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John Ashton: Modern Street Ballads

John Ashton,
Modern Street Ballads.
London: Chatto & Windus Piccadilly, 1888

Sabine Baring-Gould, Henry Fleetwood Sheppard: Songs of the West

Sabine Baring-Gould, Henry Fleetwood Sheppard,
Songs of the West
Folk Songs of Devon and Cornwall Collected From the Mouth of the People
.
London: Methuen, 5th edition, 1913,
Kissinger Legacy Reprints, ISBN 9781169760737, 2010

Folk Songs & Ballads of Lancashire

Harry & Lesley Boardman (editors),
Folk Songs & Ballads of Lancashire.
London: Oak Publications, 1973.
ISBN 0 86001 027 9

Lucy E. Broadwood, J.A. Fuller Maitland: English County Songs

Lucy E. Broadwood, J.A. Fuller Maitland (collectors and editors),
English County Songs.
London: Leadenhall Press 1893,
New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1893

English Traditional Songs and Carols

Lucy E. Broadwood,
English Traditional Songs and Carols.
London: Boosey & Co, 1908.

The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads Volume 1

Bertrand Harris Bronson,
The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads
in four volumes.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1959,
Northfield: Loomis House Press, 2009.

Northumbrian Minstrelsy (Folklore Associates, 1965)

J. Collingwood Bruce, John Stokoe,
Northumbrian Minstrelsy
A Collection of the Ballads, Melodies and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria
.
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1882;
Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates, Inc., 1965 (facsimile reprint)

101 Scottish Songs

Norman Buchan,
101 Scottish Songs
The Wee Red Book.
1st edition, Glasgow: Collins, 1962.
2nd edition, Glasgow: Collins, 2016
ISBN 978-0-00-813611-1

The Scottish Folksinger

Norman Buchan and Peter Hall,
The Scottish Folksinger
Glasgow: Collins, 1973
ISBN 0 00 41115 X

Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland Vol. II

Peter Buchan,
Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland Vol. I.
Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland Vol. II.
Edinburgh: W.&D. Laing, J. Stevenson, 1828.
Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1875 (reprint).

Popular Music of the Olden Time Vol. I

William Chappell,
Popular Music of the Olden Time Vol. I (HTML).
Popular Music of the Olden Time Vol. II (HTML).
London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, 1855-9.

Songs From North-East Scotland

Katherine Campbell (editor),
Songs From North-East Scotland.
A selection for performers from The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection.
Edinburgh: John Donald, 2009,
ISBN 978-1-906566-01-2

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Volume 1

Francis James Child,
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
in five volumes.
New York: Dover, 1965,
Northfield: Loomis House Press, 2001-2011.

Traditional Ballad Airs

Dean William Christie,
Traditional Ballad Airs.
Volume 1: Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1876.
Volume 2: Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1881.

Tristram P. Coffin: The British Traditional Ballad in North America

Tristam P. Coffin,
The British Traditional Ballad in North America.
Philadelphia: The American Folklore Society, 1950, 1963.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977.

Joanna C. Colcord: Songs of American Sailormen

Joanna C. Colcord,
Songs of American Sailormen.
Enlarged and Revised Edition,
New York: Bramhall Press, 1938.

Bob Copper: A Song for Every Season (Paladin) Bob Copper: A Song for Every Season (Coppersongs)

Bob Copper:
A Song for Every Season
London: William Heinemann, 1971;
ISBN 978 0434144556
Frogmore, St Albans: Paladin, 1975;
ISBN 0568 08229 8;
Peacehaven: Coppersongs, 1975;
no ISBN

Songs & Southern Breezes

Bob Copper,
Songs & Southern Breezes.
Country Folk & Country Ways.
London: William Heinemann, 1973;
ISBN 434 14456 8

Early to Rise

Bob Copper,
Early to Rise.
A Sussex Boyhood.
London: William Heinemann, 1976;
ISBN 434 14457 6

 The Copper Family Song Book

The Copper Family Song Book
A Living Tradition
Peacehaven: Coppersongs, 1995
ISBN 0 9526240 0 1

Karl Dallas: The Cruel Wars

Karl Dallas (editor),
The Cruel Wars.
100 Soldiers’ Songs From Agincourt zo Ulster.
London: Wolfe Publishing, 1972,
ISBN 7234 0493 3

Karl Dallas: One Hundred Songs of Toil

Karl Dallas (editor),
One Hundred Songs of Toil.
450 Years of Workers’ Songs.
London: Wolfe Publishing, 1974,
ISBN 7234 0525 5

