Table of Contents

Introduction List of Abbreviations Ballads and Songs Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (Child, No. 4) Earl Brand (Child, No. 7) The Twa Sisters (Child, No. 10) Lord Randal (Child, No. 12) The Cruel Mother (Child, No. 20) The Three Ravens (Child, No. 26) The Twa Brothers (Child, No. 49) Young Beichan (Child, No. 53) Young Hunting (Child, No. 68) Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child, No. 7) Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child, No. 74) Lord Lovel (Child, No. 75) The Lass of Roch Royal (Child, No. 76) The Wife of Usher's Well (Child, No. 79) Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Child, No. 81) Bonny Barbara Allen (Child, No. 84) Lady Alice (Child, No. 85) The Maw Freed From Tue Gallows (Child, No. 95) Sir Hugh, or, the Jew's Daughter (Child, No. 155) The Bonnie House o' Airlie (Child, No. 199) The Gypsy Laddie (Child, No. 200) Bessie Bell and Mary Gray (Child, No. 201) Geordie (Child, No. 209) Tide Braes o' Yarrow (Child, No. 214) James Harris (The Daemon Lover) (Child, No. 243) Henry Martin (Child, No. 250) The Suffolk Miracle (Child, No. 272) Our Good Man (Child, No. 274) The Wife Wrapped in Wether's Skin (Child, No. 277) The Farmer's Curst Wife (Child, No. 278) The Crafty Farmer (Child, No. 283) The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity) (Child, No. 286) The Mermaid (Child, No. 289) Robin Hood John Hardy The Ashland Tragedy Mcafee's Confession The Jealous Lover (Pearl Bryan; Florella) A Tolliver-Martin Feud Song A West Virginia Feud Song The Vance Song Logan County Court House Black Phyllis Jesse James Ye Sons of Columbia (Fuller and Warren) Maggie Was a Lady (Frankie) The Wreck On the C. & O. Mack Mcdonald The Dying Californian Joe Bowers The Jam at Gerry's Rock An Aricansaw Traveller The Dying Cowboy The Lone Prairie The Ocean Burial The Dying Hobo A Comical Ditty The Tucky Ho Crew Immortal Washington The Constitution and the Guerriere (Hull's Victory) The Battle of Bridgewater James Bird War Song (Texas Rangers) The Dying Ranger The Battle of Mill Springs The Victory Won at Richmond The Yankee Retreat Bull Run War Song Jeff Davis (The Southern Wagon) On Glory Brother Green The Soldier's Poor Little Boy Just Before the Battle, Mother Mother, Is the Battle Over? The Rebel Soldier I'm a Good Old Rebel Corporal Schnapps Old Joe Camp Fair Charlotte Springfield Mountain The Drummer Boy of Waterloo The Sheffield Apprentice The Boston Burglar My Parents Reared Me Tenderly Jackison and Dickison The Anpord Wright The Bramble Briar Come, Pretty Polly (Polly's Love) The Wexford Girl (The Cruel Miller) Rose Connoley A Pretty Fair Maiden (The Single Sailor) The Broken Ring The Banks of Claudie George Reilly William Hall Johnny Germany Jackie Fpaisure The Silk-Merchant's Daughter The Orphan Gypsy Girl William Reilly Mollie Vaughn Charming Beauty Bright The Rich Merchant Vilikins and his Dinah Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low A Poor Stranger Far From Home The Drowsy Sleeper The Silver Dagger Sweet William (The Sailor Boy) Early in the Spring Caroline of Edinburgh Town The Sailor and his Bride Pretty Sally (Sally and her True Love, Billy) A Gay Spanish Maid The Pretty Mohea The Soldier's Wooing Lady Leroy The Banks of Sweet Dundee William Taylor Dog and Gun Pretty Polly The Jack of Tar Young Johnny The Milkmaid My Pretty Maid (Seventeen Come Sunday) Kitty Wells The Yellow Rose of Texas The Drunkard's Dream Forward Boys, Hurrah Temperance Song When I Was One-and-Twenty Jonah The Little Family The Twelve Joys Wicked Polly The True Lover's Farewell The Green Willow Tree (The Sprig of Thyme) The Green Laurels (The Orange and Blue) Young Ladies (Little Sparrow) Youth and Folly Maggie Goddon A Forsaken Lover Love Has Brought Me To Despair The Butcher Boy Farewell, Sweet Mary Mary o' the Dee Mary of the Wild Moor The Gypsy's Warning Fair Fanny Moore Erin's Green Shore Poor Little Joe The Orphan Girl The Blind Man's Regret The Dishonest Miller Father Grumble An Old Woman's Story The Spanish Lady Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me? A Bachelor's Lament Little Johnny Green The Frog and the Mouse The Fox The Ranger The Three Farmers The Three Rogues The Skin-and-Bone Lady Billy Boy The Old Man Who Came Over the Moor Old Grimes The Cobbler's Boy The Young Man Who Travelled Up and Down The Young Man Who Would N't Hoe Corn Old Joe Clog Old Sam Fanny Ground Hog Song Davy Crockett Creation Song The Arkansaw Traveller The Nigger Tune Old Noah A Glorious Wedding Hard Times Putting on the Style Get Up and Bar the Door (Child, No. 275) Six Kings' Daughters The Miller's Two Daughters The Greenwood Siding The Three Crows Lady Margaret Sweet William and Lady Margaret Barbara Allen The Gypsy Davy The House Carpenter Mcafee's Confession Ye Sons of Columbia The Wreck on the C. & 0. Joe Bowers Young Charlotte Young Beeham William Hall Mollie Vaunders Charming Beauty Bright The Squire Young Ladies The Butcher Boy The Dishonest Miller Frog Went A-Courtin' The Fox Three Farmers Billy Boy Index of Titles Index of First Lines

Reviews

Its tempting and many-tasting food is sure to prove a source of lasting delight to all lovers of folklore.
*Virginia Quarterly Review*

A volume welcome to everyone in any way interested in the modern survival of folk-song.
*The Saturday Review*

A remarkable volume.
*The English Journal*

A priceless storehouse of fascinating folk-songs.
*New York Evening Post*

Little glimpses into the life of the past that are of peculiar poignancy.
*Columbia (S.C.) Record*

A thoroughly interesting an valuable book, one that gives distinct pleasure. I remain Mr. Cox’s admirer. Carl Sandburg and I will have rare times with the collection when he comes to spend a week here soon.
*All’s Well*