American Ballads and Songs

CONTENTS ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH BALLADS IN AMERICA 1. Johnny Randall 3 2. Lord Lovel 4 3. Barbara Allen 7 4. The Two Sisters 11 5. The Jewish Lady 13 6. The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin 16 7. Children's Song 18 8. The Cruel Brother 21 9. Edward 23 10. The Lowlands Low 24 11. Three Sailor Boys 26 12. Lord Thomas 27 13. The Hangman's Song 31 14. Lord Bayham 33 15. Little Matthy Groves 37 16. Sweet William 40 17. The House Carpenter 43 18. Two Little Boys 45 19. The Cherry Tree Carol 47 20. The False Knight 48 OTHER IMPORTED BALLADS AND SONGS 21. The Drowsy Sleeper 51 22. The Bamboo Briars 53 23. The Boston Burglar 57 24. The Butcher's Boy 60 25. The Death of a Romish Lady 63 26. Johnny and Betsy 66 27. The Soldier 68 28. The Farmer's Boy 69 29. The Rich Young Farmer 71 30. The Lover's Return 73 31. The Prentice Boy 74 32. The Constant Farmer's Son 76 33. Molue Bond 78 34. My Father's Gray Mare 80 35. Mary O' the Wild Moor 81 36. Father Grumble 82 37. Guy Fawkes 84 38. William Reilly's Courtship 86 39. Jack Riley 89 NATIVE BALLADS AND SONGS 40. The Battle op Point Pleasant 93 41. James Bird 93 42. Springfield Mountain 97 43. The Jealous Lover 101 44. Young Charlotte 103 45. The Old Shawnee 108 46. The Man That Wouldn't Hoe Corn 110 47. Wicked Polly 111 48. Johnny Sands 114 49. Fuller and Warren 116 50. Poor Goins 118 51. Poor Omie 119 52. Silver Dagger 121 53. The Aged Indian 124 54. Calomel 126 55. The Creole Girl 127 56. The Blue and the Gray 129 57. The Gambler 130 58. The Baggage Coach Ahead 131 69. Casey Jones 133 60. The Lady Elgin 134 61. The Jamestown Flood 135 62. The Milwaukee Fire 138 63. The Fatal Wedding 140 BALLADS OF CRIMINALS AND OUTLAWS 64. Jesse James 145 65. Charles Guiteau 146 66. Sam Bass 149 67. Jack Williams 152 68. Young McFeb 153 69. My Bonny Black Bess 155 70. Turpin and the Lawyer 157 71. Jack Donahoo 158 72. Captain Kidd 160 WESTERN BALLADS AND SONGS 73. The Texas Rangers 163 74. The Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim 165 75. Cowboy Song 166 76. The Old Chisholm Trail 167 77. The Dying Cowboy 170 78. O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie 171 79. I Want to Be a Cowboy 173 80. Whoopee Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies 174 81. Cheyenne Boys 175 82. Breaking in a Tenderfoot 176 83. Starving to Death on a Government Claim 178 84. The Buffalo Skinners 181 85. The Kink aiders' Song 184 86. Dakota Land 185 87. The Dreary Black Hills 185 88. Joe Bowers 186 89. In the Summer of Sixty 189 90. The Dying Californian 191 MISCELLANEOUS BALLADS AND SONGS 91. The Pretty Mohba 197 92. Katie's Secret 198 93. Mary and Willie 200 94. Kitty Wells 202 95. Pastoral Elegy 203 96. The Courtship of Billy Grimes 205 97. Fair Fanny Moore 206 98. I Wish I Was Single Again 207 99. I'll Not Marry At All 208 100. Rosen the Bow 209 101. Evalina 211 102. My Blue-Eyed Boy 212 103. The Old Gray Mule 213 104. I Will Tell You of a Fellow 214 105. The Preacher's Legacy 216 106. The Spanish Cabineer 218 107. The Two Drummers 218 DIALOGUE, NURSERY AND GAME SONGS 108. The Quaker's Courtship 223 109. Dutchman, Dutchman, Won't You Marry Me? 224 110. What Will You Give Me If I Get Up? 225 111. Paper of Pins 226 112. The Milkmaid 228 113. Billy Boy 231 114. Poor Robin 232 115. Babes in the Woods 233 116. In Good Old Colony Times 234 117. Let's Go to the Woods 235 118. I Bought Me a Wife 236 119. We'll All Go Down to Rowser's 237 120. Sweet Fields of Violo 238 INDEX 241 NOTES 247 Digitized by Google.