LOGAN, W. H. A Pedlar’s Pack of ballads and songs. 1869.
PERCY, BISHOP. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of popular poetry. 3 vols. 1765. (Second edition, 1767; third, 1775; fourth, 1794; and numerous later editions.) —— Folio Manuscript. A reprint by Hales and Furnivall of this celebrated collection from which the “Reliques” were selected. 4 vols. 1867-1868.
RIMBAULT, DR E. F. A little book of songs and ballads, gathered from ancient musick books, MS. and printed, 1851.
RITSON, JOSEPH. Ancient Songs and Ballads from the reign of Henry the Second. 2 vols. 1787. (Later editions, 1790, 1792, and 1829.) —— Northern Garlands. 1810. A reprinted edition, 1887. (They consist of four song “Garlands” issued by Joseph Ritson. “The Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel,” 1784—enlarged edition, 1792; “The Yorkshire Garland,” 1788; “The Northumberland Garland,” 1793; and “The North Country Chorister,” 1802.) —— Robin Hood, a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads now extant relative to that celebrated English outlaw. 2 vols. 1795. (Collections of the Robin Hood ballads reprinted from Ritson’s work are innumerable. An excellent edition appeared in 1820, and again in 1823, while a very useful one was published by Griffin about 1850.) Another reprint was issued in 2 vols. in 1884.
SHARP, Sir CUTHBERT. The Bishopric Garland of Legends, Songs, Ballads, etc., belonging to the county of Durham. 1834.
SIDGWICK, FRANK. Popular Ballads of the Olden Time. First to fourth series, 1903-1912. (See also several small carol books compiled by the above.)
ENGLISH FOLK-SONG COLLECTIONS WITH THE TUNES, OR MUSICAL WORKS BEARING ON THE SUBJECT
CHAPPELL, WM. National English Airs. 2 vols. 1838-1839. —— Popular Music of the Olden Time. 2 vols. 1856-1859. (The new edition of Chappell’s “Popular Music” edited by H. E. Wooldridge was published in 1893, but the traditional airs obtained by Chappell and his friends are omitted.)
RIMBAULT, EDWARD F. Musical Illustrations of Bishop Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. A collection of old ballad tunes chiefly from rare MSS. and early printed books. 1850. —— Nursery Rhymes. Edited and arranged by E. F. Rimbault. (Several editions.) Chappell.