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Ballet Of Barbara Allan, The (a) In Scarlet Toun Where I Was Born   Unknown 2336 83
Barbry Ellen (b) It Was All In The Month Of May   Unknown 2336 85
Barbara Allen (c) In Scarlet Town Where I Was Born   Unknown 2336 87
Barbare Allen (e) 'twas Early In The Month Of May     2336 89
Barbara Allen (d) In Scarlet Town Where I Was Born   Unknown 2336 89
Barbare Allen (f) Honor, Honor Was The Town     2336 91
Barbara Ellen (g) All In The Merry Month Of May     2336 92
Barbara Ellen (h) All In The Merry Month Of May     2336 93
Barberie Allen Sweet William Taken Sick And Died     2336 95
Lord Lovel (a) Lord Lovel He Stood At His Castle Gate     2336 99
Lord Lovel (b) Lord Lovel Stood At His Castle Gate     2336 101
Lord Lovel (c) Lord Lovel He Stood At His Castle Gate     2336 102
Lady Margret Sweet William He Rose One May Morning     2336 103
The Brown Girl (a) Lord Thomas, Lord Thomas, The Brave Young Soldier     2336 106
Lord Thomas And Fair Ellen (b) Fair Ellen, Fair Ellen Was A Beautiful Damsel     2336 107
Lord Thomas (c) Lord Thomas, Lord Thomas, A Brave Young Soldier     2336 109
Lord Thomas (d) Lord Thomas Was A Mighty Fine Gentleman     2336 110
Fair Ellender (e) Fair Elen She Has House And Lands     2336 112
Lord Thomas And Fair Ellendar Lord Thomas He Was A Bold Biler, Sir     2336 114
Sweet William I Went To My Uncle's House     2336 115
Death Of Molly Bender Come All You True Lovers And Hear Me Relate     2336 117
George Collins (a) George Collins Drove Home One Cold Winter Night     2336 118
George Collins (b) George Collins Rode Home One Cold Winter Night     2336 119
George Collins (c) George Collins Rode Home One Cold Winter's Night     2336 120
George Collins (d) George Collins Wrote Home One Cold Winter Night     2336 120
George Collins (e) George Collins Rode Home One Cold Winter's Night     2336 121
George Allien (f) George Allien Rode Home One Cold Winter Night     2336 121
Lass Of Roch Royal, The Oh, Who Will Shoe Your Foot, My Dear     2336 124
Honey Bee (b) Who'll Rock The Cradle     2336 124
I Truly Understand That You Love Some Other Man (c) I Wish To The Lord I'd Never Been Born     2336 125
Pretty Polly (a) In London Fair City A Lady Did Dwell     2336 128
Dying Polly (b) There Once Lived In Asheville A Mason By Trade     2336 129
Pretty Polly (c) Polly, Oh, Polly, Pretty Polly   Unknown 2336 130
Pretty Polly (d) It Was Early One Morning, One Morning In May   Unknown 2336 131
Pretty Polly (e) Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, A-yonder She Stands   Unknown 2336 132
Oh, Polly! (f) Oh, Polly, Oh, Polly, Oh, Polly   Unknown 2336 133
Loving Henery (a) Come In Loving Henery And Stay All Night By Me   Unknown 2336 135
Come In, Loving Henery (b) Come In, Come In, Loving Henery, She Said   Unknown 2336 136
Loving Henry (c) Come In, Come In, Loving Henry, Come In   Unknown 2336 136
Lady Maisry She Called To Her Little Page Boy   Unknown 2336 138
Katy Dear, Or Willie Darling (a) Oh, Katie Dear, Go Ask Your Mother   Unknown 2336 139
Mollie Dear, Go Ask Your Mother (b) Wake Up, Wake Up, You Drowsy Sleeper   Unknown 2336 140
Drowsy Sleepers Wake Up, Wake Up, You Drowsy Sleepers   Unknown 2336 141
Little Willie (d) Who Is Knocking At My Window?   Unknown 2336 142
Little Mose Groves (a) It Happened On One Holiday   Unknown 2336 144
Lord Donald's Wife (b) The First Come Down In Raving White   Unknown 2336 147
House Carpenter (a) Well Met, Well Met, My Old True Love   Unknown 2336 151
