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Ballads- Child Ballads; Other English; American
The 305 Child Ballads
1. Riddles Wisely Expounded
Recordings & Info: Riddles Wisely Expounded
Riddles Wisely Expounded- Toelken 1966
68 Versions: Riddles Wisely Expounded- Roun 161
Jennifer Gentle (Versions)
Sheet Music: Riddle's Widely Expounded
US Versions
The Devil's Nine Questions- Mrs. Rill Martin 1922
The Devil’s Questions- Patrick W. Gainer
The Devil's Nine Questions- Texas Gladden
The Devil's Questions- Hugh Stallcup, 1933
The Three Riddles- Florence Mixer 1934
Child Riddles- Horton Barker 1941
Nine Questions- Margaret Tuckwiller
There Was a Man Lived in the West- Flanders
The Devil's Nine Questions- Nancy Philley 1963
The Devil's Nine Questions- Mary Estep 1958
English Versions and Other Versions
Inter Diabolus Et Virgo- Rawlinson Broadside 1450
Lay the Bent on the Bonnie Broom- Child A 1600s
The Three Sisters- Gilbert 1823; Child B
There was a Lady in the West- Mason 1878
Lay the Bent to the Bonny Broom- Bruce/Stokoe 1882
Collins Brush: Dew Flies Over the Mulberry Tree
Cather Banks- Child C. "The Unco Knicht's Wowing"
Gar Lay the Bent to the Bonny Broom- Child D
2. The Elfin Knight
Recordings & Info: The Elfin Knight
260 Collected Versions- Steve Roud
A Fraudulent "Elfin Knight" from West Virginia
Sheet Music: The Elfin Knight
US Versions: The Elfin Knight
Now You Are A-Going To Cape Ann- 1828
Versions from New England- Phillips Barry 1905
American Versions with music- JOAFL Article 1894
Redio-Tedio from Sybil Emery 1882
The Elfin Knight- 2 Versions; Newell 1900 JOAFL
Love's Impossibilities- Mrs. R. F. Herrick 1906
The Parsley Vine- Carter Patterson 1908
The Shirt of Lace- Uncle Brother Patterson 1908
The Cambric Shirt- Belden 1910 JOAFL
Strawberry Lane- Russell Davis 1914
The Lover's Tasks- Francis Carter Proctor 1917
The Lover's Tasks- Mrs. Cis Jones, KY 1917
The Six Questions- Conner
Versions from the Brown Collection
My Father Gave Me an Acre of Ground- Niles 1934
O, Say Do You Know the Way to Selin- 1937
Are Any of You Going to the Calhoun Fair? Gainer
Go And Make Me A Cambric Shirt- Jacobs 1938
Rosemary and Thyme- Annie Byers 1939
The Cambric Shirt- Mrs.G. A. Griffin; 1939
Petticoat Lane- George Edwards 1942
Petticoat Lane- George Edwards 1942
Rosemary and Thyme- Allie Long Parker 1958
Impossibilities- Mrs. Emma Medlin 1960
The Cambric Shirt- Jennie Gray 1961
As I Walked Out in Yonder Dell- William Bush 1924
Oh Where Are You Going?- Gainer (WV) no date
The Cambric Shirt- Mrs. J.C. Marshall (Texas) 1932
The Cambric Shirt- Hemb (Arkansas) 1941
The Cambric Shirt- Luce (Vermont) 1934
The Cambric Shirt- Perkins (Vermont) 1939
Versions From Indiana- Brewster- 1936
English Versions and Other Versions
The Wind Hath Blown My Plaid Away- Child A, 1673
Bridal Sark- Cromek's Remains of Galloway Song
Wind Hath Blown My Plaid Away- Webster 1824
The Elfin Knight- Kinloch 1826; Child C
The Fairy Knight- Buchan 1828; Child D
Sing Ivy- from W. P. Merrick Collection 1901
A Yacre of Land- Greenwood 1904
An Acre of Land- Frank Bailey 1904
Sing Ivy- William Mason 1906
The Sea Side or The Elfin Knight- Broadwood 1906
The Laird o' Elfin- Alexander Robb 1908
Heigh Ho Sing Ivy- Copper Family 1952-1971
The Elfin Knight- Thomas Moran 1954
Scarborough Fair- Martin Carthy 1965
The Elfin Knight- Motherwell, C. 1827; Child E
Lord John- Kinloch, C. 1827; Child F
The Cambrick Shirt- Joseph Ritson 1793; Child G
The Deil's Courting- Motherwell c.1827, Child I
The Deil's Courtship- Motherwell c.1827, Child H
My Father Left Me Three Acres of Land- 1846 Ch- K
My Father Gave Me An Acre of Land- Ch L- 1853
The Elfin Knight- Findlay 1869- Child M
3. The Fause Knight upon the Road
Recordings & Info: Fause Knight upon the Road
Fause Knight upon the Road: A Reappraisal
The Fause Knight upon the Road- MacSweeney
Fause Knight: Roud Index Listing
Sheet Music: Fause Knight upon the Road
US Versions: Fause Knight upon the Road
The False Knight- Collected Belden 1916
False Knight on the Road- Mrs. Jane Gentry 1916
The Fause Knight Upon the Road- Coats 1916
The False Knight on the Road- Finchum 1918
False Knight on the Road- Flanders 1932
False Knight on the Road- Henneberry/Faulkner 1932
Case Study of Ben Henneberry
The Smart Schoolboy- John Jacob Niles 1935
The False Fidee- Brewster 1940
False Knight on the Road- Maud Long
False Knight upon the Road- Creighton and Senior
False Knight on the Road- Edmund Henneberry
Case Study of Ben Henneberry
The Devil and the School Child- Jim Couch 1955
"Où Vas-Tu, Mon P'tit Garçon?" Baillargeon 1956
The Knightman- Maxine Hight 1959
False Knight on the Road- Tony and Irene Saletan
False Knight on the Road- Betty Smith
The False, False Fly- Jane Siberry 2000
The Knightman- Hight (Arkansas) 1959
English and Other Versions of Fause Knight
False Knight On The Road- Steeleye Span
The Child On The Road- Archie Fisher 1968
False, Flase Fly- Barry Gleeson
The False Knight upon the Road- Belle Stewart 1964
The False Knight and the Wee Boy- Ewan MacColl
4. Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
Recordings & Info: Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; Roud 21 List
Ballad Source Study: Child Ballad #4 as Exemplar
Broadsides- Outlandish Knight
Narrative Change "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight"
Review: Kemppinen and "Lady Isabel"- Bayard 1955
Thematic Classification and "Lady Isabel"- Long
US and Canadian Versions
Tell-Tale Polly- Charley Fox; 1863
Wilson- Babcock (Virginia) 1889
Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight- Barry 1905
The Pretty Golden Queen- Belden (Missouri) 1906
Pretty Polly- Osborn (N.J.) 1907
Lady Isabel- Barry (N.J.) 1907
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Berry (Va.) 1908
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Barry (Mass.) 1908
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Bishop (KY) 1909
Pretty Polly- Langille (Nova Scotia) 1909
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight- Hammond 1909
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight- Mrs. Moore 1910
Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight- Barry 1911 JOAFL
Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight- Barry 1911
Pretty Colendee- Barry 1911
Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight- Payette 1912
Lady Isabel- Perrow (North Carolina) 1913
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; Brown (7 Versions)
Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight- Gordon Collection
The Willow Tree- John Renfro Davis
Six Kings Daughters- Wyman (Kentucky) 1916
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Sands (NC) 1916
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Shelton (NC) 1916
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight- Vanhook (Ky) 1917
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Wilson (KY) 1917
The Outlandish Knight- Kilburn; Berea KY 1917
Pretty Polly- Jackson (Virginia) 1917
Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight- Wheeler (Va.) 1918
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- McCormick (NC) 1918
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Bowyer (Va.) 1918
Pretty Polly- Bryson (Virginia) 1920
The False-Hearted Knight- Maine (Barry) 1922
Seven King's Daughters- Roop (Virginia) 1922
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight- Noel (Va.) 1923
Pretty Polly- Jones (Miss.) c. 1923
Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight- Cooper 1927
Pretty Polly- Harmon (Tennessee) 1928
Pretty Polly Ann- Mary Grant (Missouri) 1927
Pretty Polly- Gordon Collection,1927 Sandburg
The False-Hearted Knight- Ballads from Maine- 1929
Pretty Collee- Higgins (Missouri) 1929
False-Hearted Knight- Virginia 1929
Lady Isabel & the Elf-Knight- Sayre (Pa.) 1933
Lady Ishbel and her Parrot- Melton (NC) 1934
Indiana Versions- Brewster- 1935
Pretty Polly- Barbour (Missouri) 1936
King William's Son- from North Carolina 1936 Niles
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight- Mclntosh 1938
Sweet Nellie- Olga Trail (Arkansas) 1938
If I Take Off My Silken Stay- Borusky (Wis.) 1938
The King's Seven Daughters- Halpert 1939
The Castle by the Sea- Lena Bourne Fish, 1940
Seven King's Daughters- Drain (Arkansas) 1942
The Courting of Aramalee- Pet Fugate (KY) No date
The King's Daughter- Johnson (Tennessee) 1950
The King's Daughter Fair- Heed (Ogden, Utah) 1951
Six Kings' Daughters- Patrick Gainer (WV) no date
False Sir John- Jean Ritchie 1954
Lovin' Polly- Allie Long Parker 1958
Six Kings' Daughters- Glasscock (WV) 1957
He Mounted on His Milk-White Nag- Burton 1957
Little Billy- Odis Bird (Arkansas) 1958
Lovin' Polly- Parker (Arkansas) 1958
Willie Came Over the Main Wide Ocean- High 1959
Pretty Polly- Donia Cooper (Arkansas) 1959
The Willow Tree- James Leisy 1962
Pretty Polly Ann- Ollie Gilbert 1963
"Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight" Maryland 1964
Little Golden- Betty Mace (Ohio) c. 1917
Pretty Polly- Glada Gully (Tennessee) pre 1938
The King's Daughter- Heaney- Newfoundland- 1951
The King's Daughter- Gowl (Va.) 1913 Davis A
Sheet Music: Lady Isabel and the Elf Night
Outlandish Knight- JOFSS 1910 Ten w/music
English and Other Versions: 4. Lady Isabel
False Knight Outwitted- Roxburghe Ballads c.1710
May Colvin- Herd 1776; Child C
May Collin- Sharpe's Ballad Book 1823; Child D
The Gowans sae gay- Buchan 1828; Child A
The Water o Wearie's Well- Buchan 1828; Child B
The Outlandish Knight- Dixon c. 1846 Child E
Outlandish Knight- Kidson 3 Versions w/Music 1906
The Outlandish Knight- Andrews 1882
The Outlandish Knight- Hilton 1908 Norfolk
King O' Spain's Daughter- Sam Henry
Le Tueur de Femmes- Jean-Francois Dutertre
The Outlandish Knight- Whittaker, Pub Curwen, 1921
The Outlandish Knight- Sharp 1916
Mey Guldinn- Gilchrist; 1938
5. Gil Brenton
5. Gil Brenton- Recordings & Info
Roud Index: Gil Brenton
English Versions- Gil Brenton; Child 5
6. Willie's Lady
Recordings & Info 6. Willie's Lady
Sheet Music: Willie's Lady
Versions of Child 6: Willie's Lady
Willie's Lady- Ray Fisher 1982
Willie's Lady- Martin Carthy 1971
7. Earl Brand
Recordings & Info: 7. Earl Brand
Earl Brand: Roud Index Listing (221 entries)
The American Variants of "Earl Brand," Child No. 7
"The Lady and the Dragoon"- David Greene 1957
US and Canadian Versions: Child 7. Earl Brand
Earl Brand- Thornton (New Hampshire) 1909
Earl Brand- Mrs. Moore (Georgia) 1909
Earl Brand- Perrow (North Carolina) 1913
Sweet William and Fair Ellen- Greer (NC) 1913
Earl Brand- Brown Collection- 11 Versions 1913
Brandywine- Gabbard (Kentucky) 1913
The Seven Brothers- Davis (Virginia) 1913
William and Ellen- Napier (Hazard, KY) 1913
The Seven Sleepers- Harwell (Virginia) 1915
Lord William- Crawford (Virginia) 1915
Earl Brand- Shelton (North Carolina) 1916
Earl Brand- Lizzie Gibson (Virginia) 1918
Earl Brand- Mary Sands (North Carolina) 1916
Earl Brand- Hester House (North Carolina) 1916
Sweet William and Fair Ellen- Nolan (KY) 1920
The Seven Brothers- Davis (Virginia) 1922 w/music
The Seven Brothers- Hathaway (Maine) 1928
Rise Ye Up- Stevens (Missouri) 1928
Earl Brand- Hudson (Mississippi) 1928
Lord Loving- Harmon (Tennessee) 1929
Lord Robert- Payne (Newfoundland) 1930
Sweet Willie- Mrs. Bragg (North Carolina) 1933
Earl Brand- Hopkins (Indiana) 1935
Lady Margaret- Hopkins (Indiana) 1935
Earl Brand- Shiflett (Virginia) 1936
Lord William's Death- Holcolm (KY) no date given
Sweet William- Potter (Dark Ridge NC) c.1937
Sweet William- Fields Ward (Galax, Va.) 1937
Lady Margaret & Sweet William- Henson (KY) 1938
The Douglas Tragedy- Warnock (KY) no date given
The Seven Sons- Gainer (West Virginia) no date
Lady Margret- Kisner (Arkansas) 1960
English and other Versions- 7. Earl Brand
Earl Bran- James Telfer 1818- Child A
The Brave Earl Brand- Dixon 1846 Child A.c.