The Ploughboy’s Glory

Michael Dawney (editor),
The Ploughboy’s Glory.
London: EFDSS, 1977,
ISBN 0 85418 117 2

The Ploughboy’s Glory

Paul & Liz Davenport (editors),
Down Yorkshire Lanes.
Folk Songs collected by R.A. Gatty, 1907-10.
Yorkshire: Hallamshire Traditions, 2013, 1977,
no ISBN

John Clare and the Folk Tradition

George Deacon,
John Clare and the Folk Tradition.
London: Sinclair Browne, 1983,
ISBN 0 86300 008 8

Margaret Dean-Smith: A Guide to English Folk Song Collections 1822-1952

Margaret Dean-Smith,
A Guide to English Folk Song Collections 1822-1952.
Liverpool: The University Press of Liverpool in association with the English Folk Song & Dance Society, 1954.

William Main Doerflinger: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman

William Main Doerflinger
Shantymen and Shantyboys.
New York: MacMillan Company, 1951

William Main Doerflinger
Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman.
Glenwood, Illinois: Meyerbooks, 1990,
ISBN 0 916638 40 5

Sheila Douglas: The Sang’s the Thing

Sheila Douglas (editor),
The Sang’s the Thing.
Voices From Lowland Scotland.
Edinburgh: Polygon, 1992,
ISBN 0 7486 6119 0

Ralph Dunstan: Cornish Song Book Part 1

Ralph Dunstan,
Cornish Song Book Part 1.
Lyver Canow Kernewek.
London: Reid Bros Ltd., 1929
Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1974

Ralph Dunstan: Cornish Dialect & Folk Songs

Ralph Dunstan,
Cornish Dialect & Folk Songs.
A sequel to the Cornish Song Book.
London: Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, 1932
Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1972

Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland

Robert Ford,
Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland.
London: Alexander Gardner, 1899.

Robert Ford,
Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland Volume 2.
London: Alexander Gardner, 1901.

The Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World

Albert E. Friedman (editor),
The Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-Speaking World.
The Viking Press, 1956;
London: Penguin Books, 1976,
ISBN 0 14 00.4241 5

Edith Fowke: The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs

Edith Fowke (ed.),
The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs.
Harmondsworth; Penguin Books, 1973
ISBN 0 14 0708 42 1

Nigel Gatherer: Songs and Ballads of Dundee

Nigel Gatherer,
Songs and Ballads of Dundee.
Foreword by Peter Shepheard.
Edinburgh: John Donald, 1985.
ISBN 0 85976 538 5

Davies Gilbert: Some Ancient Christmas Carols

Davies Gilbert,
Some Ancient Christmas Carols.
London: John Nichols and Son, 2nd ed., 1823

Sidney Gilpin: Songs and Ballads of Cumberland

Sidney Gilpin (ed.),
Songs and Ballads of Cumberland.
London: Geo. Routledge and Sons, 1866

Gavin Greig: Folk-Song in Buchan and Folk-Song of the North-East

Gavin Greig,
Folk-Song in Buchan and Folk-Song of the North-East.
Hatboro: Folklore Associates, 1963

Canow Kernow

Inglis Gundry (editor),
Canow Kernow.
Songs and Dances From Cornwall.
Redruth: Truran Publications, 1966.

Garners Gay

Fred Hamer
Garners Gay.
English Folk Songs Collected by Fred Hamer.
London: E.F.D.S. Publications, 1967.

See also
Garners Gay: English Folk Songs collected by Fred Hamer, LP, EFDSS LP 1006, 1971

Folk Songs of Lancashire

Mike Harding,
Folk Songs of Lancashire.
Manchester: Whitethorn Press, 1980,
ISBN 0 9506055 3 0.

Alan Helsdon: Vaughan Williams in Norfolk (Musical Traditions MTCD253)

Alan Helsdon:
Vaughan Williams in Norfolk
The 1905-6 collection From King’s Lynn
Musical Traditions Records MTCD253 (digital book on CD-ROM, UK, 2014)

Alan Helsdon:
Vaughan Williams in Norfolk Volume 2
The 1908-11 collection
Musical Traditions Records MTCD255 (digital book on CD-ROM, UK, 2017)

David Herd: Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc., First Volume David Herd: Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc., Second Volume

David Herd,
Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc.
First Volume.
Edinburgh: John Wotherspoon, 1776.

