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CONTENTS

SONGS
OF THE WEST

FOLK SONGS OF DEVON & CORNWALL

COLLECTED FROM THE MOUTHS OF THE PEOPLE

S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.

H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A.

AND

F.W. BUSSELL, MUS. DOC. D.D.

UNDER THE MUSICAL EDITORSHIP OF

CECIL J. SHARP

PRINCIPAL OF THE HAMPSTEAD CONSERVATOIRE

FIFTH EDITION IN ONE VOLUME

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

Originally issued in Four Parts in	1890
First Published in One Volume in	1892
New and Revised Edition October	1905
Reprinted April	1913

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

	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

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SONGS OF THE WEST

CONTENTS

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SONGS

SONGS
OF THE WEST