The Earl o Bran- Heber (22b. Abbotsford) Child A
Earl Bran- Laidlaw- (22 d. Abbotsford) Child A
The Douglas Tragedy- Scott 1803- Child B
Lord Douglas- Notman- Child C; circa 1820s
Lady Margaret- Kinloch- Child D- c.1820s
The Douglas Tragedy- Motherwell- 1827 Child E
The Child of Ell- Percy 1765- Child F
Gude Earl Brand- Motherwell, 1828- Child G
Auld Carle Hood- Campbell- Child H
Lord Douglas' Tragedy- Stall Ballad- Child I
Sheet Music: 7. Earl Brand
7A. Lady and the Dragoon (Bronson)
Recordings & Info 7A. Lady & the Dragoon
"The Lady and the Dragoon": A Broadside Ballad
Roud Index Number 321- Lady and the Dragoon
The Bold Soldier of Yarrow- Cazden 1955
US Versions: Child 7A. Lady & the Dragoon
Bold Soldier- Echo, or The Columbian Songster 1800
A Soldier of Late- William A Larkins- 1866
The Soldier- Barry (New Jersey) 1908; JOAFL 1910
I'll Tell You of a Soldier- Martha Davis (VA) 1915
The Lady & The Dragoon- Mary Sands (NC) 1916
The Soldier- Wimberly (Louisiana) 1916
The Soldier's Wooing- Brown Collection; 1917
There Was A Little Soldier- Stamper (KY) 1917
The Green Briar Shore- Wooton (Kentucky) 1917
A Gallant Soldier- Dooley (Virginia) 1918 EFFSA
The Valiant Soldier- Hobes (Arkansas) 1919
New River Shore- Tillett (North Carolina) 1922
The Soldier's Wooing- Virginia Summer (Ohio) 1922
The Valiant Soldier- Patton (Missouri) 1928
The Gallan Soldier- Harmon (Tennessee) 1930
The Poor Soldier- Kennison (Vermont) 1930 Flanders
Young Soldier- Varnell (Georgia) 1932
The Soldier's Wooing- Bryant (Indiana) 1935
A Brave Soldier- Morris (Virginia) pre-1937
Red River Shore- Critchlow (Utah) 1938 Lomax
Dear Jewell- Poynter (Arkansas) 1939
White River Shore- Ingenthron (Missouri) 1940
Bold Soldier- Burl Ives c.1940 (released 1967)
Bold Soldier- George Edwards (Catskills) pre-1955
The White River Shore- Ingenthron (Mo.) 1958
The Valiant Soldier- Pete Seeger 1960
Red River Shore- Lula Davis (Arkansas) 1960
Red River Shore- Lucy Quigley (Arkansas) 1960
Red River Shore- Lomax, Published 1960
The Green Briar Shore- Brandon (Ontario) pre-1962
Red River Shore- Thomas Watley (Arkansas) 1963
Red River Shore- Kingston Trio 1965
Red River Shore- Fife: Cowboy Songs; pub. 1969
Only a Soldier- Lena Bourne Fish (NH) 1941 Warner
English Versions- 7A. Lady & The Dragoon
The Master-piece of Love Songs: The Bold Keeper
The Seaman's Renown- Chappell, Roxburghe Ballads
The Dragoon & the Lady- Nott, Devonshire- 1904
The Dragoon & the Lady- Mrs Sage (Somerset) 1907
The Dragoon & the Lady- Charles Ash, Somerset 1908
The Keeper & the Lady- Brazil (Gloucester) 1966
Sheet Music: 7A. The Lady and the Dragoon
8. Erlinton
Recordings & Info: 8. Erlinton
Roud No. 24 Erlinton
US and Canadian Versions: Child 8. Erlinton
English and other Versions- 8. Erlinton
Erlinton- Scott (Scottish) ed. 1803; Child A
True Tammas- James Telfer; Early 1800s, Child B
Erlinton- Laidlaw (Abbotsford) c. 1803; Child A*
Earlington's Daughter- Hogg c.1803- Child A
Robin Hood & the Tanner's Daughter- c.1650 Child C
Sheet Music: 8. Erlinton
9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
Recordings & Info 9. Fair Flower of Northumberland
Roud No. 25: Fair Flower of Northumberland
US Versions: 9. Fair Flower of Northumberland
The Deceived Girl- Mullens (Hazard, KY) 1932
The Sinful Maiden- Holcolm (Kentucky) 1932
Sin's Reward- Marcum (Clay City, Ky.) 1932
English Versions- 9. Fair Flower of Northumberland
Sheet Music: 9. Fair Flower of Northumberland
10. The Twa Sisters [or Minnorie or Binnorie]
Recordings & Info: 10. The Twa Sisters
"The Twa Sisters" Going Which Way?- Parker 1951
The Twa Sisters: A Santal Folktale Variant
English, & American Versions of the 'Twa Sisters'
Roud Number 8: Twa Sisters
Two Gaelic Variants of "The Two Sisters"
A Note on the "Herb" and Other Refrains- Gilchrist
Mrs. Brown and the Ballad- Bronson 1945
Sheet Music; 10. Twa Sisters
US and Canadian Versions: Child 10. Twa Sisters
There was an Old Woman Lived on the Seashore- 1870
The Two Sisters- James Ashby (Missouri) 1874
The Twa Sisters- W.W. Newell (N.Y.) pre1883
The Twa Sisters- Kittredge (N.Y.) 1886
The Miller's Daughters- McCord (MO) c.1890 Rand G
The Old Man in the Old Country (Mo.) c.1890 E
The Twa Sisters- W.M. (Rhode Island) 1904
The Twa Sisters- H. M. R. (Maine) pre-1905
The Old Man In The North Country- Belden (KY) 1906
The Two Sisters- Waters (Missouri) 1906
Wind and Rain- Kilby Snow (Virginia) c. 1913
The Two Sisters- Carrier (Va) 1913; Davis E
Sister Kate- Arthur/Stone (VA) 1914 Davis D
The Two Sisters- Brown Collection (NC) 1915
The Old Man in the North Countree- VA 1915 Davis I
The Two Sisters- Crawford (Va) 1915; Davis C
The West Countree- Eva Case (Mo.) pre-1916
The Two Sisters- Jane Gentry (NC) 1916- Sharp A
The Two Sisters- Batter (Va.) 1916- Sharp B
The Two Sisters- Chisholm (Va.) 1916- Sharp C
The Two Sisters- Walton (Va.) 1916- Sharp D
The Lady of the North Country- Martin (Va) 1917 H
The Twa Sisters- Deeton (NC) 1918 Sharp E
The Two Sisters- Mitchell (NC) 1918- Sharp H
Old Lord of the North Country- Stone (VA) 1919 A
Old Woman of the North Countree- Pritt (VA) 1924 B
The Twa Sisters- Clark, (NC) 1929; Henry A
There Was An Old Jaynor- Justis (Missouri) 1930
The Twa Sisters- Harmon (TN) 1930; Henry B
The Two Sisters- Harmon (TN) 1930; Henry C
The Miller's Daughters- Goodhue (Ark.) 1930; A
The Two Sisters- Menefee (Missouri) 1931
The Two Sisters- J. L. Sims (West Virginia) 1931
The Two Sisters- Ammerman (Michigan) 1931
Bowie, Bowerie- Tolliver (Kentucky) 1932 Niles
The Little Drownded Girl- Whetmore (KY) 1932
The Miller's Daughters- Prusser (Ark.) 1933; C
The Old Lord by the Northern Sea- Fugate; KY 1933
The Two Young Daughters- Bender (Mo.) 1934 D
The Two Sisters- Muchler (Michigan) 1934
The Two Sisters- Mrs. A. W. Corn (Indiana) 1935
The Two Sisters- Mrs. Smith (Va.) 1935
The Two Sisters- Morris (Va) 1935; Wilkinson A
The Two Sisters- Slocumb (NC) pre 1936
The Two Sisters- Horton Barker (Virginia) 1939
The Two Little Sisters- Jennings (Ohio) pre-1939
The Twa Sisters- Hall (KY) 1939; Thomas
The Dreadful Wind and Rain- Dan Tate (NC) 1941
The Miller's Daughters- Carlisle (Ark.) 1941; F
Three Old Maids on a Saucer Brim- (Ark.) 1941 H
The Two Sisters- Jean Ritchie (KY) Rec.1946
Two Sisters That Loved One Man- Presnell NC 1951
The Two Sisters- Buell Kazee (KY) 1954
The Two Sisters- Maud Long (NC) 1955 Rec. Moser
The Two Sisters- Eddy (WV) 1957
Bow, And Balance To Me- Huntington (Mass.) 1958
The Old Woman Lived on a Sea Shore- Brewer 1958
The Miller's Daughter- Fred Smith (Arkansas) 1958
Two Sisters- Mrs. Lizzie Maguire (Arkansas) 1959
Wind and Rain- Armstrong (Illinois) Rec. 1961
The Two Sisters- Peacock (Newfoundland) 1963
Rollin', A-Rollin'- Coltman (Florida) pre-1963
The Lord of the North Country- Tuckwiller WV 1969
Two Sisters- Gilbert (Arkansas) 1969
Oh, the Wind and the Rain- Stecher 1977
The Wind and Rain- Red Clay Ramblers 1981
The Two Sisters- Margot Mayo (Texas/NY/KY) 1948
The Sister's Murder- Gainer (West Virginia) c.1960
The Sister's Murder- Hammons (W. Virginia) c.1960s
Bonny Busk Of London- Decker; Newfoundland 1959
Binnorie- Joseph Jacob; English Fairy Tales 1890
English and other Versions- 10. Twa Sisters
The Miller and the King's Daughter- 1656; Child A
The Cruel Sister- Mrs. Brown 1783; Child B
The Twa Sisters- Brown (Jamieson) 1806 Child B.d
The Cruel Sister- Brooke (Scott) 1802; Child C
The Two Fair Sisters- Cunningham 1825
Binnorie- L. Anna Seward (Scott) c.1750s
The Bonnie Milldams of Binnorie- Johnston; c.1820s
The Twa Sisters- Sharpe 1824; Child E
The Bonny Bows o London- Lyle 1825 Child F
The Bonny Bows of London- Buchan 1828 Child Oa.
The Bonny Bows o' London- Christie 1866 Child Ob
There Were Three Sisters- King c.1820s Child G
There Were Three Sisters- Goldie 1825 Child H
The Twa Sisters- Kinnear 1826 Child I
There Were Two Ladies Playing Ball- 1870 Child J
Binnorie- Kinloch c.1820s Child K
The Miller's Melody- 1853 Child L a.
The Drowned Lady- Hughes; pub. 1859; Child Lb.
Binorie, O an Binorie- Murison, 1876 Child M
Binnorie- Pinkerton; 1871 Child N
The Bonny Bows o' London- Buchan 1828- Child O a.
The Swan Swims Bonnie O- 1827, Child P
The Twa Sisters- Murray, late 1700s, Child Q
The Three Sisters- Lancashire; 1852 Child R a.
The Barkshire Tragedy- Hughes; 1859 Child R c
Bodown- Campbell, c. 1860s; Child R b.
The Twa Sisters- Kinloch c. 1820s; Child S
Sister, Dear Sister- Allingham 1865; Child T
Benorie- Campbell; c.1860s, Child V
Norham, Down By Norham- Lugton, 1830? Child W
Binnorie- Robertson 1830; Child X
King Lived in the North Country- 1770 Child Y
Twa Sisters- Brockie (Bemerside) 1813 Wilkie
Binnorie, O Binnorie- Ford 1901
Hopra (Norwegian) 1967
Two Sisters- Frankie Armstrong 1972
Minorie- William Miller (Stirling-shire) 1967 Rec.
Twa Sisters- Ewan MacColl- 1977
The Swan Swims Bonnie- Stewart 1973
The Swan Swims So Bonny- Kidson 1906
11. The Cruel Brother
US & Canadian Versions: Child 11 The Cruel Brother
There Were Three Ladies- Uneda (PA) 1852 Child D
The Cruel Brother- Barry (Boston Ma.) 1908; 1915
The Cruel Brother- House (NC) 1916 Sharp A
The Cruel Brother- Williams (NC) 1917 Sharp B
The Cruel Brother- Chenoweth (WV) 1924
The Bride's Murder- Gainer (WV) text 1924
Brown Collection- Two Versions; (NC) From 1928
Brother's Revenge- Holcolm (KY) 1932
The Three Maids- Johnson (Va.) 1939 Halpert
The Cruel Brother- Tompkins (KY) 1957
Recordings & Info: Child 11. The Cruel Brother
Roud Index No. 26 The Cruel Brother
Sheet Music: Child No. 11. The Cruel Brother
English and other Versions- 11. The Cruel Brother
The Cruel Brother- Mrs. Brown, 1800 Child A
The Cruel Brother- Mary Barr, 1827 Child B
Ther Waur Three Ladies- A. Harris, c.1798 Child C
There Were Three Ladies- Uneda 1852 Child D
There Were Three Sisters- W.F. 1870 Child E
The Three Knights- Davies Gilbert; 1823 Child F
Fine Flowers of the Valley- Herd 1776; Child G
Fine Flowers of the Valley 2- Herd 1776; Child H
There War Three Bonnie Boys- Kinloch 1820s Child I
The Cruel Brother- Reburn, 1860 Child J
There Were Two Ladies Playing Ball- 1869 Child K
The King of Fairies- Campbell, pre-1830, Child L
Roses Grow Sweet Aye- Campbell pre-1830 Child M
Cruel Brother- Tam Spiers; pre-1976 Archie Fisher
The Bride's Testamen- Robertson 1830 Child N
Flowers in the Valley; Baring Gould- Cornwall 1895
The Cruel Brother- William Allingham; 1865
The Cruel Brother- Jean Scott 1800s Child Appendix
12. Lord Randal
12. Lord Randal- Recordings & Info
Roud Index No. 10- Lord Randal
'Lord Randal' in Kent: Variant Meaning & Context
A French 'Lord Randal' in Acadie- Paquin 1980
A Contamination in "Lord Randal"- Taylor 1931
"Eels Boiled in Broo" or What Killed Lord Randal?
'Lord Randal' in America- Shearin 1919
Glossary of Scottish Words for Translations
US & Canadian Versions: Child 12. Lord Randal
Tiranti, My Son- US Versions 1800s Child I a.-g.