David Herd,
Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc.
Second Volume.
Edinburgh: John Wotherspoon, 1776.

John Holloway, Joan Black: Later English Broadside Ballads

John Holloway, Joan Black (editors),
Later English Broadside Ballads.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975.
ISBN 0 7100 7855 2

Blyth Voices

Katie Howson (editor),
Blyth Voices
Folk Songs Collected in Southwold by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1910
Stowmarket: East Anglian Traditional Music Trust, 2003, 2008.
ISBN 0-9545942-0-4

Songs of the Ridings: The Yorkshire Musical Museum

Mary and Nigel Hudleston (collectors),
Mark Gordon, Richard Adams (editors)
Songs of the Ridings.
The Yorkshire Musical Museum.
Scarborough: G.A. Pindar and Son, 2001.

Shanties From the Seven Seas

Stan Hugill,
Shanties From the Seven Seas.
3rd edition,
Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport, 1994,
ISBN 0 913372 70 6.

The Bosun’s Locker

Stan Hugill,
The Bosun’s Locker.
Collected Articls 1962-1973.
Todmorden: Herron Publishing, 2006,
ISBN 978-0954068240

Songs the Whalemen Sang (1964) Songs the Whalemen Sang (2005)

Gale Huntington
Songs the Whalemen Sang
Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1964
Library of Congress# 63-10569

3rd edition
Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport, 2005
ISBN 0 939511 09 6

Gale Huntington et al: Sam Henry’s Songs of the People

Gale Huntington, Lani Herrmann, John Moulden (eds.),
Sam Henry’s Songs of the People.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1990,
ISBN 0 8203 1258 4.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2010 (paperback),
ISBN 0 8203 3625 4.

The Scots Musical Museum

James Johnson,
The Scots Musical Museum
in six volumes.
Edinburgh: James Johnson & Co., 1787-1803.

P.W. Joyce: Old Irish Folk Music and Songs

P.W. (Patrick Weston) Joyce,
Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
a collection of 842 Irish airs and songs, hitherto unpublished
London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co., Ltd., 1909.

Maud Karpeles: The Crystel Spring

Maud Karpeles (editor),
The Crystal Spring
English Folk Songs Collected by Cecil Sharp
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987 (paperback)
ISBN 0-19-284018-5

Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads and Ballad Airs

Alexander Keith (editor),
Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads and Ballad Airs,
collected in Aberdeenshire by the late Gavin Greig.
Aberdeen: The Buchan Club, 1925. pp. xliv + 320.

See also
Robin Hall, Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads, LP, Collector JFS 4002, 1960;
Malinky, Last Leaves, CD, Greentrax CDTRAX 190, 2000

Peter Kennedy: Folksongs of Britain and Ireland (New York: Schirmer) Peter Kennedy: Folksongs of Britain and Ireland

Peter Kennedy (editor),
Folksongs of Britain and Ireland.
London: Cassell, 1975,
ISBN 0 304 93754 1.
New York: Schirmer, 1975.
Oak Publications, 1998,
ISBN 0 7119 0283 6

Frank Kidson: Traditional Tunes

Frank Kidson (collector and editor),
Traditional Tunes.
Oxford: Chas. Taphouse & Son, 1891,
ISBN 0 304 93754 1.
Felinfach: Llanerch Press, 1999 (facsimile reprint),
ISBN 978 1 861430 81 7

George Ritchie Kinloch: The Ballad Book

George Ritchie Kinloch,
The Ballad Book.
Edinburgh, 1885.

James Kinsley: The Oxford Book of Ballads

James Kinsley (editor),
The Oxford Book of Ballads.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1969,
ISBN 19 812133 4

Marek Korczynski, Michael Pickering, Emma Robertson: Rhythms of Labour

Marek Korczynski, Michael Pickering, Emma Robertson,
Rhythms of Labour.
Music at Work in Britain.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013,
ISBN 978-1-107-00017-9

Rhythms of Labour
Harbourtown Records HARDCD055 (2 CD, UK, 2013)

The Lady Maisery Songbook Volume One

Lady Maisery,
The Lady Maisery Songbook Volume One.
Sheffield: Lady Maisery, spiral-bound book, 13 November 2020
no ISBN

G. Malcolm Laws jnr.: American Balladry From British Broadsides (1957)

G. Malcolm Laws jnr., (compiler),
American Balladry From British Broadsides.
A Guide for Students and Collectors of Traditional Song, Vol VIII,
Philadelphia: American Folklore Society, 1957.

