREFORDSHIRE Riding down to Portsmouth On Christmas Day Dives and Lazarus The Carnal and the Crane The Bitter Withy The Rocks of Scilly A Brisk Young Sailor The Myrtle Tree The Blacksmith The Drowsy Sleeper O Who is That? Wassail SongKENT Orange and BlueNORFOLK The Captain’s Apprentice Ward the Pirate Spurn Point John Reilly Young Henry the Poacher Edward Jorgen Just as the Tide was Flowing The Cumberland’s Crew The Loss of the Ramillies John Raeburn 99 A Dream of Napoleon The Tarry Sailor Homeward Bound Lovely on the Water The Holly Twig Bold Carter Trot Away Liverpool Play The Man of Birmingham Town Horse Race Song Bonny Robin The Keys of My HeartNORTHUMBERLAND Lullaby Willy Foster
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Lovely Joan The Dew is on the Grass The Basket of Eggs Broad-striped Trousers The Red Running Rue The Barley StrawSURREY The Lads of Kilkenny The Ranter Parson High Germany The Sailor Boy Horn Fair The Grenadier and the Lady The Ploughboy’s Dream Hunting SongSUSSEX The Lawyer All Things are quite Silent The Carter Early, Early in the Spring Hurricane Wind The Turtle Dov The Pretty Ploughboy The Witty Lass of London The Young Servant Man Cloddy Banks Cupid the Ploughboy The Lark in the Morning The Banks of the Nile The Gallant Rainbow The Rambling Sailor Duke William Creeping Jane Through Moorfields The Convict’s Lamentation The Cheshire GateWILTSHIRE An Acre of Land Through the Groves
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Edited by Roy Palmer. First published by Dent in 1983 under the title Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams, this second edition with corrections is the first paperback reprint. Here are some reviewers' comments on the first edition: a consummate study THE MUSIC REVIEW Palmer's notes are detailed and helpful; the book as a whole is a delight TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT a valuable addition to folksong bibliography ... Each tune is preceded by a most illuminating and deeply-researched account of the song's and the text's origins, mentioning other versions, and, of course, printing the words. There is a full list of sources and notes, scholarly and accurate and also highly readable for all sorts of diverting asides MICHAEL KENNEDY in FOLK MUSIC JOURNAL\n\na splendid book, well annotated MUSIC AND MUSICIANS\n\nrich and inspiring ... filled with songs that are meant to be handled and sung ... superb and most welcome MARTIN CARTHY in ENGLISH DANCE AND SONG\n\nan excellent companion to the recently revised catalogue of this composer's works THE COMPOSER\nFirst published by Dent in 1983 under the title Folk Songs collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams, this second edition with corrections is the first paperback reprint.