Johnny Randall- Clayton (Mo.) c.1885; Randolph C
Dirante, My Son- Ada F. Kelley (Mass.) c.1880s
McDonald- Means (SC) 1899- Smith A
O Charlie, My Son- Bergen (Ohio) 1900 Newell A
My Dear Little One- Thrush (Ohio) 1900 Newell B
Dear Lord Duke- Brown (N, Bruns.) 1900 Newell C
Lord Donald- (US Irish Variant) 1900 Newell D
Johnny Randall- House (Oklahoma) 1902
Dear Willie, My Son- E. J. B. (Mass.) 1903 Barry F
Ballad of Lord Randal in New England- Barry 1903
My Own Pretty Boy- J.M. (Mass.) 1903 Barry H
Terence My Son- M.R.M. (Mass.) 1903 Barry J
Tyranty My Son- L.W.H. (Mass.) 1903 Barry O
Teronto, My Son- Lynn (Mass.) 1904 Barry E
Tyrante My Son- J.E.W. (Mass.) 1904 Barry I
Orlando, My Son- R.P.U. (Mass.) 1904 Barry L
Tyranting, My Son- G.T.A. (Mass.) 1904 Barry N
Fileander, My Son- J.G.M. (Vermont) 1904 Barry Q
Taranty My Son- H.E.K. (New York) 1905 Barry K
Taranty My Son- J.P.T. (New England) 1905 Barry M
Tyranty My Son- E. W., (Mass.) 1905 Barry P
Fair Nelson, My Son- R.B.C. (Vermont) 1905 Barry
Lord Randal- A.W. (Maine) 1908 Barry
Lord Randal- McKinney (Georgia) 1910- Sharp E
Lord Randal- G. (Maine) 1911 Barry
Poor Anzo- King (SC) 1913- Smith B
My Dear Son- Purcell (VA) 1913 Davis E
Durango- Rippey (Oklahoma) 1914 Davis App B
Lord Randal- Brown Collection 1914
Henry, My Son- Dodge (NYC) 1914 Davis App A
My Dear Son- Blaine (VA) 1914 Davis G
Johnnie Randolph, My Son- Steele (VA) 1914 Davis H
Billy Randall- Hale (VA) 1914; Davis I
John Willow, My Son- Crawford (VA) 1915 Davis A
Tom Randall- African-American (VA) 1915 Davis K
Lord Randall- White (West Virginia) 1916 Cox
Lord Randal My Son- Lynch (VA) 1916 Davis L
Jimmy Randolph- Shelton (NC) 1916- Sharp A
Jimmy Randal- Sands (NC) 1916- Sharp B
Jimmy Randal- Hensley (NC) 1916- Sharp C
Jimmy Randal- Wells (NC) 1916- Sharp D
O Randal- Dunagan (KY) 1917 Sharp F
McDonald- McClurg (VA) 1918 Davis C
John Randolph- Wheeler (Va.) 1918 Sharp I
Jonny Rilla- Wood (VA) 1919; Davis F
Johnny Rillus- Via (Virginia) 1920 Davis B
Ransel, My Son- Hart (VA) 1921 Davis D
Johnny Randolph- Hayes (Ark.) 1920 Randolph A
Jimmy Ransome- Frank Proffitt (NC) c. 1920s
Lord Randall- Frank Proffitt (NC) c. 1920s
Johnny Reynolds- Hurt (VA) 1921; Davis J
John Elzie- Morris (VA) 1922; Davis M
Lord Randal- Peel (VA) 1923; Davis N
Lord Randal- Mendall (Maine) 1924
Lord Randal- Mary Riddle (NC) 1926 Henry
Johnny Randall- Lewis (Mo.) 1927; Randolph B
Henery, My Son- Henneberry (N. Scotia) c.1928
Mother, Make My Bed Soon- Lorette (VT) 1930
The Cup of Cold Poison- Bell (Michigan) 1931
Jimmy Randal- Holcolm (KY) 1932 Niles A
Tiranti, My Love- Ratliff (KY) 1934; Niles B
Randal, My Son- Granny Potter (NC) pre-1935
Three Cups of Cold Poison- Dillan (Ind.) 1936
Jimmy Randall- Short (Mo.) 1941 Randolph D
Lord Randall- Moomaw (Virginia) 1954
Johnnie Randall- Hawkins (West Virginia) 1957
John Ellis My Son- Gainer (WV) no date c.1960
Johnny Randall- Gainer (WV) no date c.1960
John Randall (Childrens' Ver.)- Gainer WV c. 1960
Lord Randall- Morris (Missouri) 1962
Jimmy Randolph- Gilbert (Arkansas) 1969
Sweet Angia- Freeman (Arkansas) 1963
Lord Randall- Jimmy Driftwood (Ark.) 1959
Lord Randall- Almeda Riddle (Ark.) 1970
Lord Randal- Moser (North Carolia) 1955
Lord Ronald- Jane Small (Ohio) pre1939 Eddy A
Henry, My Son- Mirkin (Ohio) pre1939 Eddy B
Henry, My Son- Lavey (Ohio) pre1939 Eddy C
Jimmy Randal- Trumpower (Ohio) pre1939 Eddy D
English and other Versions- 12. Lord Randal
Lord Randal- Mackie 1808; Child A
A Contamination in "Lord Randal": Child A
Lord Donald- Mrs. Comie; Kinloch 1827; Child B
King Henry- Margaret Bain; c.1820s; Child C
Lord Randal- Scott 1803; Child D
Lairde Rowlande- Halliwell 1849 Child E
Lord Ronald, My Son- Robert Burns 1793 Child F
Billy, My Son- (Suffolk) 1814 Child G
My Own Pretty Boy- Healy, 1868; Child H
Bonnie Wee Croodlin Dow- Maxwell c.1820 Child J
Croodlin' Doo- Chambers 1829; Child K
Willie Doo- Buchan 1828; Child L
The Croodin Doo- Lockhart 1870 Child M
My Little Wee Croudlin Doo- Burton; c.1827 Child N
The Croodlin Doo- Tytler c. 1840 Child O
Lord Ronald My Son- Webster, c.1833; Child P
Lord Randal- Robertson; pre-1845; Child Q
Little Wee Toorin Dow- Pitcairn; c.1820; Child R
Randall, My Son- Parsons; 1775; Child S
Lord Randal- Laidlaw; early 1800s; Child T
My Wee Crooding Doo- Archibald; 1830; Child U
Lairde Rowlande- Philodice; 1805; Child App. 1
Jacky, My Son- Adams; c. 1830; Child App. 2
The Croodin Doo- Findlay; c. 1865; Child App. 3
Die Schlangenkochin- (Germany) 1840
King Henry, My Son- Lattimer (Carlisle) 1800s
The Little Wee Croodin' Doo-(2) Broadwood pre1893
Rendal, My Son- Hooper (Hambridge) 1904 Sharp A
Henery My Son- Perry (Langport) 1904 Sharp B
Henery My Son- Pond (S. B.) 1904 Sharp C
Rendal, My Son- Wyatt (W. Harptree) 1904 Sharp D
Rendal, My Son- Brown (Clevedon) 1904 Sharp E
Three Drops of Poison- Kemp (Surry) 1907
The Little Wee Croodin' Doo- Cremer (Lan.) 1908
Lord Ronald- MaCrae (London) 1908
Where Were You All Day- Cochlain (Cork) 1914
Lord Randal- MacSweeney (Ireland) c. 1918
Henry, My Son- George Dunn (Staffordshire) c.1920
Lord Randal My Son- Hole (Birmingham) c. 1924
Lord Randal My Son- Sellars (Bristol) 1941
The Song of the Eel- Heaney (Ireland) pre-1964
The Wild, Wild Berry- H. Civil (Shropshire) 1989
12A. Billie Boy (Bronson)
12A. Billie Boy- Recordings & Info
Roud Number 326: Billy Boy (306 Listings)
Hector Macneill Biography
US & Canadian Versions: Child 12A. Billie Boy
Billy Boy- Doyle (Baltimore MD) 1800s
Billy Boy, A Curious Legend- White (Boston) 1847
Bully Boy Billy- F. Child (Parody) 1862
Where Have You Been All Day? Mother Goose 1869
Billy Boy- Gardner (Louisiana) 1871
Billy Boy- (North Carolina) 1911
Billy Boy- Brown (Three Versions from NC) 1914
My Boy Billy- Jane Gentry (NC) 1916 Sharp A
My Boy Billy- Sarah Buckner (NC) 1916 Sharp B
Billy Boy- Taylor (Mass.) 1917
My Boy Billy- Lawson Grey (Va.) 1918 Sharp C
Billy Boy- Bleakney (Ottawa) 1918
Billy Boy- Gardner (Two Versions from Mich.) 1920
Billy Boy- Hudson (Four Versions from Miss.) 1926
Billy Boy- Randolph (Seven Versions- Mo.) 1930
Billy Boy- Lomax (American Ballads) 1934
Billy Boy- Scarborough (Four Versions) 1935
Billy Boy- Louise Massey (Texas) 1939
Billy Boy- Bessie Hunter (Texas) 1939 Lomax
Billy Boy- Stanton Sisters & Georgia Wildcats-1940
Billy Boy- Almanac Singers- 1941
Billy Boy- Burl Ives Songbook 1953
Billy Boy- W. T. Jernigan (Arkansas) 1959
Billy Boy- Gilbert (Arkansas) 1969
Billy Boy- Max Hunter (Missouri) 1969
Billy Boy- Charles Thomas (Arkansas) 1969
English and other Versions- 12A. Billie Boy
The Lammy- Herd (Scotland) 1776
My Boy Tammy- Macneill (Scotland) 1791
My Boy Hobbie O- Lord Byron (Parody) 1820
Bottom's Song- Parody of Lammie- 1832
My Boy Willy- Halliwell (Suffolk) c. 1846
My Boy Billy- Halliwell (Yorkshire) c. 1849
My Boy Willy- Bradley 1911; Sharp
Billy Boy- Terry (Northumbrian) 1920
My Boy Tommy O- Riordan (Kerry) 1921
Bonny Lad, Highland Lad- Russell (Upwey) 1930
Sheet Music 12A. Billie Boy
13. Edward
13. Edward- Recording & Info
Roud Number 200: Edward (244 Listings)
The Oldest (?) Text of "Edward"- Wilgus 1966
The Murder Motive in "Edward"- Coffin 1949
The Texts of "Edward" in Percy and Motherwell
The Incest Theme: Percy Version of "Edward"
Brahms's "Edward" Ballade, Op. 10, No. 1
Edward, Edward: A Scottish Ballad and a Footnote
Jeannie Robertson's My Son David- Porter 1976
"My Son David" and "O Gin I Were Where Gadie rins"
US and Canadian Versions: Child 13. Edward
Edward- Lowrimore (Oklahoma) c. 1890
How Come That Blood- Shreve (Ark.) c.1910
Edward- Ballenger (Mass.) c.1910 Flanders
Ronald- Carlisle (Ark.) c. 1912; Randolph D
What Is That On the End Of Your Sword? 1913 DavisB
What Is That On the End Of Your Sword? 1913 DavisC
Edward- Gentry (NC) 1916 Sharp A
Edward- Gann (Tenn.) 1917 Sharp D
Edward- Shook (NC) 1917 Sharp E
Edward- Richards (Virginia) 1918 Sharp G
Edward- Moncure (Virginia) 1917 Davis D
Edward- Cannady (Virginia) 1918 Sharp H
Edward- Weaver (Virginia) 1918 Sharp I
Edward- Gibson (NC) 1918 Sharp J
Edward- Jean Ritchie (KY) pre1920- pub.1965
How Come That Red Blood- Hurt (Va.) 1921 Davis A
Edward- Pierce (West Virginia) 1924 Woofter
Edward- Brown Collection (Four NC Versions) 1925
The Cruel Brother- Roberts (Miss.) 1926
What Blood On The Point Of Your Knife? 1931
The Murdered Brother- Metcalf (NC) 1934 Niles
Edward Ballad- Edwards (Vermont) 1934 Flanders
Edward- Robertson (Ohio) pre1939 Eddy
Edward- Mrs. Crockett Ward (Virginia) 1941
The Little Yellow Dog- Ingenthron (Mo.) 1941
Edward- Claudia Roberts (NC) 1945 Artus Moser
The Blood of the Old Red Rooster- Finch (Ark) 1953
Edward- Burl Ives Songbook; pub.1953
How Come That Blood?- Beddow (KY) 1956
Edward- McCord (Missouri) 1958 Hunter A
How Come That Blood? Johnson (Ark) 1958 Hunter B
The Father's Murder- Gainer (WV) no date- c.1960
The Two Brothers- Gilbert (Arkansas) 1969 Hunter
What is that Blood Stain on your Clothes? 1976
English and other Versions- 13. Edward
Son Davie, Son Davie- Motherwell pre-1827 Child A
Edward, Edward- Dalrymple- 1765 (Percy) Child B
Edward- Laing 1829; Child C
Edward- Hudson 1891 (England) Gilchrist 1938
My Son David- Robertson (Aberdeenshire) c.1919
Edward- George Dunn (Staffordshire) no date c.1930
What Blood Is This?- Day (Aldershot) 1950
My Son David- Stewart (Aberdeenshire) pre1955
Son Come Tell it unto Me- Brazil; Gloucester 1966
Son Come Tell it unto Me- Connor (Dublin) 1966
Oh Come Dear Son- Webb (Gloucester) 1969
What is that Blood?- George White (Sheffield) 1971
Edward- Nic Jones 1971
The Youth of Rosengord- Geijer (Sweden) pre1857
The Blood-Stained Son- Schroter (Finland) pre1857
Svend I Rosensgaard- Carlsen (Danish) 1846
Sheet Music No. 13. Edward
14. Babylon; or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie
Recordings & Info 14. Babylon- The Bonnie Banks
Roud Number 27: Babylon- Bonnie Banks o Fordie
US & Canadian Versions: Child 14. Babylon/Bonnie
Three Young Ladies- Newfoundland; 1929 Karpeles
Bonny Banks of the Virgie O- White (N. Found) 1929
Bonny Farday- Preston Little (KY) 1932 Niles
Baby Lon- R. C. Vaught (North Carolina) 1935 Brown
The Burly Burly Banks- Moses (NH) pre-1941
The Burly Burly Banks- Barton (Vermont) 1942
Bonny Banks Of Ardrie O- Osborne (N. Found) 1960
Three Sisters- Engler (Ark.) 1969 Hunter
Rocky Banks of the Buffalo- Johnson (Wis.) 1997
English and other Versions 14. Babyon/Bonnie Banks
Babylon/The Bonnie Banks o' Fordie- 1827 Child A
The Banishd Man- Herd (Edinburgh) 1770s Child B
Bonnie Banks o Fordie- Goldie 1825; Child C