Corn of the Cob (1945)

A.L. Lloyd (compiler),
Corn on the Cob.
Popular and Traditional Poetry of the USA,
Fore Publications Ltd, 1945.

Coaldust Ballads (1952)

A.L. Lloyd (compiler),
Coaldust Ballads,
London: Workers’ Music Association, 1952

Come All Ye Bold Miners (1978)

A.L. Lloyd (compiler),
Come All Ye Bold Miners
Ballads & Songs of the Coalfields
London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd., 1952,
revised and enlarged edition 1978
ISBN 85315 537 2

The Golden City (1960)

A.L. Lloyd (story), Pearl Binder (pictures),
The Golden City
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1960,
Catalogue# 2/6198/4

Folk Songs of the Americas

A.L. Lloyd, Isabel Aretz de Ramón y Rivera (editors),
Folk Songs of the Americas
London: Novello & Co. Ltd., 1965

William Henry Long: A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect

William Henry Long,
A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect.
London: Reeves & Turner, Publications, 1886.

The Shuttle and Cage

Ewan MacColl (editor),
The Shuttle and Cage.
Industrial Folk Ballads
London: Workers’ Music Assiciation, 1954

Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland

Ewan MacColl (editor),
Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland.
New York: Oak Publications, 1965, ISBN 0 8256 0057 X

Travellers’ Songs From England and Scotland

Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger (editors),
Travellers’ Songs From England and Scotland.
Songs collected in 1962-1976.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977, 2016, ISBN 9781138183896;
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1977, ISBN 9780870491917;
Musical Traditions Records MTCD254 (digital book on CD-ROM, UK, 2015)

Val Marsden, John O’Hagan, Graham Pirt: Picking Sooty Blackberries (Fellsongs)

Val Marsden, John O’Hagan, Graham Pirt (editors)
Picking Sooty Blackberries
The Songs of Keith Marsden
Workington: Fellsongs Music Publishing, 1992.
ISBN 1 871318 01 7

Songs of the Ridings

Frederic William Moorman
Songs of the Ridings
London: Elkin Mathews, 1918

The Folk Handbook (Backbeat Books ISBN 978-0-879030-901-5)

John Morrish (editor)
The Folk Handbook.
Working with Songs From the English Tradition
Backbeat Books, 2007 (book w/ CD)
ISBN 978-0-879030-901-5

Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern

William Motherwell,
Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern.
Glasgow: John Wylie, 1827;
Volume 1: Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co., 1846.
Volume 2: Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co., 1846.

John Moulden: Songs of the People: Selections from the Sam Henry collection, Part 1

John Moulden (ed.),
Songs of the People: Selections from the Sam Henry collection, Part 1.
Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
ISBN 978-0-85640-132-9.

John Jacob Niles: The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles (University Press of Kentucky ISBN 978-0813109879)

John Jacob Niles
The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles.
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000
ISBN 978-0813109879

Seán O Boyle: The Irish Song Tradition (Gilbert Dalton ISBN 0 9505173 1 3)

Seán O Boyle
The Irish Song Tradition.
Skerries, County Dublin: Gilbert Dalton, 1976,
ISBN 0 9505173 1 3.

Colm O Lochlainn: Irish Street Ballads (Constable & Co.)

Colm O Lochlainn
Irish Street Ballads.
Dublin: Three Candles Press, 1939/1952
London: Constable & Co, Ltd., 1939

Colm O Lochlainn: More Irish Street Ballads (Three Candles Press)

Colm O Lochlainn
More Irish Street Ballads.
Dublin: Three Candles Press, 1965
ISBN 0-330-25316-6;
London: Pan Books, 1978
ISBN 0-330-25317-4

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes

Iona and Peter Opie (editors)
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes
Oxford University Press, 1951; 2nd ed., 1997
ISBN 978 0 19 860088 6

Jphn Ord: Bothy Songs and Ballads

John Ord (editor)
Bothy Songs and Ballads
Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1930
Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, The Scottish Reprint Library, 1995
ISBN 0 85976 001 4

Patrick O’Shaughnessy: Twenty-One Lincolnshire Folk Songs

Patrick O’Shaughnessy (editor)
Twenty-One Lincolnshire Folk Songs
from the manuscript collection of Percy Grainger
London: Oxford University Press, in conjuction with the Lincolnshire Association, ISBN 0 19 343622 1, 1968