House Carpenter, A (b) Well Met, Well Met, My Own True Love   Unknown 2336 152
House Carpenter, The (c) Well Met, Well Met, My Old True Love   Unknown 2336 153
House Carpenter, The (d) Well Met, Well Met, Said My Old True Love   Unknown 2336 155
House Carpenter, The (e) Well Met, Well Met, My Old True Love   Unknown 2336 156
House Carpenter, The (f) I Have Just Returned From The Salt, Salt Sea   Unknown 2336 158
Knoxville Girl (a) My Tender Parents Brought Me Here   Unknown 2336 160
Knoxville Girl (b) 'twas In That Town Of Knoxville   Unknown 2336 161
Knoxville Gal (c) Oh! Little Town Of Knoxville   Unknown 2336 162
Two Sisters, The There Lived An Old Lord By The Northern Sea   Unknown 2336 164
There Was A Lady And A Lady Was She There Was A Lady And A Lady Was She   Unknown 2336 168
Cruel Mother, The She Leaned Her Back Agin Th' Wall   Unknown 2336 169
Little Boy Threw His Ball So High, A (a) A Little Boy Threw His Ball So High   Unknown 2336 172
Little Sir Hugh (b) It Rains, It Rains, In Merry Lincoln   Unknown 2336 173
Hugh Of Lincoln (c) It Rained A Mist, It Rained A Mist   Unknown 2336 174
There Was A Romish Lady There Was A Romish Lady   Unknown 2336 176
Randal, My Son Where Have You Been All This Day   Unknown 2336 179
Edward (a) How Come That Blood On Your Shirt Sleeve   Unknown 2336 181
Edward (b) How Came That Blood On Your Shirt Sleeve?   Unknown 2336 182
Murdered Brother, The What Is That Blood All On Your Hand?   Unknown 2336 183
Sweet Trinity, The / Golden Vanity, The (a) There Was A Ship Sailed From Th' Northern Country   Unknown 2336 184
Golden Willow Tree, The (b) I Suppose You All Know That In The Northern Sea   Unknown 2336 187
Mermaid, The 'twas Friday Morn When We Set Sail Oh, The Ocean Waves May Roll Unknown 2336 189
Bessie Bell And Mary Gray It Was Bessie Bell And Mary Gray   Unknown 2336 191
Ole Bangum Ole Bangum, Will You Hunt An' Ride?   Unknown 2336 192
Three Old Crows Three Old Crows Sat In A 'simmon Tree   Unknown 2336 194
Little Family, The There Was A Little Family Lived Up In Bethany   Unknown 2336 195
Hangman's Son, The (a) Hangman, Hangman, Slack Up Your Rope   Unknown 2336 197
Hangman, Hold Your Rope (b) Hangman, Hangman, Hold Your Rope   Unknown 2336 199
Hangman, Hold Your Rope (c) Hangman, Hangman, Wholl Your Rope   Unknown 2336 200
Brave Soldier, A Oh I'll Tell You Of A Soldier   Unknown 2336 201
Jackaroe (a) There Was A Silk Merchant   Unknown 2336 203
Jacky Freasher (b) There Was A Rich Old Merchant   Unknown 2336 205
Jackie Frazier (c) There Was A Old Rich Merchant   Unknown 2336 206
Jackie Frazier (d) There Was A Wealthy Merchant   Unknown 2336 208
Jailer's Daughter, The I Sailed East, I Sailed West   Unknown 2336 212
Georgy-o Come Bridle Me Up My Milk-white Steed   Unknown 2336 214
Three Gypsies, The (a) There Were Three Gypsies That Came To My Door   Unknown 2336 216
Black Jack Davy (b) Black Jack Davy Came Through The Woods   Unknown 2336 218
Gypsia Song So Sattle My Milk-white Stake   Unknown 2336 219
Oh Come And Go Back My Pretty Fair Miss (d) Oh Come And Go Back My Pretty Fair Miss   Unknown 2336 220
Gypsy Davy (e) Gypsy Davy Came Over The Hills   Unknown 2336 221
Lady's Disgrace, The (f) The Lord Came Home So Late At Night Ra Diddle Ding, Diddle Ding, Ding, Dey Unknown 2336 223
Gypsy Davy (g) Gypsy Davy Came Over The Hills   Unknown 2336 224
John Over The Hazel Green (a) As I Walk-ed Out Yonders Green Wood Tree   Unknown 2336 226