Three Sisters- Agnes Lyle- Kilbarchan 1825 Child D
Duke of Perth's Three Daughters- 1827 Child E
Bonny Banks of Airdrie Oh- Groome 1881 Child F
Bonnie Banks o' Airdrie- Bell Robertson c.1840
Bonnie Banks o Fordie- Gaughan; Lochaber c.1930s
Three Sisters- Briggs (Glasgow) 1942 Opie
Bonnie Banks o Airderie O- Peasie (Burnam) 1953
The Banks of Airdrie- Campbell (Perthshire) 1967
The Banks of Airdrie O- Reid (Fife) 1967
Sheet Music No. 14. Babyon; The Bonnie Banks
15. Leesome Brand
Recordings & Info 15. Leesome Brand
Roud Number 3301: Leesome Brand (10 Listings)
English and other Versions 15. Leesome Brand
Lishen Brand- Robertson (Aberdeen) Late1700s
Sheet Music No. 15. Leesome Brand
16. Sheath and Knife
Recordings & Info 16. Sheath and Knife
Roud Number 3960: Sheath and Knife (11 Listings)
English and other Versions 15. Sheath and Knife
Sheet Music No. 16. Sheath and Knife
17. Hind Horn
Recordings & Info 17. Hind Horn
Roud Number 28: Hind Horn (112 Listings)
Hind Horn- Joseph J. MacSweeney; 1919
The Ballad of Hind Horn- Walter R. Nelles 1909
The Texts of King Horn- James R. Hurt 1970
The Story of Horn and Rimenhild- Schofield 1903
Return Song in Medieval Ballad: King Horn
US & Canadian Versions: Child 17. Hind Horn
The Beggarman- Endacott (Newfoundland) 1921
In Scotland Town- Maggie Hammons Parker; pre1926
The Old Beggar Man- Nelson (New Brunswick) 1928
The Pale Ring- Duff (Hazard, KY) 1932 Niles
Hind Horn- Murphy (Maine) 1942 Flanders
Hind Horn- Fraser (Ontario) 1962 Fowke
Cowboy's Wedding Ring- Cavanagh (Douro) 1962
English and other Versions 17. Hind Horn
Sheet Music No. 17. Hind Horn
18. Sir Lionel
Recordings & Info 18. Sir Lionel
Roud Number 29: Sir Lionel (128 Listings)
Bangum the Boar-Slayer and His Weapon
Sir Eglamore (Related to Sir Lionel) c. 1720
US & Canadian Versions: 18. Sir Lionel
Bangum and the Boar- Broadhead (Mo.) c. 1850s
Wild Hog's Den- Stewart (Texas) c.1900
Old Bangum and the Boar- Smith (Missouri) 1906
Old Bang 'Em- Purcell (Va.) 1913 Davis B
Bangum and the Boar- Adams (Va.) 1914 Davis A
Old Bangum- Blain (Va.) 1914 Davis D
Bingham- Duval (Va.) 1914 Davis E
Old Bangum- Conway (Va.) 1915 Davis C
Sir Lionel- Mrs. Rice (NC) 1916 Sharp A
Sir Lionel- Betty Smith (Virginia) 1916 Sharp B
Old Bangum- Josephine Casey (Mo.) 1916 Belden
Sir Lionel- Mrs. Broughton (KY) 1917 Sharp C
Sir Lionel- Mrs. Henry (KY) 1917 Sharp D
Ole Bangum- Dashiell (Va.) 1921 Davis F
Jobal Hunter- Rena Hicks (NC) c. 1930s
Wild Hog in the Woods- McAlexander (Va.) c.1930s
Wild Hog- Ruby Bowman (Virginia) 1932 Davis
Wild Hog- Gibson (Virginia) 1933 Davis
Old Bangum- Payne (Mo.) 1934 Randolph
Bangum and the Bo'- Stiles (TN) 1934 Niles C
Old Bangum- Wilson (Murphy, NC) 1936 Niles A
Rurey Bain- McCoy (NC) no date c.1936 Niles B
Bangum and the Boar- G.D. Vowell (KY) 1937 Lomax
Wild Boar- Samuel Harmon (Tennessee) 1939
Old Bangham- Adelaide Hemingway (Wash. DC) 1939
Old Bangum- Jean Ritchie (Viper, Ky) c.1940
Old Bangum- Furgeson (Vermont) 1942 Flanders
Old Bangum- Hamner (TN) 1953 Boswell Collection
Old Bangum and the Boar- Hayes (Virginia) 1956
Rach's Spinning Song- Hinkle (WV) 1957 Musick
The Wild Hog- Brewster (Arkansas) 1958 Hunter
Old Daniel- Claude Graham (Indiana) c.1960
Wild Hog in the Woods- Plemmons (D.C.) 1962
Old Bangum- Everett (Ark.) 1963 Max Hunter
Old Bangum- Pittser (Oklahoma) 1964
Jovial Hunter- Buna Hicks (NC) Recorded 1964
Bangum Rode the Riverside- Hightower (OK) 1964
Bangum and the Wild Boar- S. Hammons c.1970
The Wild Boar- Bobby McMillon (NC) c.1970s
Old Badman- Winnie Hamrick (WV) 1975 Gainer
Old Bangum- Dee Hicks (TN) Collected 1977
Biler and the Boar- Workman (KY) Recorded 1978
Old Bangum- Gellert (Va.) Recorded 1981
Wild Hog in the Woods- Dwight Diller (WV) c.1996
Wild Hog- Diane Jones (West Virginia) 1997
Old Bangum- Jodie Stecher- 1999
English and other Versions 18. Sir Lionel
Sir Lyonell- Percy MS (Shropshire) c.1650 Child A
Isaac-a-Bell and Hugh the Graeme- 1850; Child B
The Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove- 1845; Child C
Jovial Hunter- Oseman (Hartlebury) c.1850; Child D
The Old Man and His Three Sons- Bell 1957 Child E
Sir Rackabello- Maund (Worcest,) c.1850 Child F
Brangywell- Mellor (Dilwyn) 1905 Kittredge
Bold Sir Rylas- Morgan (Bradon) c.1914
Sir Lionel- Kidson (England) c.1900; pub.1936
19. King Orfeo
Recordings & Info 19. King Orfeo
Roud Number 136: King Orfeo (18 Listings)
King Orfeo- Joseph J. MacSweeney 1918
Sir Orfeo- George Lyman Kittredge 1886
Syr Orfeo- The Scottish Antiquary
Cohesion in King Horn and Sir Orfeo
Artifice and Artistry in Sir Orfeo- Lerer 1985
Classical Threads in "Orfeo"
Notes on the Sources of "Sir Orfeo"
"Sir Orfeo", the Minstrel, and the Minstrel's Art
Sir Orfeo and the Sacred Bonds of Matrimony
The Significance of Sir Orfeo's Self-Exile
Sir Orfeo: A 'Kynges Noote'
US & Canadian Versions: 19. King Orfeo
English and other Versions 19. King Orfeo
King Orfeo- Coutts (Shetland) 1880 Child A
King Orpheo- Sutherland (North Yell) 1865
King Orfeo- John Stickle (Baltasound) 1947
King Orfeo- Anderson (Shetland) 1955
King Orfeo- Andrew Calhoun; 2003
20. The Cruel Mother
Recordings & Info 20. The Cruel Mother
Roud Number 9: The Cruel Mother (312 Listings)
History, Symbol, and Meaning in 'The Cruel Mother'
US & Canadian Versions: 20. The Cruel Mother
The Cruel Mother- Moore (Ga.) 1909 Sharp B
The Greenwood Siding- Bigney (Nova Scotia) 1911
The Cruel Mother- Seoane (Va.) 1914 Davis D
Down by the Greenwood Side- Fogg (WV) 1915
The Cruel Mother- Crawford (Va.) 1915 Davis A
The Cruel Mother- Keesee (Va.) 1915 Davis B
The Greenwood Siding- Cunningham (WV) 1915
Down by the Greenwood Side- Paugh (WV) 1916
The Cruel Mother- Davis (Va.) 1916 Davis C
The Cruel Mother- Hensley (NC) 1916 Sharp A
The Cruel Mother- Kilburn (KY) 1917 Sharp F
The Cruel Mother- Pratt (KY) 1917 Sharp G
The Cruel Mother- Gibson (NC) 1918 Sharp H
The Cruel Mother- Boone (NC) 1918 Sharp L
Down By the Greenwood Side- Dusenbury (Ark) 1930
The Cruel Mother- Harmon (TN) 1930 Henry
The Cruel Mother- Henneberry (Nova Scotia) pre1932
The Cruel Mother- Griffin (Florida) 1937 Morris
The Cruel Mother- Smith (Maine) 1940 Flanders
The Cruel Mother- Paul Clayton (Va.) 1956
Down by the Greenwood Shady- Yale (NY) 1958
Down by the Greenwood Side- Brewer (Ark.) 1958
The Babes In The Greenwood- Dalton (NL) 1960
English and other Versions: 20. The Cruel Mother
The Cruel Mother- Herd (Scotland) 1776 Child A
Fine Flowers in the Valley- Burns 1792 Child B a.
Lady Anne- Scott 1803 Child B b.
The Cruel Mother- Motherwell 1827 Child C
The Cruel Mother- Beattie 1827 Kinloch; Child D
The Cruel Mother- Lyle (Kilbarchan) 1825; Child E
The Cruel Mother- Buchan 1828; Child F
There Was A Lady- Barry 1853; Child G
The Cruel Mother- Laird (Kilbarthan) 1825 Child H
The Minister's Daughter of New York- 1828; Child I
Hey wi' the Rose- Christie 1876 Child I c.
The Rose o' Malindie O- Harris c. 1850s Child J a.
Lady Margaret- Motherwell c. 1825 Child K
Fine Flowers in the Valley- Smith c.1823 Child L
O Mother Dear- Reburn (Ireland) 1860 Child M
The Loch o the Loanie- Campbell pre1830 Child N
Duke's Daughter- Percy; Late 1600s; Child O
Duke’s Daughter’s Cruelty- Pepys; c.1690; Child P
The Cruel Mother- Warton; Shropshire 1885 Child Q
The Minister's Dochtor o' Newarke- Percy Soc. 1846
Sun Shines Fair on Carlisle Wall- Gilpin; 1866
The Minister's Dochtor o' Newarke- 1871
The Cruel Mother- Case (Dorset) 1907
The Cruel Mother- Bowring (Dorset) 1907
The Cruel Mother- Russell (Upwey) 1907
The Cruel Mother- Hollingsworth (Thaxted) 1911
River Sáile- Fergus (Dublin) early-1900s
Old Muvver Lee- Opie (London) pre-1950
Weela Wallia- Clancy Brothers 1965
The Cruel Mither- Higgins (Aberdeen) 1973
Sheet Music No. 20. The Cruel Mother
21. The Maid and the Palmer (The Samaritan Woman)
Recordings & Info 21. The Maid and the Palmer
Roud 2335: The Maid and the Palmer (12 Listings)
Shakespere and the "The Maid and the Palmer"
English and other Versions 21. Maid and the Palmer
The Maid and the Palmer- Percy c.1650 Child A
Seven Years- Sir Walter Scott; pre-1832; Child B
The Maid of Coldingham- (Glenbuchat) c.1818
O Your First Little Child- Moran (Leitrim) 1954
The Well Below the Valley- Reilly (Dublin) 1967
The Well Below the Valley- Christy Moore 1973
US & Canadian Versions: 21. Maid and the Palmer
Sheet Music No. 21. The Maid and the Palmer
22. St. Stephen and Herod
Recordings & Info 22. St. Stephen and Herod
Roud Number 3963: St. Stephen & Herod (11 Listings
The Ballad of St Stephen and Herod- Thomas Hill
US & Canadian Versions: 22. St. Stephen and Herod
English and other Versions 22. St. Stephen & Herod
St. Stephen and Herod- Sloane c.1450 Child A
Sheet Music No. 22. St. Stephen and Herod
23. Judas
Recordings & Info 23. Judas
Roud number 3964; Judas (5 Listings)
The English Ballad of Judas Iscariot- Baum
The Middle English Judas: An Interpretation
The Mediæval Legend of Judas Iscariot
A Reading of the Middle English "Judas"
US & Canadian Versions: 23. Judas
Judas- Mayberry Thomas (TN) 1933 Niles A
Oh Judy, My Judy- Mulleneous (KY) 1909 Niles C
Judas and Jesus- Whitman (KY) 1909 Niles B
English and other Versions 23. Judas
Judas- Trinity College (Cambridge) c.1200s Child A
Judas- Trinity College (Cambridge) no date Child B
24. Bonnie Annie
Recordings & Info No. 23 Bonnie Annie
Roud Number 172: Bonnie Annie (106 Listings)
US & Canadian Versions: 24. Bonnie Annie
English and other Versions 24. Bonnie Annie
Bonnie Annie- Kinloch (Scotland) 1827 Child A
High Banks o Yarrow- French (Ayr) 1820s Child B
Undutiful Daughter- Masters (Devon) 1888 Child C a
Undutiful Daughter- Hannaford Devon 1890 Child C b
Undutiful Daughter- (Devon) c. 1890 Child C c
Banks of Green Willow- (Devon) c.1903 Sharp A-E
The Banks of Green Willow- Clements (Hants) 1909
There Was a Rich Merchant- Greig-Duncan c.1907
Bonnie Annie- MacColl (Scotland) pre-1965
Banks of Green Willow- Armstrong 1992
Banks of Green Willow- Cranstone (Sussex) c.1907
25. Willie's Lyke-Wake
Recordings & Info 25. Willie's Lyke-Wake
Roud Number 30: Willie's Lyke-Wake (24 Listings)
US & Canadian Versions: 25. Willie's Lyke-Wake
English and other Versions 25. Willie's Lyke-Wake
Willie, Willie- Barr (Lesmahagow) 1827 Child A
Blue Flowers and Yellow- Buchan 1828 Child B a.
Blue Flowers and Yellow- Christie 1876 Child B b.
Down Amang The Blue Flowers- c.1820s Child C
Amang The Blue Flowers and Yellow- 1827 Child D
Willie's Lyke-Wake- Buchan 1828; Child E a.
Willie's Lyke-Wake- Christie 1876; Child E b.
