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LONDON GRANT RICHARDS 48 LEICESTER SQUARE 1902

English Songs and Ballads

Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, (late) Printers to Her Majesty

English Songs and Ballads

'ENGLISH SONGS AND BALLADS' must not be regarded as 'a choice,' but simply as a bringing together of poetical pieces which are, presumably, well known to the average person,--that is to say, the compiler has endeavoured to illustrate the general taste rather than his own preference.

English Songs and Ballads

Allen-a-Dale has no faggot for burning, 247

All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd, 129

And did you not hear of a jolly young Waterman, 201

Arm, arm, arm, arm, the scouts are all come in, 16

Ask me no more, the moon may draw the sea, 337

A spirit haunts the year's last hours, 330

Attend all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise, 309

Be it right or wrong, these men among, 39

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, 273

Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear, 201

Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny bonny bride, 135

Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, 19

Come, cheerful day, part of my life to me, 92

Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, 150

Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving, 13

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, 182

From the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested, 190

Green fields of England, wheresoe'er, 342

Hame, hame, hame, hame fain wad I be, 266

Hark, hark, the lark at Heaven's gate sings, 88

Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, 200

Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen, 161

I come, I come! ye have called me long, 290

I'm lonesome since I cross'd the hill, 224

In Wakefield there lives a jolly pinder, 37

I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he, 343

I tell thee, Dick, where I have been, 118

It was a blind beggar had long lost his sight, 24

Let the bells ring, and let the boys sing, 15

Long the proud Spaniards had vaunted to conquer us, 63

Move eastward, happy earth, and leave, 327

My banks they are furnished with bees, 139

No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, 231

Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, 282

Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories are, 305

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white, 338

Oh, Mary, go and call the cattle home, 349