John Over The Hazel Green (b) As I Walked Out One Fair May Morning   Unknown 2336 226
Lady Lost Her Glove (a) Was You At The Wedding   Unknown 2336 228
Dog And Gun, The (b) A Lofty Young Squire From Portsmouth He Came   Unknown 2336 229
Captain Wedderburn's Courtship Bring Me A Cherry Without A Stone   Unknown 2336 230
Three Nights Of Experience (a) The First Night That I Came Home   Unknown 2336 232
Three Nights Of Experience (b) The First Night When I Came Home   Unknown 2336 234
I Called To My Loving Wife (c) I Called To My Loving Wife   Unknown 2336 235
Parson Jones (d) Parson Jones Looked In His Bed   Unknown 2336 236
Will De Weaver Nabor, Nabor, I've Come To Tell You   Unknown 2336 237
Cruel Wife, A There Was A Old Woman   Unknown 2336 239
Old Miller, The There Was An Old Man In Our Town   Unknown 2336 240
Old Miller, The He Calleth Up His Eldest Son   Unknown 2336 242
There Was An Old Man There Was An Old Man, And He Lived In The Woods   Unknown 2336 243
Frog Went A-courting Frog Went A-courting, He Did Ride   Unknown 2336 245
Frog Went Courting (b) Frog Went Courting, He Did Ride   Unknown 2336 247
Gentleman Frog, The (c) The Gentleman Frog Lived Under The Hill   Unknown 2336 247
Johnny Dile Oh, As It Happened On Last Saturday Night   Unknown 2336 249
Tam Lane May Margarey Sat In Her Castle Tower   Unknown 2336 251
Queen Jane Well, Jane Was In Labor   Unknown 2336 254
True Sweetheart, The (a) A Pretty Fair Damsel In A Garden   Unknown 2336 260
Pretty Fair Maid (b) A Pretty Fair Maid All In The Garden   Unknown 2336 261
Pretty Fair Damsel, A (c) A Pretty Fair Damsel All In The Garden   Unknown 2336 262
Lily Fair Damsel, A (d) A Lily Fair Damsel In The Garden   Unknown 2336 263
True Sweetheart, The A Little Fair Miss All In The Garden     2336 264
Soldier Boy, A A Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden Walking   Unknown 2336 265
Soldier's Return, The It Was On One Summer's Morning   Unknown 2336 266
Young Willie's Return, Or The Token (a) As I Walk-ed Out One Evening Fair   Unknown 2336 267
Sailor, The (b) As I Walked Out One Morning Early   Unknown 2336 268
Billy Ma Hone (c) Love Is Sweet And Love Is Pleasant   Unknown 2336 269
Come Along, My Own True Love Come Along, My Own True Love   Unknown 2336 270
Set You Down, My Own True Love (b) Come, Set You Down, My Own True Love   Unknown 2336 271
As I Walked Out One May Morning (c) As I Walked Out One May Morning   Unknown 2336 271
Waggoner's Lad, The (a) Your Horses They Are Hungry   Unknown 2336 272
My Fortune's Been Bad (b) I Am A Poor Girl   Unknown 2336 274
Last Farewell, The (c) Go Feed Your Horses Some Corn   Unknown 2336 276
Old Smokie (d) Up On Old Smokie   Unknown 2336 276
My Horses Ain't Hungry (e) My Horses Ain't Hungry   Unknown 2336 277
Old Smoky (f) On Top Of Old Smoky   Unknown 2336 278
False Lying True Love, A (g) Meeting Is A Pleasure   Unknown 2336 280
I'll Build My Log Cabin On A Mountain So High (h) I Once Loved A Drunkard   Unknown 2336 281
I'll Build My Log Cabin On A Mountain So High (i) They'll Hug You An' They'll Kiss You   Unknown 2336 282
Butcher Boy, The (a) In London City Where I Did Dwell   Unknown 2336 282
Butcher's Boy (b) In Lundon City Where I Did Dwell   Unknown 2336 283
Butcher Boy, The (c) In New York City, Where I Did Dwell   Unknown 2336 284
Jersey City (d) In Jersey City Where My Love Dwelled   Unknown 2336 285
Jersey City (e) There Was A Butcher's Boy   Unknown 2336 286
In Johnson City (f) In Johnson City Where I Did Dwell   Unknown 2336 287