Blue Flowers and the Yellow- Scott 1810; Child F
Among the Blue Flowers- McCulloch 1977
26. The Three Ravens (or Twa Corbies)
Recordings & Info 26. The Three Ravens
Roud number 5: The Three Ravens (213 Listings)
"The Three Ravens" Explicated- Chatman 1963
'The Twa Corbies'- Douglas Hamer 1947
'The Twa Corbies'- William Montgomerie 1955
The Three Ravens Alive and Well in Gloucestershire
Folklore and John Gay's Satire- Dugaw 1991
US & Canadian Versions: 26. The Three Ravens
The Four Vultures- Black Diamond Songster 1863
The Three Crows- Christy's New Songster- 1863
The Three Crows- Carmena Collegensia; Boston 1868
The Three Crows- Marshall (Va.) c.1900 Davis L
The Twa Corbies- Gray (Ind.) Early 1900s Henry A
Willie McGee McGaw- Niles (KY) c.1900 Niles B
The Three Ravens- Dowling (Ohio) 1906
The Three Ravens- McLeod (Wisconsin) 1906
Crow Song- Songbook of the Harvard Club (CA) 1909
Two Old Crows- Mulleneoux (KY) 1909 Niles C
Three Black Crows- Battle (NC) 1910 Brown Coll.
The Three Crows- Tabb (Va.) 1915 Davis A
Two Crows- Martha Davis (Va.) 1915 Davis B
Three Black Crows- Adams (Va.) 1915 Davis F
The Three Crows- Cox (WV) 1915 Cox A
The Three Crows- Dowdy/Sayre (WV) c.1915 Cox B
Three Old Crows- Burgess (Va.) 1916 Sharp A
The Three Ravens- Gentry (NC) 1917 Sharp MS
The Two Crows- Maddox (Va.) 1918 Sharp B
The Three Crows- Grubb (Va.) 1919 Davis J
Three Crows- Ferneyhough (Va.) 1919 Davis K
The Three Crows- Fray (Va.) 1920 Davis P
The Three Ravens- W.T. Davis (Va.) 1921 Davis C
The Three Crows- Robertson (Va.) 1921 Davis N
The Three Ravens- Rouzie (Va.) 1922 Davis D
The Three Ravens- Stone (Va.) 1922 Davis E
The Three Crows- Compton (Va.) 1922 Davis G
The Three Ravens- Throckmorton (Va.) 1922 Davis H
The Three Crows- Stone (Va.) 1922 Davis M
The Three Ravens- Rowe (Va.) 1922 Davis O
The Three Ravens- Richardson (Va.) 1922 Davis Q
The Three Black Crows- Franklin (NC) 1930 Henry B
The Two Ravens- Walton (Pennsylvania) 1931
The Three Crows- Terry (Mo.) 1933 Randolph A
The Three Crows- Ford (Indiana) 1935 Brewster A B
The Three Crows- Mahnkey (Mo.) 1939 Randolph B
Lover's Farewell- Wetmore (KY) c. 1940 Niles A
The Three Crows- Sue Putman (NY) 1941
The Three Ravens- Nelson (Nova Scotia) pre-1950
Blow the Man Down- Nickerson (Nova Scotia) 1961
Three Crows- Smith (Arkansas) 1960 Max Hunter
Three Crows- Burl Ives (NY) c.1941
The Crow Song- Levell (Virginia) 1942
English and other Versions 26. The Three Ravens
The Three Ravens- Ravenscroft; 1611 Child A a.
The Three Ravens- Motherwell (Scot) 1827 Child A b
Twa Corbies- Sharpe (Scotland) 1803 Child A a.
Twa Corbies- Campbell (Scotland) c.1815 Child A b.
The Twa Corbies- Chambers (Scot) 1829 Child A c.
The Twa Corbies- Tytler (Scotland) 1783 Child A d.
The Corbie and the Crow- Christian (Scot) 1893
The Two Ravens- Cunningham (Scotland) 1825
Brennan Moor- Bidder (Devon) c.1890 Baring-Gould
The Three Ravens- Holmes c. 1825 Kidson
Sheet Music No. 26. The Three Ravens
27. The Whummil Bore
Recordings & Info 27. The Whummil Bore
Roud number 3722; The Whummil Bore (5 listings)
US & Canadian Versions: 27. The Whummil Bore
English and other Versions 27. The Whummil Bore
The Whummil Bore- Motherwell 1827 Child A
Eighteen Lang Years- McLeod (Dumfries) 1906
28. Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
Recordings & Info 28. Burd Ellen & Young Tamlane
Roud 3962; Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane (2 list)
English Version 28. Bird Ellen and Young Tamlane
29. The Boy and the Mantle
Recordings & Info 29. The Boy and the Mantle
Roud 3961; The Boy and the Mantle (7 listings)
English & other Versions 29. Boy and the Mantle
The Boy and the Mantle- Percy 1765 Child A
30. King Arthur and King Cornwall
Recordings & Info 30. King Arthur & King Cornwall
Roud 3965; King Arthur & King Cornwall- 2 listings
English Versions 30. King Arthur & King Cornwall
31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain
Recordings & Info 31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain
Roud 3966: The Marriage of Sir Gawain (5 Listings)
On the Loathly Bride- Coomaraswamy 1945
US & Canadian Versions: 31. Marriage of Sir Gawain
English Versions 31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain
The Marriage of Sir Gawain- Percy c.1650 Child A
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle c.1450
31 A. The Half-Hitch
Recordings & Info 31 A. The Half-Hitch
Roud 1887- 31 A The Half-Hitch (21 Listings)
US & Canadian Versions: 31 A. The Half-Hitch
The Half Hitch- Cobb (Vermont) 1930 Flanders
The Half Hitch- Atwood (Vermont) 1919 Sturgis
The Half Hitch- Pierce (Vermont) 1932 Flanders
The Loathly Bride- Barry (Maine) 1929
32. King Henry
32. King Henry
Recordings & Info 32. King Henry
Roud Number 3967: Child 32- King Henry
English Versions 32. King Henry
King Henry- Brown 1802; Sir Walter Scot; Child A
33. Kempy Kay
Recordings & Info 33. Kempy Kay
Roud number 32; Kempy Kay (20 listings)
English and Other Versions 33. Kempy Kay
Sheet Music No. 33. Kempy Kay
34. Kemp Owyne
Recordings & Info 34. Kemp Owyne
Roud Number 3912-- Kemp Owyne (15 Listings)
English and Other Versions 34. Kemp Owyne
Sheet Music No. 34. Kemp Owyne
35. Allison Gross
Recordings & Info 35. Allison Gross
Roud Number 3212; Allison Gross (11 Listings)
English Versions 35. Allison Gross
Sheet Music No. 35. Allison Gross
36. The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea
Recordings & Info 36. The Laily Worm
Roud number 3968 Laily Worm (6 Listings)
English Versions 36. The Laily Worm
Sheet Music No. 36. The Laily Worm
37. Thomas Rymer
Recordings & Info 37. Thomas Rymer
Roud Number 219; Thomas Rymer (31 Listings)
Thomas of Erceldoune: The Prophet; the Prophesied
US & Canadian Versions: 37. Thomas Rymer
English & Other Versions: 37. Thomas Rymer
Thomas Rymer- Brown 1800; Child A
38. The Wee Wee Man
Recordings & Info 38. The Wee Wee Man
Roud Number 2865 The Wee Wee Man (27 listings)
US & Canadian Versions: 38. The Wee Wee Man
39. Tam Lin
Recordings & Info 39. Tam Lin
Roud Number 35: Tam Lin (57 Listings)
The Opening of "Tam Lin"- E. B. Lyle
The Teind to Hell in Tam Lin- E. B. Lyle
US & Canadian Versions: 39. Tam Lin
English and Other Versions 39. Tam Lin
40. The Queen of Elfan's Nourice
Recordings & Info 40. The Queen of Elfan's Nourice
Roud 3723; Queen of Elfan's Nourice (5 Listings)
English Versions 40. The Queen of Elfan Nourice
41. Hind Etin
Recordings & Info 41. Hind Etin
English and Other Versions 41. Hind Etin
Young Akin- Buchan (Scotland) 1828 Child A
42. Clerk Colvill
Recordings & Info 42. Clerk Colvill
Roud 147: Clerk Colvill, Giles Collins; Lady Alice
George Collins- Barbara M. Cra'ster 1910
The "Johnny Collins" Version of Lady Alice- Bayard
The "Clerk Colvill" Mermaid- Harbison Parker 1947
English and Other Versions 42. Clerk Colvill
Clerk Colin- (Forfarshire) 1871 Child C
Clerk Colvill, or, The Mermaid- Herd 1769 Child B
43. The Broomfield Hill
Recordings & Info 43. The Broomfield Hill
Roud Number 34: The Broomfield Hill (184 Listings)
US & Canadian Versions: 43. The Broomfield Hill
Green Broom Field- Pearl Songster (NY) 1846
The Hard-hearted Young Man- Jepson (Utah) 1870
The Broomfield Hill- Hubbard (Utah) 1871
Green Broom- Waugh (VW) 1924 Woofter-Combs
The Broomfield Hill- Harmon (Tennessee) 1930
English and Other Versions 43. The Bloomfield Hill
The Broomfield Hill- Scott (Scotland) 1802 Child A
I'll Wager, I'll Wager- Herd (Scot) 1769 Child B
Broomfield Hills- Buchan (Scotland) 1828 Child C
Lord John- Kinloch (Scotland) 1827 Child D
I'll Wager, I'll Wager- Robertson; 1830 Child E
The Merry Broomfield- Broadside c.1700s Child F
The Broomfield Hill- Russell (Upwey) 1907
The Merry Broomfield- Perry (Cheddington) 1906
The Young Squire- Cardy (Essex) c.1928
A Wager, A Wager- Maynard (Sussex) 1950s
43 A. The Maid on the Shore (Appendix- Bronson)
Recordings & Info 43 A. The Maid on the Shore
Roud 181: The Maid on the Shore (48 Listings)
US & Canadian Versions: 43 A. Maid on the Shore
The Sea Captain- Willam Larkin (Illinois) 1866
Maiden Who Dwelt By the Shore- Walters (NL) 1929
The Maid on the Shore- Van Wagner (NY) pre1948
The Maid on the Shore- Edwards (NY) pre1948
A Maid of the Shore- Judkins (Oregon) pre1952
The Maid on the Shore O- Walters (NL) 1958
The Maid On The Shore- Taylor (Canada) c.1990s
44. The Twa Magicians
Recordings & Info 44. The Twa Magicians
Roud Number 1350: Twa Magicians (30 listings)
English Versions 44. The Twa Magicians
The Twa Magicians- Buchan (Scot) 1828 Child A
The Twa Magicians- Robertson (Aber) early1800s
The Two Magicians- Sparks (Minehead) 1904
The Two Magicians- Duncan (Aber) c.1934
44 A. Hares on the Mountain (Bronson Appendix)
Recordings & Info 44 A. Hares on the Mountain
Roud 329: Hares on the Mountain (105 Listings)
US & Canada Versions: 44A. Hares on the Mountain
English Versions 44 A. Hares on the Mountain
Blackbirds and Thrishes- Lover 1837 Rory O' More
Hares on the Mountain- Sharp (3 versions) 1903
O Sally My Dear- Barnard (Bridgewater) 1906
45. King John and the Bishop
Recordings & Info 45. King John and the Bishop
Roud 302: King John and the Bishop (70 listings)
A New Text of an Old Ballad- Cornelius 1931
US & Canada Versions: 44. King John and the Bishop
The Bishop of Old Canterbury- Hall (CT) 1907
King John and the Bishop- M.E.E. (R.I.) 1907
The Bishop of Canterbury- Hubbard (Utah) c.1875
King John and the Bishop- Vaughan (MI) 1937
The King's Three Questions- MacNelly (Maine) 1940
The Bishop of Canterbury- Ford (CA) 1938
English & Other Versions 45 King John & the Bishop
46. Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
46A. "The Riddle Song" or "I Gave My Love a Cherry
US & Canadian Versions: 46A. The Riddle Song
I Gave My Love a Cherry- Wilcox (KY) 1934 Matteson
Recordings & Info 46A. The Riddle Song
47. Proud Lady Margaret
48. Young Andrew
49. The Twa Brothers
50. The Bonny Hind
51. Lizie Wan
52. The King's Dochter Lady Jean
53. Young Beichan (or Young Bekie)
54. The Cherry-Tree Carol
54. Cherry-Tree Carol- Recordings & Info
US Versions- Cherry Tree Carol
Cherry-Tree Carol- Andrew Rowan Summers 1954
Cherry-Tree Carol Pt. 2- Andrew Rowan Summers 1951
55. The Carnal and the Crane
56. Dives and Lazarus
57. Brown Robyn's Confession
58. Sir Patrick Spens
59. Sir Aldingar
60. King Estmere
61. Sir Cawline
62. Fair Annie
63. Child Waters
64. Fair Janet
65. Lady Maisry
66. Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet
67. Glasgerion
68. Young Hunting
69. Clerk Saunders
70. Willie and Lady Maisry
71. The Bent Sae Brown
72. The Clerk's Twa Sons O Owsenford
73. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
74. Fair Margaret and Sweet William
75. Lord Lovel
76. The Lass of Roch Royal
77. Sweet William's Ghost
78. The Unquiet Grave
79. The Wife of Usher's Well
80. Old Robin of Portingale
81. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
82. The Bonny Birdy
83. Child Maurice
84. Bonny Barbara Allen
85. Lady Alice
Recordings & Info 85. Lady Alice
US & Canadian Versions: Child 85. Lady Alice
George Colon- Nathan Hicks (NC) 1933
86. Young Benjie
87. Prince Robert
88. Young Johnstone
89. Fause Foodrage
90. Jellon Grame
91. Fair Mary of Wallington
92. Bonny Bee Hom
93. Lamkin
94. Young Waters
95. The Maid Freed from the Gallows
Recordings & Info 95. Maid Freed from the Gallows
US & Canadian Versions: 95 Maid Freed from Gallows
Endurance- Nathan Hicks (NC) circa 1936
Other US Ballads of English Origin
A- Other US Ballads of English Origin
B- Other US Ballads of English Origin
C- Other US Ballads of English Origin
D- Other US Ballads of English Origin
E- Other US Ballads of English Origin
Endurance- Nathan Hicks (NC) c. 1936
F- Other US Ballads of English Origin
G- Other US Ballads of English Origin
Gilderoy- Dusenberry (Arkansas) c.1930s
Ballads from United States of America
Fiddle Lyrics A-B
A Day's Happiness- Talley
A Hundred Miles
A Monday Was My Courtin' Day
A Scoldin' Wife
A Sup Of Good Whiskey
Acres of Clams- Version 1
Acres of Clams- Version 2
Acres of Clams- Version 3
After The Ball
Ain't Gonna Get No Supper Here Tonight
Ain't Gonna Rain No More- Version 1 Wendell Hall
Ain't Gonna Rain No More- Version 2 John Carson
Ain't Gonna Rain No More- Version 3 JOAFL 1911
Ain't Gonna Rain Mo More- Version 4 Brown
Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo- Version 5 Scarborough
Ain't Got No Honey Babe Now
Ain't No Bugs On Me- Version 1
Ain't No Bugs On Me- Version 2
Ain't No Bugs On Me- Version 3
Ain't No Use In Me Working So Hard
Ain't Nobody's Business- Earl Johnson
Ain't She Sweet- Fiddlin' Bob Larkin
Ain't That Skippin' and Flyin'
Ain't That Trouble In Mind
Alabama Bound- Version 1 Tennessee Ramblers
Alabama Bound- Version 2 Papa Charlie Jackson
Alabama Bound- Version 3 Louis Jordan
Alabama Bound- Version 4 Lead Belly
Alabama Bound- Version 5 Papa Hull and Long Cleve
Alabama Bound- Version 6 Don Reno and Bill Harrel
Alabama Bound- Version 7 Alan Lomax
Alabama Bound- Version 8 Roger McGuinn
Alabama Bound- Version 9 Valentine
Alabama Bound- Version 10 Abbott Family
Alabama Bound- Version 11 Van Morrison
Alabama Bound- Version 12 H. I. White
Alabama Bound- Version 13 Jelly Roll Morton
Alabama Bound- Version 14 Laura Smith
Alabama Bound- Version 15 Garnett Eskew
Alabama Bound- Version 16 (Morton 1938)
Alabama Bound- Version 17 Brown Collection
Alabama Gal Give the Fiddler A Dram- Gid Tanner
Alabama Gals- Version 1
Alabama Gals- Version 2
Alabama Jubilee- Bluegrass Version
Alabama Jubilee- Complete Version
All Night Long- Version 1 Original Shelton Brooks
All Night Long- Version 2 Burnett and Rutherford
All Night Long- Version 3 Oscar Craver
All Night Long- Version 4 Earl Johnson
All Night Long- Version 5 Joe Hickerson
All Night Long- Version 6 Howard and Price
And That Is Irish Too- See: Pig In The Parlor
Angelina Baker- Version 1 Original Stephen Foster
Angelina Baker- Version 2 Kuntz
Angelina Baker- Version 3 John Sharp
Angelina Baker- Version 4
Arizona Boys And Girls- Thorpe 1921
Arkansas Boys- Randolph
Arkansas Sheik- McMichen And Puckett
Arkansas Traveler- Dialogue Version
Arkansas Traveler- Version 2
Arkansas Traveler- Version 3
Arkansas Traveler- Version 4
Arkansas Traveler- Version 5
Arkansas Traveler- Version 6 Dialogue
As Free A Little Bird As I Can Be- John Hammonds
Ashoken Farewell- Version 1
Ashoken Farewell- Version 2
Ashoken Farewell- Version 3
At A Georgia Camp Meeting (Kerry Mills)
Atlanta Blues- Version 1
Aunt Dinah Drunk- Version 1
Aunt Rhody- Version 1
Aunt Rhody- Version 2
Awake! Awake!
