English Songs and Ballads, by

About this eBook

Compiler

Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson), 1865-1924

Title

English Songs and Ballads

Credits

Produced by Lewis Jones

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Songs, English -- Texts

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22223

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22223

Release Date

August 2, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ENGLISH SONGS AND BALLADS — INDEX OF AUTHORS — ANONYMOUS
2. 2.SONGS AND BALLADS — MY SWETE SWETING — LORD VAUX — THINKING — RICHARD EDWARDES — THE FALLING OUT OF FAITHFUL FRIENDS — SIR THOMAS WYATT — THE LOVER'S LUTE — CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE — THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE — JOHN STILL — JOLLY GOOD ALE AND OLD — NICHOLAS BRETON — PHILLIDA AND CORYDON — THOMAS NASH — SPRING — SIR EDWARD DYER — MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS — JAMES SHIRLEY — DEATH THE LEVELLER — THOMAS HEYWOOD — YE LITTLE BIRDS THAT SIT AND SING — PACK CLOUDS, AWAY — BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER — SLEEP — SONG TO PAN — ASPATIA'S SONG — JOHN FLETCHER — BEAUTY CLEAR AND FAIR — LET THE BELLS RING, AND LET THE BOYS SING — WEEP NO MORE — PAN — GOD LYAEUS — A BATTLE-SONG — ANONYMOUS — MY LADY GREENSLEEVES — SIR PHILIP SIDNEY — MY TRUE LOVE — JOHN WEBSTER — DIRGE — THE SHROUDING — THOMAS DEKKER — CONTENT — TROLL THE BOWL — ANONYMOUS — SIR PATRICK SPENS — THE BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BEDNALL-GREEN — PART II — THE BABES IN THE WOOD — ROBIN HOOD AND THE PINDER OF WAKEFIELD — THE NUT-BROWN MAID — SIR HUGH OF LINCOLN — THE GYPSY COUNTESS — THERE WERE THREE LADIES — THE HEIR OF LINNE — PART II — THE OLD AND YOUNG COURTIER — THE WINNING OF CALES — THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON — CHEVY CHASE — PART II — MICHAEL DRAYTON — THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT — ANONYMOUS — SONG OF THE ENGLISH BOWMEN — WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE — WINTER — INGRATITUDE — FIDELE — UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE — SYLVIA — SONG — A SEA DIRGE — OPHELIA'S SONG — WHEN DAISIES PIED — IT WAS A LOVER — SWEET AND TWENTY — MUSIC — THE PEDLAR — SOLDIER'S SONG — DOUBT NOT — ARIEL — SIGH NO MORE, LADIES — THE SWEET O' THE YEAR — HARK! HARK! THE LARK! — OVER HILL, OVER DALE — ONE IN TEN — PUCK — LULLABY — SONG — THOMAS CAMPION — CHERRY-RIPE — LAURA — COME, CHEERFUL DAY — FOLLOW THY FAIR SUN — BEN JONSON — TO CELIA — SONG FROM 'CYNTHIA'S REVELS' — THE SWEET NEGLECT — ANONYMOUS — THE WEAVER'S SONG — THE HONEST FELLOW — ROBIN GOODFELLOW — TIME'S ALTERATION — GEORGE WITHER — SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR — I LOVED A LASS, A FAIR ONE — CHRISTMAS — THOMAS CAREW — ASK ME NO MORE — ROBERT HERRICK — NIGHT-PIECE TO JULIA — THE MAD MAID'S SONG — TO BLOSSOMS — TO DAFFODILS — JULIA — TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF THEIR TIME — TWELFTH NIGHT, OR KING AND QUEEN — THE BAG OF THE BEE — A THANKSGIVING FOR HIS HOUSE — TO PRIMROSES, FILLED WITH MORNING DEW — DELIGHT IN DISORDER — CHERRY RIPE — GEORGE HERBERT — VIRTUE — ANONYMOUS — THE SPANISH ARMADO — SIR JOHN SUCKLING — A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING — WHY SO PALE AND WAN? — EDMUND WALLER — GO, LOVELY ROSE! — ANONYMOUS — THE FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING RIDE — RICHARD LOVELACE — TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON — TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS — MARTIN PARKER — YE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND — ANONYMOUS — THE FAIRY QUEEN — JOHN CHALKHILL — THE PRAISE OF A COUNTRYMAN'S LIFE — ANONYMOUS — HERE'S A HEALTH — JOHN GAY — BLACK-EYED SUSAN — ANONYMOUS — ANNIE LAURIE — JAMES THOMSON — RULE BRITANNIA — ANONYMOUS — HENRY CAREY — SALLY IN OUR ALLEY — WILLIAM HAMILTON — THE BRAES OF YARROW — WILLIAM SHENSTONE — THE SHEPHERD'S HOME — WILLIAM COWPER — THE' ROYAL GEORGE' — BOADICEA — DAVID GARRICK — HEARTS OF OAK — OLIVER GOLDSMITH — AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG — EDWIN AND ANGELINA — LADY ANNE BARNARD — AULD ROBIN GRAY — ALEXANDER ROSS — WOO'D, AND MARRIED, AND A'. — ANONYMOUS — THE BRITISH GRENADIERS — ANONYMOUS — HERE 'S TO THE MAIDEN — THOMAS CHATTERTON — BRISTOW TRAGEDY — MINSTREL'S SONG IN ELLA — WILLIAM BLAKE — THE PIPER — THE TIGER — ROBERT BURNS — SCOTS WHA HAE — FOR A' THAT — A RED, RED ROSE — COMIN' THRO' THE RYE — PHILLIS THE FAIR — AE FOND KISS — MY BONNY MARY — AFTON WATER — FOR THE SAKE OF SOMEBODY — WHISTLE, AND I 'LL COME TO YE, MY LAD — THE DE'IL'S AWA' WI' THE EXCISEMAN — LASSIE WI' THE LINT-WHITE LOCKS — I LOVE MY JEAN — THE HAPPY TRIO — JOHN ANDERSON MY JO — MY WIFE'S A WINSOME WEE THING — DUNCAN GRAY — MY AIN KIND DEARIE O — THE THORN — JOHN BARLEYCORN — ANONYMOUS — THE BANKS OF ALLAN WATER — SAMUEL ROGERS — DEAR IS MY LITTLE NATIVE VALE — A WISH — ROBERT BLOOMFIELD — THE FAKENHAM GHOST — ANONYMOUS — THE KEEL ROW — THE BLUE BELL OF SCOTLAND — LADY NAIRNE — THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN — CALLER HERRIN' — CHARLES DIBDIN — TOM BOWLING — BLOW HIGH, BLOW LOW — THE JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN
3. 3.SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE — THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER — PART II — PART III — PART IV — PART V — PART VI — PART VII — ANONYMOUS — THE VICAR OF BRAY — WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE — THERE 'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE — ANONYMOUS — THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME — SIR DAVID DALRYMPLE — EDWARD! EDWARD! — THOMAS PERCY — NANNY, WILT THOU GO WITH ME? — THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY — ROBERT SOUTHEY — THE INCHCAPE ROCK — THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE — THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM — FATHER WILLIAM — MRS. COCKBURN — THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST — WILLIAM WORDSWORTH — WE ARE SEVEN — SHE DWELT AMONG UNTRODDEN WAYS — I TRAVELLED AMONG UNKNOWN MEN — SIR WALTER SCOTT — LOCHINVAR — CORONACH — A WEARY LOT IS THINE — ALLEN-A-DALE — PIBROCH OF DONUIL DHU — SONG FROM 'THE PIRATE' — ROSABELLE — PROUD MAISIE — THOMAS CAMPBELL — LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER — THE SOLDIER'S DREAM — EXILE OF ERIN — YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND — THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC — NAPOLEON AND THE SAILOR — THE PARROT — HOHENLINDEN — MEN OF ENGLAND — JAMES HOGG — WHEN THE KYE COMES HAME — THE SKYLARK — ALLAN CUNNINGHAM — THE YOUNG MAXWELL — HAME, HAME, HAME — A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA — MY NANIE O — THOMAS MOORE — CANADIAN BOAT-SONG — GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE — THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS — RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE — THE MEETING OF THE WATERS — SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND — BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS — LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM — THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER — THE MINSTREL-BOY — THE TIME I'VE LOST IN WOOING — THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS — LORD BYRON — THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB — WHEN WE TWO PARTED — SONG — WE'LL GO NO MORE A-ROVING — SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY — B. W. PROCTER — SONG FOR TWILIGHT — CHARLES WOLFE — THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE AT CORUNNA — PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY — LAMENT — LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY — HYMN OF PAN — JOHN KEATS — LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI — THOMAS HOLCROFT — GAFFER GRAY — FELICIA HEMANS — THE PILGRIM FATHERS — THE VOICE OF SPRING — THE HOMES OF ENGLAND — THE CHILD'S FIRST GRIEF — THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD — CASABIANCA — THOMAS HOOD — THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM — THE SONG OF THE SHIRT — THE STARS ARE WITH THE VOYAGER — RUTH — LORD MACAULAY — IVRY — THE ARMADA — LORD TENNYSON — LADY CLARE — THE LORD OF BURLEIGH — EDWARD GRAY — THE OWL — ORIANA — THE LADY OF SHALOTT — PART II — PART III — PART IV — SONG — BREAK, BREAK, BREAK — THE GOOSE — IN AUTUMN — II — AS THROUGH THE LAND AT EVE WE WENT — THE BUGLE — HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD — THE BROOK — SWEET AND LOW — COME INTO THE GARDEN, MAUD — ASK ME NO MORE — THE SOLDIER — DUSK — A FAREWELL — THE BEGGAR MAID — COME NOT, WHEN I AM DEAD — O SWALLOW, SWALLOW — THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER — WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY — LITTLE BILLEE — ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH — GREEN FIELDS OF ENGLAND — ROBERT BROWNING — HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX — MARCHING ALONG — LADY DUFFERIN — THE IRISH EMIGRANT — LORD HOUGHTON — SONG — THE LONG-AGO — REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY — THE SANDS OF DEE — THREE FISHERS — ROBERT BURNS — AULD LANG SYNE — HENRY CAREY — GOD SAVE THE KING

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