Butcher's Boy (g) In London City Where I Did Dwell   Unknown 2336 287
Girl Died For Love, The Oh, Will, Oh, Will, I Love You Well   Unknown 2336 288
Boston Burglar, The (a) Oh, I Was Born In Boston   Unknown 2336 289
Covington (b) I Was Borned And Raised In Covington   Unknown 2336 290
I Was Borned And Raised In Covington (c) I Was Borned And Raised In Covington   Unknown 2336 292
Frank James, The Burglar (d) I Was Born In Boston   Unknown 2336 294
Boston Burglar, The (e) I Was Born In Boston   Unknown 2336 295
Billy Boy (a) Where Are You Going, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?   Unknown 2336 296
Billy Boy (b) Where Are You Going, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?   Unknown 2336 297
Billy Boy (c) Oh, Where Are You Going, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?   Unknown 2336 298
Billy Boy (d) How Old Is She, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?   Unknown 2336 298
Paper Of Pins, A (a) I'll Give To You A Paper Of Pins   Unknown 2336 299
Paper Of Pins, A (b) I'll Give To You A Paper Of Pins   Unknown 2336 300
Paper Of Pins, A (c) O, Madame, I'll Buy You A Paper Of Pins   Unknown 2336 301
Paper Of Pins, A (d) I'll Give To You A Paper Of Pins   Unknown 2336 302
Kind Sir (a) Kind Sir, I See You're Coming Again   Unknown 2336 305
Courtin' Cage, The Madam, I Have A Courtin' Cage   Unknown 2336 306
Common Bill (a) I'll Tell You Of A Fellow Don't Hardly Think I Will Unknown 2336 308
Common Bill (b) Oh, I Will Tell You Of A Fellow No, I'll Not Marry Bill Unknown 2336 309
See The Waters Gliding (a) One Morning, One Morning, One Morning In May   Unknown 2336 310
One Morning, One Morning, One Morning In May (b) One Morning, One Morning, One Morning In May   Unknown 2336 311
Soldier's Sweetheart, A Oh Once I Coarted A Fair Buty Bride   Unknown 2336 312
Come All Ye Maids And Pretty Fair Maidens Come All Ye Maids And Pretty Fair Maidens   Unknown 2336 313
Too Wandering True Loves A-walking And A-talking   Unknown 2336 314
Time Has Come, My Dearest Dear, The (a) The Time Has Come, My Dearest Dear   Unknown 2336 314
Time Has Come, My Dearest Dear, The (b) The Time Has Come, My Dearest Dear   Unknown 2336 315
Come All Ye Unmarried Men Come All Ye Unmarried Men   Unknown 2336 317
Oh, Captain, Captain, Tell Me True Oh, Captain, Captain, Tell Me True Go Bring Me Back The One I Love Unknown 2336 319
Single Girl (a) It Was When I Were Single   Unknown 2336 321
Single Girl (b) When I Was Single   Unknown 2336 321
Come All You Fair And Handsome Girls Come All You Fair And Handsome Girls   Unknown 2336 322
Come All You Fair And Handsome Girls (b) Come All You Fair And Handsome Girls   Unknown 2336 323
Fair And Handsome Girls (c) Come All You Fair And Handsome Girls   Unknown 2336 324
Far And Handsome Girls (d) Come All You Foreign Handsome Girls   Unknown 2336 325
Far And Handsome Girls (e) Fare You Well, My Darling Girl (e)   Unknown 2336 326
Pretty Saro (a) I Came To This Country In Seventeen-forty-nine   Unknown 2336 327
Pretty Sarah (b) Down In Some Low Valley In Some Lonesome Place   Unknown 2336 327
Song Ballet: Ear-ly, Ear-ly In The Spring (a) Ear-ly, Ear-ly, In The Spring   Unknown 2336 328
Ear-ly, Ear-ly In The Sping (b) Ear-ly, Ear-ly, In The Spring   Unknown 2336 329
Ear-ly, Ear-ly In The Sping (c) Ear-ly, Ear-ly, In The Spring   Unknown 2336 330
Red, White And Blue (a) Ah, Once I Had A Sweetheart, But Now I Have None Then Green Grows The Laurels All Wet With The Dew Unknown 2336 331