Patrick O’Shaughnessy: More Folk Songs From Lincolnshire

Patrick O’Shaughnessy (editor)
More Folk Songs From Lincolnshire
London: Oxford University Press, 1971;
Lincolnshire and Humber Arts, ISBN 0 19 343687 6, 2nd ed., 1983

Roy Palmer: Room for Company

Roy Palmer (editor)
Room for Company
Folk Songs and Ballads selected and edited by Roy Palmer
Cambridge University Press, 1971
ISBN 0 521 8173 6

Roy Palmer: Songs of the Midlands

Roy Palmer (editor)
Songs of the Midlands
Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1972
ISBN 0 7158 0177 8

Roy Palmer: The Painful Plough

Roy Palmer (editor)
The Painful Plough
Cambridge University Press, 1972; re-issued 2011
ISBN 978-0-521-08512-0

Roy Palmer: The Valiant Sailor

Roy Palmer (editor)
The Valiant Sailor
Cambridge University Press, 1973; re-issued 2011
ISBN 978-0-521-10780-5

Roy Palmer: Poverty Knock

Roy Palmer (editor)
Poverty Knock
Cambridge University Press, 1974; re-issued 2011
ISBN 978-0-521-20433-9

Roy Palmer: A Touch on the Times

Roy Palmer (editor)
A Touch on the Times
Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Education, 1975
ISBN 0 14 08.1182 6

Roy Palmer: The Rigs of the Fair

Roy Palmer (editor)
The Rigs of the Fair
Cambridge University Press, 1976; re-issued 2011
ISBN 978-0-521-20908-3

Roy Palmer: The Rambling Soldier

Roy Palmer (editor),
The Rambling Soldier
Life in the Lower Ranks 1750-1900 Through Soldiers’ Songs and Writings.
Middlesex: Kestrel, 1977
ISBN 978-0-7226-5294-1
Sutton, 1985
ISBN 978 0862992460

Roy Palmer: Strike the Bell

Roy Palmer (editor)
Strike the Bell
Cambridge University Press, 1978; re-issued 2011
ISBN 978-0-521-21921-1

Roy Palmer: A Ballad History of England

Roy Palmer (editor)
A Ballad History of England
From 1588 to the Present Day
London: Harper Collins, 1979
ISBN 0 713 40968 1

Roy Palmer: Everyman’s Book of English Country Songs

Roy Palmer (editor)
Everyman’s Book of English Country Songs
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1979
ISBN 0 460 12048 4

Roy Palmer: A Book of British Ballads

Roy Palmer (editor)
Everyman’s Book of British Ballads
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1980
ISBN 0 460 04452 4

A Book of British Ballads
Felinfach: Llanerch Publishers, 1998
ISBN 0 186143 061 2

Roy Palmer: Bushes and Briars

Roy Palmer (editor)
Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1983
ISBN 0 460 04558 X

Bushes and Briars
Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Felinfach: Llanerch Publishers, 1999
ISBN 0 186143 072 8

Roy Palmer: “What a Lovely War!”

Roy Palmer (editor)
“What a Lovely War!”
British Soldiers’ Songs From the Boer War to the Present Day
London: Michael Joseph, 1990
ISBN 0 7181 3357 9

Roy Palmer: A Taste of Ale

Roy Palmer (editor)
A Taste of Ale
Kencot: Green Branch Press, 2000
ISBN 0 9526031 6 0

Roy Palmer: Boxing the Compass

Roy Palmer (editor)
The Oxford Book of Sea Songs
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986
ISBN 0 19214159 7

Boxing the Compass
Todmorden: Herron Publishing, 2001
ISBN 0 9540682 0 3

Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice

James Porter and Herschel Gower
Jeannie Robertson: Emergent Singer, Transformative Voice.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1995;
ISBN 0-87049-904-1

Frank Purslow: Marrow Bones

Frank Purslow,
Marrow Bones
English Folk Songs From the Hammond and Gardiner Manuscripts.
London: E.F.D.S. Publications, 1965.

Revised with new notes and commentaries by Malcolm Douglas and Steve Gardham.
London: EFDSS, 2007
ISBN 0 85418 202 0

Frank Purslow: The Wanton Seed

Frank Purslow,
The Wanton Seed
English Folk Songs From the Hammond and Gardiner Manuscripts.
London: E.F.D.S. Publications, 1968.

