Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England

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This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern namby-pamby verse and jaunty melody, and possessing, in an historical point of view, especial value as a faithful record of the feeling, usages, and modes of life of the rural population,—had been almost wholly passed over amongst the antiquarian revivals which constitute one of the distinguishing features of the present age. While attention was successfully drawn to other forms of our early poetry, this peasant minstrelsy was scarcely touched, and might be considered unexplored ground. There was great difficulty in collecting materials which lay scattered so widely, and which could be procured in their genuine simplicity only from the people amongst whom they originated, and with whom they are as ‘familiar as household words.’ - Summary by Robert Bell

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IntroductionThe Plain-Dealing ManThe Vanities of LifeThe Life and Age of ManThe Young Man's WishThe Midnight MessengerA Dialogue Betwix an Exciseman and DeathThe Messenger of MortalityEngland's AlarmSmoking SpiritualizedThe Masonic HymnGod Speed the Plow, and Bless the Corn-mowA Dialogue Between the Husbandman and the ServingmanThe CatholickThe Three KnightsThe Blind Beggar of Bednall GreenThe Bold Pedlar and Robin HoodThe Outlandish KnightLord DelawareLord BatemanThe Golden Glove; or, the Squire of TamworthKing James I. and the TinklerThe Keach I’ the CreelThe Merry Broomfield; or, the West Country WagerSir John BarleycornBlow the Winds, I-ho!The Beautiful Lady of Kent; or, the Seaman of DoverThe Berkshire Lady’s GarlandThe Nobleman’s Generous KindnessThe Drunkard’s LegacyThe Bowes TragedyThe Crafty Lover; or, the Lawyer OutwittedThe Death of Queen JaneThe Wandering Young Gentlewoman; or, CatskinThe Brave Earl Brand and the King of England’s DaughterThe Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove; or, the Old Man and his Three SonsLady AliceThe Felon Sewe of Rokeby and the Freeres of RichmondArthur O’Bradley’s WeddingThe Painful PloughThe Useful Plow; or, the Plough’s PraiseThe Farmer’s SonThe Farmer’s BoyRichard of Taunton Dean; or, Dumble Dum DearyWooing Song of a Yeoman of Kent’s SonneThe Clown’s CourtshipHarry’s CourtshipHarvest-Home SongHarvest-HomeThe MowThe Barley-Mow SongThe Barley-Mow Song (Suffolk version)The Craven Churn-Supper SongThe Rural Dance About the May-PoleThe Hitchin May-Day SongThe Helstone Furry-Day SongCornish Midsummer Bonfire SongSuffolk Harvest-Home SongThe Haymaker’s SongThe Sword-Dancers’ SongThe Sword-Dancers’ Song and InterludeThe Maskers’ SongGloucestershire Wassailers’ SongThe Mummers’ SongFragment of the Hagmena SongThe Greenside Wakes SongThe Swearing-in Song or RhymeFairlop Fair SongAs Tom was a-WalkingThe Miller and his SonsJack and TomJoan’s Ale Was NewGeorge Ridler’s OvenThe Carrion CrowThe Leathern BottelThe Farmer’s Old WifeOld Wichet and his WifeThe Jolly WaggonerThe Yorkshire Horse-dealerThe King and the CountrymanJone o’ Greenfield’s RambleThornehagh-Moor WoodsThe Lincolnshire PoacherSomersetshire Hunting SongThe Trotting HorseThe Seeds of LoveThe Garden-GateThe New-Mown HayThe Praise of a DairyThe Milk-Maid’s LifeThe Milking-PailThe Summer’s MorningOld AdamTobaccoThe Spanish LadiesHarry the TailorSir Arthur and Charming MolleeThere Was an Old Man Came Over the LeaWhy Should we Quarrel for RichesThe Merry FellowsThe Old Man’s SongRobin Hood’s HillBegone Dull CareFull Merrily sings the CuckooJockey to the FairLong Preston PegThe Sweet NightingaleThe Old Man and his Three SonsA Begging We Will Go

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