Babes in the Woods Schottische
Baby Mine- Original Lyrics
Baby-O- Version 1 Frank Proffitt
Baby Your Time Ain't Long- Al Hopkins 1927
Back-Step Cindy
Back Home Again in Indiana- Bob Wills
Back to Jericho- Version 1 Carolina Tar Heels
Back to Jericho- Version 2 Doc Watson
Back Up and Push- Version 1
Back Up and Push- Version 2
Bad Man Ballad
Bad Lee Brown
Bake That Chicken Pie- Uncle Dave Macon
Bangum and His Boar
Banjo Pickin' Girl- Coon Creek Girls
Banjo Pickin' Girl- Bluegrass Messengers
Banjo Sam- Version 1
Banjo Sam- Version 2
Banks of Sacramento- Version 1
Banks of Sacramento- Version 2
Barlow Knife- Version 1
Barlow Knife- Version 2
Battle of New Orleans- Johnny Horton
Battle Of New Orleans- Version 2 Jimmy Driftwood
Battle of New Orleans- Version 3
Beans, Bacon and Gravy
Bear Creek
Bear Creek's Up
Bear Creek Hop
Bear Went Over The Mountain
Beaver Creek
Been To The East, Been To the West- Leake Co Revel
Been To The East, Been To the West- Version 2
Been To The East, Been To the West- Version 3
Been To The East- Version 4 Steve Meekins 1941
Beer Barrel Polka
Bell Cow- Version 1 (Bayard)
Bell Cow- Version 2 (Dixie Crackers)
Bell Cow- Version 3 (Richardson)
Benny Et a Woodchuck
Betty Anne
Betty Baker
Betty Martin- Version 1
Betty Martin- Version 2
Betty Martin- Version 3
Beware, Oh Take Care- Version 1 Blind Alfred Reed
Beware, Oh Take Care- Version 2 (NLCR)
Beware, Oh Take Care- Version 3 Original Lyrics
Big Ball in Memphis- Georgia Yellow Hammers
Big Ball in Town- Version 1 Kingston Trio
Big Ball In Town- Version 2 Skillet Lickers
Big Ball in Boston- Version 3 Mountain Ramblers
Big Ball in Town- Version 4 Assorted Lyrics
Big Ball in Cowtown- Version 5 Hoyle Nix
Big Bend Gal- Sammy Shelor 1927
Big-Eyed Rabbit- Version 1 Tommy Jarrell
Big Eyed Rabbit- Version 2 Bumgarner and Davis
Big-Eyed Rabbit- Version 3
Big-Eyed Rabbit- Version 4
Big-Eyed Rabbit- Version 5, Mellinger Henry
Big Sandy River- Richard Matteson
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 1 Messengers
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 2 Humorous Lyrics
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 3 Peggy Seeger
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 4
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 5 John Carson
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 6 Earl Johnson
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 7 Wayne Erbsen
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 8 Earliest Printed
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 9 Danny Walker
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 10 Dave Macon
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Crockett
Bile Dem Cabbage- Version 12 Two Early Versions
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?
Billy Boy (Long Version)
Billy Boy- Version 2
Billy Boy- Version 3 Brown Collection
Billy Patterson/Ol' Ridin' Hoss (Ford)
Birdie- Version 1
Birdie's Lament- Version 2 of "Birdie"
Black-Eyed Susie- Version 1 Bluegrass Messengers
Black-Eyed Susie- Version 2 Skillet Lickers
Black-Eyed Susie- Version 3 J.P. Nestor 1927
Black-Eyed Susie (Hop Up Kitty Puss)- Version 4
Black-Eyed Susie- Version 5 Lomax
Black-Eyed Susie- Version 6 Flatt & Scruggs
Black Them Boots- Version 1
Black Them Boots- Version 2
Black Them Boots- Version 3
Black Them Boots- Version 4
Black Them Boots- Version 5 Randolph
Blackberry Blossom- Richard Matteson
Blackberry Blossom
Blackest Crow- Version 1 Bluegrass Messengers
Blow Away the Morning Dew
Blowin' Down This Road (Guthrie)
Blue-Eyed Gal
Blue Goose- Rufus Crisp
Blue-Tailed Fly (Original Minstrel Version)
Blue-Tailed Fly- Version 2
Blue-Tailed Fly- Version 3
Blue-Tailed Fly (Standard Version)
Blue-Tailed Fly- Version 5 Leadbelly
Blue-Tail Fly- Version 6 Brown Collection
Boating Down the Mongol (Kenny Hall)
Boating Up Sandy- Version 1 Hawkins
Boating Up Sandy- Version 2 Charlie Bowman
Boatman Dance- Version 1 Original Lyrics
Boatman Dance- Version 2
Boatman Dance- Carolina Chocolate Drops
Boatman Dance- Version 4 Fiddle Lyrics
Bobby Shaftoe (British Versions)
Bobby Shaftoe (US Version)
Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains
Bonaparte's Retreat- Folk Version
Bonaparte's Retreat- King and Stewart Version
Bonnie Blue Flag
Booth Shot Lincoln- Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Bowling Green- Version 1 Uncle Earl
Bowling Green- Version 2 J.E. Mainer
Bowling Green- Version 3 Cousin Emmy
Bowling Green- Version 4 Eric Darling
Breakin' Up Christmas
Brer Rabbit
Buck Creek Gals- Version 1 Sharp
Buck Creek Girl- Version 2
Buck Creek Girls- Version 3
Buckeye Jim- Version 1 Fletcher Collins
Buckeye Jim- Version 2
Buckeye Jim- Version 3 Peggy Seeger
Buckeye Jim- Version 4 Anne Muir
Buckeye Jim- Version 5 Norman Cazden
Buck-Eye Rabbit- Collected Alan Lomax
Buck-Eyed Rabbit
Buffalo Gals- Version 1 Original Minstrel (White)
Buffalo Gals- Version 2
Buffalo Gals- Version 3 (Bluegrass)
Bugle Call Rag
Bully of the Town- Version 1 Original Lyrics
Bully of the Town- Version 2
Bully of the Town- Version 3
Bully Of The Town- Version 4
Bully of the Town- Version 5
Bully of the Town- Version 6
Bully of the Town- Version 7
Bunclody
Angeline The Baker- Uncle Eck Dunford; Version 5
Bake That Chicken Pie- Jackson County Barn Owls
And The Cat Came Back- Doc Roberts
Buttermilk- Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher
Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now- Version 2 Ashley
Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own- Taj Mahal
Baby Bumble Bee- Various lyrics
Atlanta Bound- Gene Autry
Boat's Up The River- Ola Bell Reed
Boat's Up The River- Roscoe Holcomb
Boat's Up The River- John Jackson
Alabama Gal- Version 3 J.E. Mainer
Black Annie- Joe Thompson
Black Annie- Dink Roberts
Black Annie- Georgia Yellow Hammers
Black Eyed Daisy- Joe and Odell Thompson
Black Eyed Daisy- Brown Collection 1920
All Night Long- Roba Stanley 1925
Alabama Gals- Version 4 Spencer Moore
Banks of the Old Tennessee- J.W. Hatcher 1939
Bonny George Campbell- Lunsford
Ain't Gonna Be Treated this Way- Carolina Tar Heel
All Night Long- Version 7 Clack Mountain
Banks of The Ohio- Clarence White
Alabama Bound- Version 18 Rich Brown
Arkansas Traveler- Will Head
Baby All Night Long- Clarence Ashley
Alabama Girl, Ain't You Comin' Out- Hutchison
All Night Long- Frank Hutchinson
All The Way Around My Susan Gal- JE Mainer
Arkansas Traveler- J. E. Mainer
Big-Eyed Rabbit- J. E. Mainer
Big Ball In Town- Version 5 J.E. Mainer
Al Smith For President- J.E. Mainer
Bully Of The Town- Version 8 J. E. Mainer
Around the World- Mike Seeger
Blind Fiddler, The- Jody Stecher
Blind Fiddler, The- Pete Seeger
Bell Cow- Version 4 Sing Out
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 15 Bill Monroe
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 14 Skillet Lickers
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 13 Stoneman
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 16 Lewis Hairston
Bile Dem Cabbage Down- Version 17 Belton Reese
Black Eyed Susan- Version 7 Whitter 1924
Black-Eyed Susie- Version 8 Ricky Skaggs
Black- Eyed Susie- Version 9 Doc Watson
Black Jack Davy- Version 1 Cliff Carlisle
Black Jack David - Version 2 Carter Family 1940
Black Jack Davy- Version 3 Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Black Jack David - Version 4 Obrey Ramsey
Black Jack David - Version 5 Mike Seeger
Bonnie Blue Eyes- Version 1 Carter Family
Bonnie Blue Eyes- Version 2 Dixon Brothers
Bonnie Blue Eyes- Version 3 Austin Harmon
Breaking Up Christmas- Leftwitch and Higganbotham
Buggerboo
Birmingham- Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers 1928
Brennan on The Moor- Neil Morris 1959
Braying Mule- Uncle Dave Macon
Bill Cheatum
Arouser- Play-party song; Lomax 1939
Black Jack Davie- JOAFL 1935
Bugaboo, The- Mrs. Samuel Harmon, TN 1930
Fiddle Lyrics C
Cabin Creek
Cacklin' Hen- Fiddlin' John Carson
Cacklin' Hen- Version 2
Cacklin' Hen- Version 3
Cacklin' Hen- Version 4 Lunsford
Calico
Callahan- Version 1
Callahan- Version 2
Campbells Are Coming, The- Version 1
Campbells Are Coming, The- Version 2
Camptown Races, De- Original Foster Lyrics
Camptown Races, De- Verison 2
Can't Put The Bridle On That Mule- Julius Daniels
Can't Ye Hilo?