Revised with new notes and commentaries by Malcolm Douglas and Steve Gardham.
London: Francis Boutle, 2015
ISBN 978 1 903427 98 9

Frank Purslow: Southern Harvest

Southern Harvest
English Folk Songs From the Hammond and Gardiner Manuscripts.
Originally selected and edited by Frank Purslow for the two volumes
The Constant Lovers and The Foggy Dew.
Revised and with notes by Steve Gardham.
London: Francis Boutle, 2017
ISBN 978 0 995747 30 2

Nick Dow: Southern Songster

Southern Songster
English Folk Songs From the Hammond and Gardiner Manuscripts.
Selected by Nick Dow
Musical notation by Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
With notes by Steve Gardham.
London: Francis Boutle, June 2020
ISBN 978 1 8380928 0 1

Vance Randolph: Ozark Folksongs. Volume 1

Vance Randolph (editor),
Ozark Folksongs. Volume I: British Ballad and Songs. Songs 1-130.
University of Missouri Press, 1980.
ISBN 0 8262 0297-7.

Vance Randolph (editor),
Ozark Folksongs. Volume II: Songs of the South and West. Songs 131-341.
University of Missouri Press, 1980.
ISBN 0 8262 0298-5.

Vance Randolph (editor),
Ozark Folksongs. Volume III: Humorous and Play-Party Songs. Songs 342-594.
University of Missouri Press, 1980.
ISBN 0 8262 0299-3.

Vance Randolph (editor),
Ozark Folksongs. Volume IV: Religious Songs and Other Items. Songs 595-883.
University of Missouri Press, 1980.
ISBN 0 8262 0300-0.

James Reeves: The Idiom of the People

James Reeves,
The Idiom of the People
English Traditional Verse From the Mss of Cecil Sharp
London: Heinemann, 1958

James Reeves: The Everlasting Circle

James Reeves,
The Everlasting Circle
English Traditional Verse From the Mss of S. Baring-Gould, H.E.D. Hammond & George B. Gardiner
London: Heinemann, 1960

Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs: The English Folksinger (Collins)

Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs,
The English Folksinger
London: Collins, 1979
ISBN 0 00 411067 6 (paperback)
ISBN 0 00 411068 4 (hardback)

Jean Ritchie: Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians

Jean Ritchie,
Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians
(first edition) New York: Oak Publications, 1965
(second edition) Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1997
ISBN 978-0-8131-0927-5

Steve Roud, Eddie Upton, Malcolm Taylor: Still Growing

Steve Roud, Eddie Upton, Malcolm Taylor (editors),
Still Growing
English Traditional Songs and Singers From the Cecil Sharp Collection
London: EFDSS, 2003
ISBN 0 85418 187 3

Steve Roud, Julia Bishop: The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs

Steve Roud, Julia Bishop,
The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
London: Penguin Books, 2012
ISBN 978 0 141 19461 5

See also
Findlay, Hardy, Peters, Ward, The Liberty to Choose, CD, Fellside FECD257, 2013

Ian Russell: The Sheffield Book of Village Carols

Ian Russell (editor),
The Sheffield Book of Village Carols.
Sheffield: Village Carols, 2008, 2011, 2018,
ISBN 0 9524471 3 6

Ian Russell: The Derbyshire Book of Village Carols

Ian Russell (editor),
The Derbyshire Book of Village Carols.
Sheffield: Village Carols, 2012,
ISBN 0 9524871 5 2

William Sandys: Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern

William Sandys,
Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern.
London: Richard Beckley, 1833

Walter Scott: Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border

Sir Walter Scott,
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Second Edition, three volumes, Edinburgh 1803

Edinburgh University Press, three volumes, 2017
ISBN 978-0748695829

Stephen Sedley: The Seeds of Love

Stephen Sedley (editor),
The Seeds of Love
A comprehensive anthology of folk songs of the British Isles
London: Essex Music Limited in association with the EFDSS, 1977

Herd Laddie o’ the Glen: Songs of a Border Shepherd

Willie Scott:
Herd Laddie o’ the Glen
Songs of a Border Shepherd
compiled by Alison McMorland
with an introduction by Hamish Henderson.
Selkirk: Scottish Borders Council, revised edn. 2006.
ISBN 0-9545052-8-X

The Singing Island

Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl (editors),
The Singing Island
A Collection of English and Scots Folksongs
London: Mills Music, 1960

The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook

Peggy Seeger (editor),
The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook.
Sixty Years of Songmaking.
CAMSCO Music, 2001,
Loomis House Press, 2009,
ISBN 978-1935243210

Folk-Songs From Sussex Collected by W. Percy Merrick

Cecil J. Sharp (editor),
Folk-Songs of England, Book V:
Folk-Songs From Sussex Collected by W. Percy Merrick
London: Novello & Co., 1912.

