Notes to Songs of the West — Reading edition
153 notes · Reading edition
INTRODUCTION · Note 1INTRODUCTION · Note 2INTRODUCTION · Note 3No 1 BY CHANCE IT WAS · Note 1No 2 THE HUNTING OF ARSCOTT OF TETCOTT · Note 1No 3 UPON A SUNDAY MORNING · Note 1No 4 THE TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH · Note 1No 4 THE TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH · Note 2No 4 THE TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH · Note 3No 5 PARSON HOGG · Note 1No 6 “COLD BLOWS THE WIND, SWEET-HEART” · Note 1No 7 THE SPRIG OF THYME · Note 1No 8 ROVING JACK · Note 1No 9 BRIXHAM TOWN · Note 1No 10 GREEN BROOM · Note 1No 11 AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT · Note 1No 11 AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT · Note 2No 11 AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT · Note 3No 12 THE MILLER AND HIS SONS · Note 1No 13 ORMOND THE BRAVE · Note 1No 14 SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN · Note 1No 15 SWEET NIGHTINGALE · Note 1No 16 WIDDECOMBE FAIR · Note 1No 17 YE MAIDENS PRETTY · Note 1No 18 THE SILLY OLD MAN · Note 1No 19 THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR · Note 1No 20 THE CHIMNEY SWEEP · Note 1No 21 THE SAUCY SAILOR · Note 1No 22 BLUE MUSLIN · Note 1No 23 THE DEATH OF PARKER · Note 1No 24 THE HAL-AN-TOW or HELSTON FURRY DANCE · Note 1No 24 THE HAL-AN-TOW or HELSTON FURRY DANCE · Note 2No 25 BLOW AWAY YE MORNING BREEZES · Note 1No 26 THE HEARTY GOOD FELLOW · Note 1No 27 THE BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES · Note 1No 28 THE LAST OF THE SINGERS · Note 1No 29 THE TYTHE PIG · Note 1No 30 OLD WICHET · Note 1No 31 JAN’S COURTSHIP · Note 1No 32 THE DROWNED LOVER · Note 1No 33 CHILDE THE HUNTER · Note 1No 34 THE COTTAGE THATCHED WITH STRAW · Note 1No 35 CICELY SWEET · Note 1No 36 A SWEET PRETTY MAIDEN SAT UNDER A TREE · Note 1No 37 THE WHITE COCKADE · Note 1No 38 THE SAILOR’S FAREWELL · Note 1No 39 A MAIDEN SAT A WEEPING · Note 1No 40 THE BLUE KERCHIEF · Note 1No 40 THE BLUE KERCHIEF · Note 2No 41 COME TO MY WINDOW · Note 1No 42 TOMMY A’ LYNN · Note 1No 42 TOMMY A’ LYNN · Note 2No 43 THE GREEN BUSHES · Note 1No 44 THE BROKEN TOKEN · Note 1No 45 THE MOLE-CATCHER. · Note 1No 45 THE MOLE-CATCHER. · Note 2No 46 THE KEENLY LODE · Note 1No 47 MAY-DAY CAROL · Note 1No 47 MAY-DAY CAROL · Note 2No 48 THE LOVER’S TASKS · Note 1No 48 THE LOVER’S TASKS · Note 2No 49 LULLABY · Note 1PART I. · Note 1PART II. · Note 1PART II. · Note 2PART II. · Note 3No 51 THE GREY MARE · Note 1No 52 THE WRECK OFF SCILLY · Note 1No 53 HENRY MARTYN · Note 1No 54 PLYMOUTH SOUND · Note 1No 55 THE FOX · Note 1No 56 FURZE BLOOM · Note 1No 56 FURZE BLOOM · Note 2No 