Captain Jinks
Careless Love- Version 1 Handy 1892
Careless Love- Version 2 Perrow 1909
Careless Love- Version 3 "Kelly's Love" 1911
Careless Love- Version 4 Handy 1921 Loveless Love
Careless Love Version 5 Holiday (Loveless Love)
Careless Love- Version 6 Handy (1925 Folk)
Careless Love- Version 7 Riley Puckett
Careless Love- Version 8 Byrd Moore
Careless Love- Version 9 Joel Mapus
Careless Love- Version 10 Flatt & Scruggs
Careless Love- Version 11 Dock Boggs
Careless Love- Version 12 Lonnie Johnson
Careless Love- Version 13 Jean Ritchie
Careless Love- Version 14 Richard Matteson
Carve That Possum- Version 1 Original Lyrics Lucas
Carve That Possum- Version 2 Uncle Dave Macon
Carve That Possum- Version 3 Talley
Carve That Possum- Version 4 Thede
Carve That Possum- Version 5 Odum
Casey Jones- Version 1 Original Saunders Lyrics
Casey Jones- Version 2 "Official" Copywrited
Casey Jones- Version 3 Mississippi John Hurt
Casey Jones- Version 4 Hank Snow
Casey Jones- Version 5 Grateful Dead
Casey Jones- Version 6 Skillet Lickers
Casey Jones- Version 7 Biographies
Casey Jones- Version 8 Burl Ives
Casey Jones- Version 9 Part 1 & 2- Furry Lewis
Casey Jones- Version 10 Jesse James 1936
Casey Jones- Version 11 African-American version
Cat Came Back, The- Version 1 Original Lyrics
Cat Came Back, The- Version 2
Cat Came Back, The- Version 3
Cat Came Back, The- Version 4
Cat Came Back, The- Version 5 New Christy Minstrel
Cat Came Back, The- Version 6
Cat Came Back, The- Version 7 Agnes Burton
Catfish, The (See: Banjo Sam- Version 2)
Cat's Got The Measles- Version 1 Walter Smith
Cat's Got The Measles- Version 2 Cousin Emmy
Cave Love Has Gained the Day- Harrell
Charlie's Sweet- Version 1 Cecil Sharp
Charles Guiteau- Version 1 Kelly Harrell
Charles Guiteau- Version 2
Charles Guiteau- Version 3 Biography
Charles Guiteau- Version 4
Charleston Gals (Minstrel Lyrics)
Charleston Gals (Fiddle lyrics) Version 2
Charleston Gals- Version 3 (printed 1867)
Charleston Town
Charley Is A Good Ol' Man
Charlotte Town Is Burning Down- Version 1
Charlotte Town is Burning- Version 2
Charlotte Town Is Burning Down- Version 3
Charlottetown/Charleston Fires
Charming Betsy- Version 1 Fiddlin John Carson 1925
Charming Betsy- Version 2 Brown Collection
Charming Betsy- Version 3 Jim Jackson
Charming Betsy- Version 4 Voices Dust Bowl
Charming Betsy- Version 5 Limeliters
Charming Molly
Chase the Buffalo
Chase the Squirrel
Chattanooga Sugar Babe- Version 1 Blake
Chattanooga Sugar Babe- Version 2 Cash
Chicken
Chicken Don't Roost Too High- Version 1 Perrow
Chicken Don't Roost Too High- Version 2 McClungs
Chicken Don't Roost Too High- Version 3 Fred Lyon
Chicken Don't Roost Too High- Version 4 Odum
Chicken Don't Roost Too High- Version 5 Collins
Chicken Don't Roost Too High- Version 6 Stokes
Chicken (2) Dat's De Way To Spell Chicken 1902
Chicken (2) "C-H-I-C-K-E-N" McGee Brothers 1927
Chicken (2) "Chicken" Kallick; Version 3
Chicken (2) C-H-I-C-K-E-N Mississippi John Hurt
Chicken (2) "Ragtime Chicken Joe"- Roberts
Chicken (2) C-H-I-C-K-E-N Wellington
Chicken in the Barnyard
Chicken in the Bread Tray
Chicken Reel
Chilly Winds- Version 1 Cisco Houston
Chilly Winds- Version 2 Kingston Trio
Chilly Winds- Version 3 East Coast Blues
Chilly Winds- Version 4 Nina Simone
Chilly Winds- Version 5 Bob Dylan
Chilly Winds- Version 6 Seekers
Chilly Winds- Version 7 Levee Moan
Chilly Winds- Version 8
Chittlin Cooking Time in Cheatham County
Christmas Holiday (Pug Allen)
Christmas Time Is Coming
Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over
Cider
Cindy- Version 1 Bluegrass Messengers
Cindy- Version 2 Bradley Kincaid
Cindy Gal- Version 3 Poplin Family
Cindy in the Meadows- Version 4 Bumgardner
Cindy- Version 5 Kingston Trio
Cindy- Version 6 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee
Cindy- Version 7 Ricky Nelson
Cindy- Version 8 Cajun
Cindy- Version 9 Wayne Erbsen
Cindy- Version 10 Dan Tate
Cindy Gal- Carolina Chocolate Drops
Cindy- Version 12 Whoop 'Em Up Cindy- Macon
Cindy- Version 13 ("Silicone Cindy")
Cindy- Version 14 Brown Collection
Cindy- Version 15 Lomax 1911
Clear The Kitchen/ Clare De Kitchen 1832
Cluck Old Hen- Version 1 (Various Artists)
Cluck Old Hen- Version 2 (Frank Profitt)
Cluck Old Hen- Version 3 Fiddlin' Powers
Cluck Old Hen- Version 4 (Bogtrotters)
Cluck Old Hen- Version 5 (Hill Billies- Bowman)
Cluck Old Hen- Version 6 Doc Watson & Ashley
Cluck Old Hen- Version 7 (Tommy Jarrell)
Cluck Old Hen- Version 8 (Wayne Erbsen)
Cluck Old Hen- Version 9 (Edward Weaver)
Cluck Old Hen- Version 10 Perrow 1909
Cluck Old Hen- Version 11 (Vester Jones)
Coffee Grows on White-Oak Trees
Cold Rain and Snow- Version 1 (Cecil Sharp)
Cold Rain and Snow- Version 2 (Obray Ramsey)
Cold Rain and Snow- Version 3 (Grateful Dead)
Cold Rain and Snow- Version 4 Dillard Chandler
Cold Rain and Snow- Version 5 Betsy Rutherford
Come On Son- Curly Fox
Coon Can- See: "Little Sadie" Version 8
Cornbread, 'Lasses & Sassafras Tea- June Carter
Cornbread 'Lasses & Sassafras Tea- Oscar & Lonzo
Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow
Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow- Version 2
Corporal Casey
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 1 (John Dykes)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 2 Carter Brothers
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 3 (from Mississippi)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 4 (Bill Monroe)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 5 (Kenny Hall)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 6 (Thomas & Leeder)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 7 (Mountain Ramblers)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 8 (Scarborough)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 9 (Art Thieme)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 10
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 11 (Thomas Talley)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 12 (Red Clay Ramblers)
Cotton-Eyed Joe- Version 13
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 14
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 15 (Lomax)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 16
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 17 North Louisiana String
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 18 (Bob Wills)
Cotton Eyed Joe- Version 19 (Freight Hoppers)
Country Blues- Version 1 (Doc Boggs- 1927)
Country Blues- Version 2 (Doc Boggs- 1963)
Country Blues- Version 3 (Montoya's Web-site)
Country Ham and Red Gravy-
Cousin Sally Brown
Crawdad- Version 1 (Thede- "Sweet Child")
Crawdad- Version 2 (Crawdad Hole)
Crawdad- Version 3
Crawdad- Version 4 (Harry Belafonte)
Crawdad- Version 5 (Langstaff-"Crowfish Man")
Crawdad- Version 6
Crawdad- Version 7 (Doc Watson)
Crawdad- Version 8 (Lomax)
Crawdad- Version 9 "What Makes A Frenchman" Perrow
Crawdad- Version 10 ("Old Mister Rabbit" Dan Tate)
Cripple Creek- Version 1
Cripple Creek- Version 2 (Country Gentlemen)
Cripple Creek- Version 3 Poole's "Shootin' Creek"
Cripple Creek- Version 4
Cripple Creek- Version 5
Cripple Creek- Version 6 (Frank Proffitt)
Cripple Creek- Perrow 1909
Cross-Eyed Butcher and the Cacklin' Hen
Crow Black Chicken- Version 1 (Ry Cooder)
Crow Black Chicken- Version 2 (Hog Stompers)
Crow Black Chicken- Original Lyrics
Crow-Fish Man- Sharp
Cuckoo, The- Version 1 (Ford)
Cuckoo, The- Version 2 (Jean Ritchie)
Cuckoo, The- Version 3 (Maid From Bunclody)
Cuckoo, The- Version 4 (Streams of Bunclody)
Cuckoo, The- Version 5 (Maid From Bunclody-2 )
Cuckoo, The- Version 6 (Coo Coo's A Bonny Bird)
Cuckoo, The- Version 7 (A Walkin' and A Talkin')
Cuckoo, The- Version 8 (4th of July)
Cuckoo, The- Version 9 Dolly Parton
Cuckoo, The- Version 10 (Judy Mahan)
Cuckoo, The- Version 11 (Deana Carter)
Cuckoo, The- Version 12 (Traditional English)
Cuckoo, The- Version 13 (Queen Caroline Hughes)
Cuckoo, The- Version 14 (Inconstant Lover)
Cuckoo, The- Version 15 (Peter Paul & Mary)
Cuckoo, The- Version 16 (Janis Joplin)
Cuckoo, The- Version 17 (Traditional Irish)
Cuckoo, The- Version 18 (Cecil Sharp)
Cuckoo, The- Version 19 (Doc Watson)
Cuckoo's Nest, The- Version 1
Cuckoo's Nest, The- Version 2 (Jean Redpath)
Cuckoo's Nest, The- Version 3 (John Shiels)
Cuckoo's Nest, The- Version 4 (Logsdon)
Cuckoo's Nest, The- Version 5 (Oscar Brand)
Cuckoo's Nest, The- Version 6 (Magpies Nest)
Cuckoo's Nest, The- Version 7 (Green Crown)
Cumberland Gap- Version 1 (Also: Dogget's Gap)
Cumberland Gap- Version 2 (Dock Boggs)
Cumberland Gap- Version 3
Cumberland Gap- Version 4
Cumberland Gap- Version 5 (Civil War)
Cumberland Gap- Version 6 (Lonnie Donegan)
Cumberland Gap- Version 7 Jimmy Driftwood
Cumberland Gap- Version 8 (Bluegrass Messengers)
Cumberland Gap- Version 9 (Dent Wimmer)
Curly Headed Woman- Burnett and Rutherford
Czolgosz- Lunsford; also: White House Blues
Cuckoo, The- Version 20 Richard Matteson
Coon Dog
Can't You Hear Them Wolves A-Howling?