Cecil Sharp: One Hundred English Folksongs

Cecil J. Sharp (editor),
One Hundred English Folksongs
For Medium Voice
Oliver Ditson, 1916
New York: Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-23192-5, 1975

Cecil Sharp: English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachians Volume One

Cecil J. Sharp (collector), Maud Karpeles (editor),
English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachians
London: Oxford University Press, 1932, 1952
Reprinted for CAMSCO Music by Loomis House Press, 2012
ISBN 978-1-935243-17-5 (Volume One)
ISBN 978-1-935243-19-9 (Volume Two)

Jock Duncan: The Man and His Songs

Peter Shepheard (editor)
Jock Duncan: The Man and His Songs
Glasgow: Rymour Books, 2024;
ISBN 978-1-7394801-7-2

The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Volume 1

Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle (editors),
The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Volume 1: Songs 1-185.
Aberdeen University Press, 1981.
ISBN 0 08 025759 3.

Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle (editors),
The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Volume 2: Songs 186-346.
Aberdeen University Press, 1983.
ISBN 0 08 028483 3.

Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle, Peter A. Hall (editors),
The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Volume 3: Songs 347-706.
Aberdeen University Press, 1987.
ISBN 0 08 030391 9.

Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle, Andrew R. Hunter (editors),
The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Volume 4: Songs 707-928.
Aberdeen University Press, 1990.
ISBN 0 08 036573 6.

Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle, Sheila Douglas (editors),
The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Volume 7: Songs 1269-1515.
Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 1997.
ISBN 1 873664 566.

Patrick Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle, Katherine Campbell (editors),
The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Volume 8: Songs 1516-1933.
Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 2002.
ISBN 1 84183 0127.

Andy M. Stewart: The Andy M. Stewart Collection

Andy M. Stewart
The Andy M. Stewart Collection
Galashiels: Strathmore Music and Film Services, 1998.

Elizabeth Stewart: Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen

Elizabeth Stewart (1939-2022)
Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen
Travellers’ Songs, Stories and Tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts
Compiled and edited by Alison McMorland
University Press of Mississipi in association with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, 2012
ISBN 978-1-61704-308-7 (paperback)
ISBN 978-1-61704-314-8 (hardback)

John Stokoe: Songs and Ballads of Northern England (Frank Graham, 1974)

John Stokoe
Songs and Ballads of Northern England
Newcastle upon Tyne and London: Walter Scott Ltd., 1893.
Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, 1974,
ISBN 0 85983 040 3

Ken Stubbs: The Life of a Man

Ken Stubbs
The Life of a Man
English Folk Songs From the Home Counties
London: E.F.D.S. Publications, 1970

The Kipper Family: Since Time Immoral

Since Time Immoral
The Kipper Family Song Book
London: English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1986
ISBN 0 85418 149 0

Man of Convictions: The Life and Works of George Kipper

Man of Convictions
The Life and Works of George Kipper
Sinner/Songwriter
Edited by Chris Sugden and Sid Kipper
with an appreciation by Martin Carthy.
Norwich: Mousehold Press 2004.
ISBN 1 874739 26 9

Heywood Sumner: The Besom Maker

Heywood Sumner
The Besom Maker
& Other Country Folk Songs
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1888

Cyril Tawney: Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970

Cyril Tawney
Grey Funnel Lines
Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987
ISBN 0 7102 1270 4

Michael R. Turner, Antony Miall, Just a Song at Twilight: The Second Parlour Song Book

Michael R. Turner, Antony Miall
Just a Song at Twilight
The Second Parlour Song Book
London: Michael Joseph, 1975
ISBN 0 7181 1339 X

W.B. Whall: Sea Songs and Shanties

Sea Songs and Shanties
collected by Captain W.B. Whall
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguuson, Ltd., first edition 1910
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguuson, Ltd., sixth edition 1927
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguuson, Ltd., sixth edition, reprinted 1986
ISBN 085174 181 9

Ralph Vaughan Williams, A.L. Lloyd: The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs (Penguin 1961) Ralph Vaughan Williams, A.L. Lloyd: The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs (Penguin 1980)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, A.L. Lloyd (editors)
The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
London: Penguin Books, 1959