57 THE OXEN PLOUGHING · Note 1No 57 THE OXEN PLOUGHING · Note 2No 58 FLORA, THE LILY OF THE WEST · Note 1No 59 THE SIMPLE PLOUGHBOY · Note 1No 59 THE SIMPLE PLOUGHBOY · Note 2No 60 FAIR LADY, PITY ME · Note 1No 61 THE PAINFUL PLOUGH · Note 1No 62 AT THE SETTING OF THE SUN · Note 1No 63 JOLLY FELLOWS THAT FOLLOW THE PLOUGH · Note 1No 64 THE GOLDEN VANITY · Note 1No 64 THE GOLDEN VANITY · Note 2No 64 THE GOLDEN VANITY · Note 3No 65 THE BOLD DRAGOON · Note 1No 66 TRINITY SUNDAY · Note 1No 67 THE BLUE FLAME · Note 1No 68 STRAWBERRY FAIR · Note 1No 69 THE COUNTRY FARMER’S SON · Note 1No 69 THE COUNTRY FARMER’S SON · Note 2No 70 THE HOSTESS’ DAUGHTER · Note 1No 71 THE JOLLY GOSS-HAWK · Note 1No 72 THE SONG OF THE MOOR · Note 1No 73 ON A MAY MORNING SO EARLY · Note 1No 74 THE SPOTTED COW · Note 1No 75 THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN · Note 1No 76 WELL MET! WELL MET · Note 1No 77 POOR OLD HORSE · Note 1No 77 POOR OLD HORSE · Note 2No 78 THE DILLY SONG · Note 1No 79 A COUNTRY DANCE · Note 1No 79 A COUNTRY DANCE · Note 2No 80 CONSTANT JOHNNY · Note 1No 81 THE DUKE’S HUNT · Note 1No 82 THE BELL RINGING · Note 1No 83 A NUTTING WE WILL GO · Note 1No 84 DOWN BY A RIVER SIDE · Note 1No 85 THE BARLEY RAKING · Note 1No 86 A SHIP CAME SAILING · Note 1No 86 A SHIP CAME SAILING · Note 2No 87 THE RAMBLING SAILOR · Note 1No 88 WILLY COOMBE · Note 1No 89 MIDSUMMER CAROL · Note 1No 89 MIDSUMMER CAROL · Note 2No 90 THE BLACKBIRD IN THE BUSH · Note 1No 91 THE GREEN BED · Note 1No 92 THE LOYAL LOVER · Note 1No 93 THE STREAMS OF NANTSIAN · Note 1No 94 THE DRUNKEN MAIDENS · Note 1No 95 TOBACCO IS AN INDIAN WEED · Note 1No 96 FAIR SUSAN · Note 1No 97 THE FALSE BRIDE · Note 1No 98 THE BARLEY STRAW · Note 1No 99 DEATH AND THE LADY · Note 1No 99 DEATH AND THE LADY · Note 2No 100 BOTH SEXES GIVE EAR · Note 1No 101 I RODE MY LITTLE HORSE · Note 1No 102 AMONG THE NEW-MOWN HAY · Note 1No 103 I’LL BUILD MYSELF A GALLANT SHIP · Note 1No 104 COLLY, MY COW · Note 1No 105 WITHIN A GARDEN · Note 1No 106 THE BONNY BIRD · Note 1No 107 THE LADY AND PRENTICE · Note 1No 108 PAUL JONES · Note 1No 108 PAUL JONES · Note 2No 108 PAUL JONES · Note 3No 109 THE MERRY HAYMAKERS · Note 1No 110 IN BIBBERLEY TOWN · Note 1No 111 THE MARIGOLD · Note 1No 112 ARTHUR LE BRIDE · Note 1No 112 ARTHUR LE BRIDE · Note 2No 112 ARTHUR LE BRIDE · Note 3No 113 THE KEEPER · Note 1No 114 THE QUEEN OF HEARTS · Note 1No 115 THE OWL · Note 1No 116 MY MOTHER DID SO BEFORE ME · Note 1No 117 A WEEK’S WORK WELL DONE · Note 1No 118 THE OLD MAN CAN’T KEEP HIS WIFE AT HOME · Note 1No 119 SWEET FAREWELL · Note 1No 120 OLD ADAM THE POACHER · Note 1No 121 THE EVENING PRAYER · Note 1NOTES ON THE SONGS (continued 2) · Note 1