Green Grows The Laurel (b) I Once Had A Sweetheart, But Now I Have None Green Grow The Laurel, It's Wet With The Dew Unknown 2336 331
Green Grows The Laurel (c) I Once Had A Sweetheart But Now I Have None Green Grows The Laurel, 'tis Wet With The Dew Unknown 2336 332
Lovely Polly Last Monday Morning It Happened As Of Late   Unknown 2336 333
Poor Mary It Was One Cold Winter Night   Unknown 2336 335
Pretty Mauhee (a) As I Went Out Walking   Unknown 2336 337
Pretty Mohea, The (b) As I Went Out Walking   Unknown 2336 338
Pretty Mohea (c) As I Went Out Walking   Unknown 2336 340
Lass Of Mohee, The (d) As I Was Walking One Morning In Spring   Unknown 2336 342
Mawhee (e) As I Went Out Walking, For Pleasure One Day   Unknown 2336 343
Pretty Mahee, The (f) As I Was Roaming For Pleasure One Day   Unknown 2336 344
Pretty Mahee, The (g) She Asked Me To Marry   Unknown 2336 345
Here's Adieu To All Judges And Juries Here's Adieu To All Judges And Juries   Unknown 2336 346
New Jail (a) Oh, Meet Me Tonight In The Moonlight I Wish I Had Some One To Love Me Unknown 2336 347
I'm Going To My New Jail Tomorrow I'm A-going To My New Jail Tomorrow   Unknown 2336 347
New Jail (c) I'm Going To My New Jail Tomorrow   Unknown 2336 348
Meet Me In The Moonlight (d) Meet Me, My Darling, Meet Me   Unknown 2336 349
Great Ship, The (e) If I Had A Great Ship On The Ocean Let Her Go, Let Her Go And God Bless Her Unknown 2336 350
Great Ship, The (f) Oh, I Wish I Had Some One To Love Me   Unknown 2336 350
Poacher's Fate, The Come All Ye Lads Of High Renown   Unknown 2336 351
Fox Chase, A As I Walked Out One Fair Morning   Unknown 2336 352
Dying Cowboy, The (a) As I Walked Out On The Street Of Laredo Then Beat The Drum Slowly And Play The Fife Lowly Unknown 2336 354
Young Cowboy (b) I Was A Young Cowboy, All Dressed In White Linen Oh, Beat The Drum Slowly, Play On The Fife Holy Unknown 2336 355
Cowboy (c) It Were Down By Tom Sherman's Bar-room   Unknown 2336 356
Dying Cowboy, The (d) As I Was Riding Though Old Indiana Go Beat The Drum Lowly And Play The Fife Slowly Unknown 2336 356
Cowboy Song (e) As I Walked Out In The Streets Of Larado So Beat The Drum Slowly, And Play The Fife Lowly Unknown 2336 357
Dying Cowboy, The (f) Oh, Once In My Saddlth I Uste To Go Dashing O Beat The Drum Slowly And Play The Fife Lowly Unknown 2336 358
Pretty Bird Oh, Where Are You Going, My Pretty Bird?   Unknown 2336 359
Three Grains Of Corn (a) Give Me Three Grains Of Corn, Mother   Unknown 2336 361
Three Grains Of Corn (b) Give Me Three Grains Of Corn, Mother   Unknown 2336 363
Little Orphan Girl, The (a) No Home, No Home, Cried A Little Girl   Unknown 2336 364
Little Orphan Girl (b) No Home, No Home, Cried A Little Girl   Unknown 2336 365
Drunkard's Dream, The (a) Why, Dumont, You Look So Healthy Now   Unknown 2336 366
Drunkard's Dream (b) Oh Edward You Look Hansome Now   Unknown 2336 367
Drunkard's Dream, The (c) Oh, Edward, You Look So Pleasant Now   Unknown 2336 369
Drunkard's Dream, The (d) Why Edward You Look Healthy Now   Unknown 2336 370
Lovely Nancy Fare You Well, Lovely Nancy, I'm Goin' For To Leave You   Unknown 2336 372
Grandmother's Old Armchair Oh, My Grandmother, She At The Age Of Eighty-three   Unknown 2336 373
My Grandmother Lived On Yonder Little Green My Grandmother Lived On Yonder Little Green   Unknown 2336 374
My Grandmother Lived On Yonder Little Green (b) My Grandma Lived On Yonder Village Green Timpy-i-timpy-umpdum-timpy-umpy-ta Unknown 2336 375


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