Casey Jones- Version 12 Perrow 1905
Candy Gal- Vera Hall
Charming Betsy- Version 6 Land Norris (banjo)
Charming Betsy- Version 7 Henry Thomas 1929
Charming Betsy- Version 8 Georgia Organ Grinders
Cindy In The Summertime- Ellery Brothers
Casey Jones- Gordon Collection; Version 13
Fiddle Lyrics D-E
Dance All Night- Version 1 Skillet Lickers
Dance All Night- Version 2 (Kuntz)
Dance All Night- Version 3 (Eller/ Rosenbaum)
Dance All Night- version 4 Highwoods String Band
Dandy Jim From Caroline (Minstrel Lyrics)
Danny Boy
Danville Girl- Version 1 (Dock Boggs 78 Version)
Danville Girl- Version 2 (Dock Boggs)
Danville Girl- Version 3 ("Belt Line Girl")
Danville Girl- Version 4 (Guthrie & Houston)
Danville Girl- Version 5 (Pete Seeger)
Danville Girl- Version 6 Bob Dylan
Danville Girl- Version 7 (Burnett)
Danville Girl- Version 8 "Gambler"
Danville Girl- Version 9 (Guthrie's "Poor Boy")
Danville Girl- Version 10 (Watson's "The Hobo")
Danville Girl- Version 11 "Waiting for a Train"- R
Danville Girl- Version 12 "Waiting for a Train"-Au
Dark Hollow- Version 1 (Seldom Scene)
Dark Hollow- Version 2 (Grateful Dead)
Dark Hollow- Version 3 (Ralph Stanley)
Dark Hollow- Version 4 (Clarence Ashley)
Darling Cory- Version 1 (Flatt and Scruggs)
Darling Cory- Version 2 (Grateful Dead)
Darling Cory- Version 3 (German site)
Darling Cory- Version 4 (Pete Seeger)
Darling Cory- Version 5 ("Dig A Hole "- Lomax)
Darling Cory- Version 6 (Lomax)
Darling Cory- Version 7 Aunt Molly Jackson
Darling Cory- Version 8 (Sharp's EFSSA No. 152-B)
Darling Cory- Version 9 (Silber)
Darling Cory- Version 10 (Monroe Brothers )
Darling Cory- Version 11 (Sharp's EFSSA No. 152-A)
Darling Cory- Version 12 (Mudcat)
Darling Cory- Version 13 (Kingston Trio)
Darling Cory- Version 14 (Dick Justice- 1929)
Darling Cory- Version 15 (Harry Belafonte)
Darling Cory- Version 16 (Pleaz Mobley)
Darling Cory- Version 17 (Joel Mabus)
Darling Cory- Version 18 (B.F. Shelton- 1927)
Darling Cory- Version 19 (Seldom Scene)
Darling Cory- Version 20 (Buell Kazee)
Darling Nellie Gray- Original Minstrel Lyrics
Darling Nellie Gray- Version 2
Davy, Davy
Devil Eat The Groundhog- Owen Chapman
Devil Went Down To Georgia, The
Devilish Mary- Version 1 (Skillet Lickers)
Devilish Mary- Version 2
Devilish Mary- Version 3
Devilish Mary- Version 4
Devilish Mary- Version 5 (Kincaid)
Devil's Dream, The
Diamond Joe- Version 1 (Kuntz)
Diamond Joe- Version 2 (Western- Dylan)
Diamond Joe- Version 3 (Western- Porter & Ramano)
Diamond Joe- Version 4 (Fiddle Tune- Mudcat)
Diamond Joe- Version 5 (Western- Mudcat)
Diamond Joe- Version 6 (Harry Bellafonte)
Diamond Joe- Version 7 (Fiddle tune- Tex Logan)
Diamond Joe- Version 8 (Lomax Field Recording)
Diamond Joe- Version 9 (1911 JOAFL Odum)
Diamond Joe- Version 10 (1909 Perrow)
Diamond Joe- Version 11 (GA Crackers)
Dinah- (Kenny Hall)
Dixie
Dixie (Original Minstrel Lyrics)
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do Round My Lindy- (Fiddlin' John Carson)
Doctor, Doctor
Dogget's Gap- Lunsford
Done All I Can Do- E.C. Perrow 1909
Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind- Mainer
Don't Get Trouble In Your Mind- Version 2 (Blevins
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down- Version 1 (Poole)
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down- Version 2 (Watson)
Don't Let Your Deal- Version 3 (Flatt & Scruggs)
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down- Version 4 (Mabus)
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down- Version 5 (Dylan)
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down- Version 6 (Odum 1911)
Don't You Leave Me Here- Version 1 (Morton-1939)
Don't You Leave Me Here- Version 2 (Smith-1927)
Don't You Rock Me Daddio- (Van Morrison)
Down in Alabam (Original Minstrel Lyrics)
Down in Alabam- Version 2
Down in Jay Bird Town- Indiana Play-Party 1916
Down in the Coal Mine
Down that Old Plank Road- See: Old Plank Road
Down The Road- Version 1 (Flatt and Scruggs)
Down The Road- Version 2 (Dick Connette)
Down The Road- Version 3 (Mudcat)
Down The Road- Version 4 (Lomax- 1939)
Down Yonder
Drowsy Sleeper
Drunken Hiccups- Version 1 (Bayard)
Drunken Hiccups- Version 2 (Ford)
Drunken Hiccups- Version 3 (Thede)
Drunken Hiccups- Version 4 (Clayton)
Drunken Hiccups- Version 5
Drunken Hiccups- Version 6 Tommy Jarrell
Drunken Hiccups- Version 7 Fiddlin' John Carson
Drunken Sailor
Ducks On The Millpond- (Lomax/Jarrell)
Ducks On The Millpond- Version 2 (Lomax)
Dummy Line, The (Lunsford)
Dusty Miller
Dusty Miller (English Version)
Dusty Miller (Mother Goose)
East Virginia- Version 1
East Virginia- Version 2 (Sharp B)
East Virginia- Version 3 (Sharp C)
East Virginia- Version 4 "Awake! Awake
East Virginia- Version 5 (Presnell)
East Virginia- Version 6 (Ritchie)
East Virginia- Version 7 (Buell Kazee)
East Virginia- Version 8 (Doc Watson)
East Virginia- Version 9 Sharp D
East Virginia- Version 10 (Carters 1)
East Virginia- Version 11 (Carters 2)
East Virginia- Version 12 (Ashley)
East Virginia- Version 13 (Stanley)
East Virginia- Version 14 (Garcia)
East Virginia- Version 15 (Joan Baez)
East Virginia- Version 16
East Virginia- Version 17
East Virginia- Version 18 (Dan Tate)
East Virginia Girls
Eighth of January
Eight More Miles to Louisville (Grandpa Jones)
Elder Green's in Town
Duck Chewed Tobacco- Richard Matteson
Drunkard's Dream- Version 1 Thede
Drunken Hiccups- Hobart Smith
Did You Ever See The Devil Uncle Joe- Powers
De Old Gray Goose- Minstrel Lyrics, Version 1
Davy Dugger- Brown Collection
Don't You Leave Me Here- Hull and Reed 1927
Elder Green Blues- Charlie Patton
Fiddle Lyrics F-G
Faded Love- Bob Wills
Fall On My Knees- Version 1
Fall On My Knees- Version 2
Fall On My Knees- Version 3
Fall On My Knees- Version 4
Fare You Well My Susan
Farewell To Ballymoney
Farewell To Whisky- Version 1
Farewell To Whisky- Version 2
Farewell To Whisky- Version 3 (Redpath)
Father's Got A Home
Feast Here Tonight- Monroe Brothers
Feather Bed (Gus Cannon)
Fellow That Looked Like Me
Few Days- Version 1 (Bayard)
Few Days- Version 2
Few Days- Version 3 American Memory
Fifteen Cents
Fine Times At Our House
Finger Ring
Fire on the Mountain- Version 1 (Rhyme Source)
Fire on the Mountain- Version 2
Fire on the Mountain- Version 3
Fire on the Mountain- Version 4 Curly Fox
Fish on a Hook- (Dan Tate)
Five Hundred Miles
Flop Eared Mule- Version 1
Flop Eared Mule- Version 2
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Fly Around- Version 2
Fly Around- Version 3
Fly Around- Version 4
Fly Around- Version 5
Fly Around- Version 6
Fly Around- Version 7
Fly Around- Version 8 (Loveless)
Fly Around- Version 9 (Lunsford)
Fly Around- Version 10
Fly Around- Version 11
Fly Around- Version 12 (Skillet Lickers)
Fly Around- Version 13
Fly Around- Version 14 (Mabus)
Fly Around- Version 15 "Western Country"
Fly Around- Version 16 "Coffee Grows"
Fly Around- Version 17 (Frank Proffitt)
Fo' Hundred Miles (1909 Version)
Footprints in the Snow- 1866 Version
Footprints in the Snow- 1880s Version
Footprints in the Snow- 1899 Version
Footprints in the Snow- Bill Monroe
Footprints in the Snow- Osborne Brothers
Forked Deer
Forked Dear- Pete Hammons
Fortune- Version 1 (Tommy Jarrell)
Fortune- Version 2 (Backwoods Band)
Fortune- Version 3 (Perrow- 1905)
Fortune- Version 4 Brown Collection
Fortune- Version 5 Broadside from 1800s
Four Cent Cotton- (Lowe Stokes- 1930)
Four Cent Cotton- Version 3 Skillet Lickers
Four In The Middle- Version 1
Four In The Middle- Version 2
Four In The Middle- Version 3
Frankie and Johnny- Version 1 (Jimmy Rodgers)
Frankie and Johnny- Version 2 (Charlie Poole)
Frankie and Johnny- Version 3
Frankie and Johnny- Version 4 (Frankie and Albert)
Frankie and Johnny- Version 5 (Frankie and Albert)
Frankie and Johnny- Version 6 (Guy Lombardo)
Frankie and Johnny- Version 7 (Leadbelly)
Frankie and Johnny- Version 8 (Jack Dupree)
Frankie and Johnny- Version 9
Frankie and Johnny- Version 10 (Silverstein)
Free Little Bird- Version 1 (Dykes Magic City)
Free Little Bird- Version 2 (Max Hunter)
Free Little Bird- Version 3 (Ruth Seeger)
Free Little Bird- Version 4 (Watson and Ashley)
Free Little Bird- Version 5 (Laura Lawson)
Free Little Bird- Version 6 (Original: "Kitty Clyd
Free Little Bird- Version 7 (1909 Perrow)
Freight Train- Elizabeth Cotten
Frog In The Millpond
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 1
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 2
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 3
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 5 (Armstrong)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 4
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 6
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 7
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 8 (Dylan)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 9
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 10 (Canadian)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 11
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 12 (Burl Ives)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 13 (1611)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 14 (Messengers)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 15
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 16
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 17 (King Kong)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 18 (Early)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 19 (Puddy)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 20 (Uncle Rat)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 21 (Nick Drake)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 22 (Spinners)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 23 (Perrow 1909)
Froggie Went A-Courtin'- Version 24 Brown
Garry Owen
Gate To Go Through
Geezer and the Guiser
Gentle Maiden, The
Georgia Buck- Version 1
Georgia Buck- Version 2
Georgia Buck- Version 3 (Elizabeth Cotten)
Georgia Buck- Version 4 (Dink Roberts)
Georgia Buck- Version 5 (Dent Wimmer)
Georgia Buck- Version 6 ("Barb'ra Buck"-Sharp)
Georgia Buck- Al Hopkins 1927 version
Georgia Buck- Version 8 Frank C. Brown Collection
Georgia Camp Meeting (Kerry Mills)
Georgia Gal
Georgia Railroad- Version 1 (Gid Tanner)
Georgia Railroad- Version 2 (Frailing Banjo)
Georgia Railroad- Version 3
Georgiana Moon- Clayton McMichen
Gettin' Upstairs- Version 1 (Minstrel lyrics)
Gettin' Upstairs- Version 2
Gettin' Upstairs- Version 3
Gettin' Upstairs- Version 4
Gettin' Upstairs- Version 5 "Never Seen The Like"
Gilderoy- Version 1
Gilderoy- Version 2
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 1 (Early Irish)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 2 (Bob Dylan)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 3 (Irish)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 4 (Cowboy)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 5 (7th Cavalry)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 6 (Jules Allen)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 7 (Peggy Walker)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 8 (Maggie Walker)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 9 (Parody)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 10 (1820- Boston)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 11 (Andy Levine)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 12 (Max Hunter)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 13 (Max Hunter)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 14 (1927)
Girl I Left Behind Me- Version 15 (Maggie Walker)
Girl Of Constant Sorrow- Sara Ogan Gunning
Git Along Cindy- (Ford) see also Cindy
Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents (Clodhoppers)
Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents (Doc Watson)
Give Me That Old Time Religion- (Woody Guthrie)
Give Me That Old Time Music- Version 2 (Parody)
Give Me That Old Time Religion- Version 3 Standard
Give Me That Old Time Religion- Version 4
Give Me That Old Time Religion- Tillman 1889
Give Me That Old Time Religion- Version 6 (Perrow
Give Me That Old Time Religion- Version 7 Parody
Give Me That Old Time Religion- Version 8
Give The Fiddler A Dram
Go Home With The Girls in the Morning- Wills
Go In and Out The Window- Version 1 Brown
Go In And Out The Window- Version 2 Indiana 1916
Go in and Out the Window- Version 3 English 1898
Go Tell Aunt Rhody- See: Aunt Rhody
Go To Sleep, John Dinny- See Also "Dinah"
Going Across The Sea- (Uncle Dave Macon)
Going Down the River- See Also: Davy, Davy
Going Down the River- Version 2
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad- (Bill Monroe)
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad- (Grateful Dead)
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad- (Big Bill Broonzy
Goin' Down To Cairo- See: "Black Them Boots"
Goin' Down To Town- See: "Lynchburg Town"
Going 'Round This World- Original 1874
Going 'Round This World- Version 2; "Banjo Pickin'
Going 'Round This World- Standard Bluegrass lyrics
Going 'Round This World- Version 4; Pete Steele
Going 'Round This World- Version 5; Burnett 1929
Going 'Round This World- Version 6 Sara Gunning
Going To Boston- Version 1 Indiana 1916
Going To Boston- Version 2 Jean Ritchie
Going to Boston- Version 3 Lomax
Golden Slippers (Oh, Them)- Version 1 Original
Gonna Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
Goober Peas- Version 1 (Kingston Trio)
Good Indian (Thede)
Goodbye Girls We're Going to Boston- Stampler
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 1 (Hill Billies)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 2 (Tenneva Ramblers)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 3 (Eddie Fox)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 4 (Uncle Am Stuart)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 5 (Thede)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 6
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 7
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 8 (Thomas Talley)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 9 (White)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 10 (Sandburg)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 11 (Bradley Kincaid)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 12 (Kathleen Krull)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 13 (Thomas & Leeder)
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 14
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 15 ('Lasses Cane- Thede
Goodbye Liza Jane- Version 16 (Randolph)
Goodbye Miss Liza Jane- Version 1 Original lyrics
Goodbye Miss Liza Jane- Version 2 (Charlie Poole)
Goodbye Miss Liza Jane- Version 3
Got A Little Home to Go To- Tom, Brad and Alice
Got No Sugar Baby Now- Frank Proffitt
Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog- See: Hound Dog Song
Governor Al Smith- Carolina Night Hawks
Grandfather's Clock- (Henry Clay Work)
Grandfather's Clock- (Sequel)
Grandma Blair- (Thede) See Also: Old Molly Hare
Grandmammy Look At Uncle Sam- (Forrester)
Granny Went To Meeting With Her Old Shoes On
Granny Will Your Dog Bite? Version 1
Granny Will Your Dog Bite? Version 2
Granny Will Your Dog Bite?- Version 3 (Ford)
Granny Will Your Dog Bite?- Version 4 (Thede)
Granny Will Your Dog Bite?- Version 5 (Talley)
Granny Will Your Dog Bite?- Version 6 (Milnes)
Granny Will Your Dog Bite?- Version 7 (Perrow)
Greasy Coat- Version 1 (Kuntz)
Greasy String- Version 1 (Jarrell)
Great Big Taters in Sandy Land- Version 1 (Thede)
Great Big Taters in Sandy Land- Version 2 (Hall)
Great Big Taters in Sandy Land- Version 3 (Ford)
Great Big Taters in Sandy Land- Version 4 (Cluanch
Green Corn- Version 1 (Leadbelly) see: Hot Corn
Green Grow The Rushes, O!- Version 1
Green Grow The Rushes, O!- Version 2 (Burns)
Green Grow The Rushes, O!- Version 3 (Ford)
Green Grow The Rushes, O!- Version 4 (Bayard)
Green Willis (Kuntz)
Greenback Dollar (Fiddle Tune)- Version 1 (Weems)
Greenback Dollar (Fiddle Tune)- Version 2 (Perrow)
Greenback Dollar (Song)- Version 1 (Ashley)
Greenback Dollar (Song)- Version 2 (Randloph A)
Greenback Dollar (Song)- Version 3 (Randloph B)
Greenback Dollar (Song)- Version 4 (Randloph C)
Greenback Dollar (Song)- Version 5 (Randloph D)
Greenback Dollar (Song)- Version 6 (Hoyt Axton)
Greenback Dollar (Trad. Song)- Version 7 (Lomax)
Grey Cat On A Tennessee Farm (Uncle Dave Macon)
Ground Hog- Version 1
Ground Hog- Version 2 (Lomax)
Ground Hog- Version 3 (Joel Mabus)
Ground Hog- Version 4
Ground Hog- Version 5
Ground Hog- Version 6 (Frank Proffitt)
Ground Hog- Version 7 (Stanley Hicks)
Groundhog- Version 8 Brown Collection
Guiness on a Saucer (Kenny Hall)
Gum Tree Canoe- S.S. Steele 1847
Gwine Dig A Hole And Put The Devil In- Leadbelly
Fiddler's Dram- Leadbelly
Go Tell Aunt Nancy- Almeida Riddle
Free Little Bird- Roscoe Holcomb
Going Back To Jericho- Dock Walsh
Goodbye, My Bonnie Goodbye- Carolina Tar Heels
Goodbye Little Bonnie- J.E. Mainer
Going To London- Noah Beavers
Goin' to See My True Love- Jean Ritchie 1953
Going Up To Hamburg- John Hatcher 1939
Frog Went Courtin'- Richardson 1956
Fiddle Lyrics H-I