See also
A.L. Lloyd, A Selection From the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, LP, Collector JGB 5001, 1960;
A.L. Lloyd, England and Her Folk Songs, EP, Collector JEB8, 1962;
Various Artists, A Selection From the Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, LP, Fellside FE047, 1986; CD, Fellside FECD47, 1994;
A.L. Lloyd, England and Her Traditional Songs, CD, Fellside FECD173, 2003

Classic English Folk Songs (EFDSS 2003)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, A.L. Lloyd (editors),
Classic English Folk Songs
Revised by Malcolm Douglas
London: English Folk Dance & Song Society, 2003
ISBN 0 85418 188 1

Musical Tradition review by Rod Stradling

Anne Warner: Traditional American Folk Songs

Anne Warner
Traditional American Folk Songs
from the Anne & Frank Warner Collection
Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1984
ISBN 0 8156 0185 9

Alfred Williams: Folk-Songs of the Upper Thames

Alfred Williams,
Folk-Songs of the Upper Thames
With an Essay on Folk-Song Activity in the Upper Thames Neighbourhood
London: Duckworth & Co., 1923;
Wakefield: S.R. Publishers, 1971
ISBN 0 85409 610 8

Mike Yates: Dear Companion

Mike Yates, Elaine Bradtke, Malcolm Taylor (editors),
Dear Companion
Appalachian Traditional Songs and Singers From the Cecil Sharp Collection
London: EFDSS, 2004
ISBN 0 85418 190 3

Mike Yates: Traveller’s Joy

Mike Yates (compiler)
Traveller’s Joy
Songs of English and Scottish Travellers and Gypsies 1965-2005
London: EFDSS, 2006
ISBN: 978 0 85418 200 8

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Peter Cox: Set into Song

Peter Cox,
Set into Song.
Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger and the Radio Ballads
.
Cambridge: Labatie Books, 2008,
ISBN 978-0-9551877-1-1

Gwilym Davies: Catch It, Bottle It and Paint It Green

Gwilym Davies,
Catch It, Bottle It and Paint It Green.
Tales of a Folk Song Collector
Cambridge: Vanguard Press, 2020,
ISBN 978 1 784655 91 4

Karl Dallas: Electric Muse: The Story of Folk into Rock

Dave Laing, Karl Dallas, Robin Denselow, Robert Shelton,
The Electric Muse.
The Story of Folk into Rock
London: Methuen, 1975,
ISBN 0 413 31860 5

A.L. Lloyd: The Singing Englishman A.L. Lloyd: The Singing Englishman

A.L. Lloyd,
The Singing Englishman
An Introduction to Folk Song
London: Workers’ Music Association, 1944, reprinted 1951

(online version with an introduction and commentary by Georgina Boyes)

A.L. Lloyd: Folk Song in England (Lawrence & Wishart) A.L. Lloyd: Folk Song in England (Panther) A.L. Lloyd: Folk Song in England (Paladin)

A.L. Lloyd,
Folk Song in England
London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd., 1967,
Panther, 1969 (pb.)
Paladin, Frogmore, Albans, Herts., 1975 (pb.)

Britta Sweers: Electric Folk (Uxford Uiversity Press)

Britta Sweers,
Electric Folk
The Changing Face of English Traditional Music
Oxford Uiversity Press, 2005,
ISBN 0-19-515878-4

Based on Britta Sweers’ Ph.D. dissertation “Electric Folk in England—Musical and Sociocultural Aspects” at Universität Hamburg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schneider (1999)

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Dave Arthur: Bert: The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd (Pluto 2012)

Dave Arthur
Bert: The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd
London: Pluto Press, 2012,
ISBN 9780745332529

Musical Tradition review by Rod Stradling

Bruce Lindsay: Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival (Equinox 2020)

Bruce Lindsay
Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival
The Lives, Song Traditions and Legacies of Sam Larner and Harry Cox
Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2020,
ISBN 978 1 78179 917 8

The English Folk Revival: Home Stage interview with Bruce Linday

Ewan MacColl: Journeyman Ewan MacColl: Journeyman

Ewan MacColl
Journeyman.
An Autobiography.
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990,
ISBN 978-0-283060366;
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009,
ISBN 978-0-7190-7935-1

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A.L. Lloyd, Igor Vinogradoff: Shadow of the Swastika

A.L. Lloyd, Igor Vinogradoff,
Shadow of the Swastika
John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1940.