Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society

753 Pages·2013·6.434 MB·English

by  John Harrington Cox, Alan Jabbour

FOLK-SONGS OF THE SOUTH
WEST VIRGINIA CLASSICS
volume four

TITLES IN THE SERIES:
volume one
West Virginia by J. R. Dodge
volume two
The Shenandoah by Julia Davis
volume three
History of the American Negro by A. B. Caldwell
John Harrington Cox
a partnership of the west virginia university press
and the west virginia humanities council
FOLK-SONGS
OF THE SOUTH
collected under the auspices of the
west virginia folk-lore society
John Harrington Cox
W•V•C
morgantown 2013
West Virginia University Press, Morgantown 26506
Copyright 2013 by West Virginia University Press
All rights reserved
Original publication 1925 by Harvard University Press
Printed in Canada
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cloth 978-1-938228-68-1
epub 978-1-938228-69-8
pdf 978-1-938228-70-4
Jacket image: Edden Hammons Plays Fiddle, artist
unknown. Used with permission from the West Virginia and
Regional History Collection, West Virginia University Libraries.
Jacket and book design by Than Saffel
 CONTENTS 
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Map of West Virginia xii
Introduction to New Edition, Alan Jabbour xv
Dedication xxiii
Preface xxv
Introduction to Orginal Edition, John Harrington Cox xxvii
Abbreviations xlv
ballads and songs
1. Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (Child, No. 4) 1
2. Earl Brand (Child, No. 7) 20
3. The Twa Sisters (Child, No. 10) 23
4. Lord Randal (Child, No. 12) 27
5. The Cruel Mother (Child, No. 20) 35
6. The Three Ravens (Child, No. 26) 38
7. The Twa Brothers (Child, No. 49) 41
8. Young Beichan (Child, No. 53) 45
9. Young Hunting (Child, No. 68) 53
10. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child, No. 73) 57
11. Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child, No. 74) 81
12. Lord Lovel (Child, No. 75) 97
13. The Lass of Roch Royal (Child, No. 76) 104
14. The Wife of Usher’s Well (Child, No. 79) 110
15. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Child, No. 81) 118
16. Bonny Barbara Allen (Child, No. 84) 121
17. Lady Alice (Child, No. 85) 139
18. The Maid Freed from the Gallows (Child, No. 95) 147
19. Sir Hugh, or, The Jew’s Daughter (Child, No. 155) 153
20. The Bonnie House O’ Airlie (Child, No. 199) 164
21. The Gypsy Laddie (Child, No. 200) 166
22. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray (Child, No. 201) 172
23. Geordie (Child, No. 209) 173
24. The Braes O’ Yarrow (Child, No. 214) 175
25. James Harris (The Daemon Lover) (Child, No. 243) 177
26. Henry Martin (Child, No. 250) 192
27. The Suffolk Miracle (Child, No. 272) 195
28. Our Good Man (Child, No. 274) 197
29. The Wife Wrapped in Wether’s Skin (Child, No. 277) 204
30. The Farmer’s Curst Wife (Child, No. 278) 210
31. The Crafty Farmer (Child, No. 283) 212
32. The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity) (Child, No. 286) 216
33. The Mermaid (Child, No. 289) 220
34. Robin Hood 222
35. John Hardy 223
36. The Ashland Tragedy 241
37. McAfee’s Confession 244
38. The Jealous Lover (Pearl Bryan; Florella) 251
39. A Tolliver-Martin Feud Song 259
40. A West Virginia Feud Song 262
41. The Vance Song 264
42. Logan County Court House 271
43. Black Phyllis 275
44. Jesse James 276
45. Ye Sons of Columbia (Fuller and Warren) 278
46. Maggie Was A Lady (Frankie) 280
47. The Wreck on the C. & O. 284
48. Mack McDonald 297
49. The Dying Californian 299
50. Joe Bowers 301
51. The Jam at Gerry’s Rock 303
52. An Arkansaw Traveller 306
53. The Dying Cowboy 310
54. The Lone Prairie 316
55. The Ocean Burial 320
56. The Dying Hobo 322
57. A Comical Ditty 323
58. The Tucky Ho Crew 325
59. Immortal Washington 327
60. The Constitution and the Guerriere (Hull’s Victory) 330
61. The Battle of Bridgewater 333
62. James Bird 335
63. War Song (Texas Rangers) 337
64. The Dying Ranger 339
65. The Battle of Mill Springs 341
66. The Victory Won at Richmond 343
67. The Yankee Retreat 345
68. Bull Run 346
69. War Song 347
70. Jeff Davis (The Southern Wagon) 348
71. Old Glory 349
72. Brother Green 350
73. The Soldier’s Poor Little Boy 353
74. Just Before the Battle, Mother 356
75. Mother, Is the Battle Over? 358
76. The Rebel Soldier 360
77. I’m a Good Old Rebel 363
78. Corporal Schnapps 365
79. Old Joe Camp 367
80. Fair Charlotte 368
81. Springfield Mountain 377
82. The Drummer Boy of Waterloo 379
83. The Sheffield Apprentice 381
84. The Boston Burglar 384
85. My Parents Reared Me Tenderly 388
86. Jackison and Dickison 390
87. The Anford Wright 392
88. The Bramble Briar 395
89. Come, Pretty Polly (Polly’s Love) 399
90. The Wexford Girl (The Cruel Miller) 403
91. Rose Connoley 406
92. A Pretty Fair Maiden (The Single Sailor) 408
93. The Broken Ring 412
94. The Banks of Claudie 414
95. George Reilly 416
96. William Hall 420
97. Johnny Germany 423
98. Jackie Fraisure 425
99. The Silk-Merchant’s Daughter 432
100. The Orphan Gypsy Girl 434
101. William Reilly 436
102. Mollie Vaughn 440
103. Charming Beauty Bright 444
104. The Rich Merchant 446
105. Vilikins and his Dinah 448
106. Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low 450
107. A Poor Stranger far from Home 452
108. The Drowsy Sleeper 454
109. The Silver Dagger 457
110. Sweet William (The Sailor Boy) 461
111. Early in the Spring 467
112. Caroline of Edinburgh Town 473
113. The Sailor and his Bride 475
114. Pretty Sally (Sally and her True Love, Billy) 478
115. A Gay Spanish Maid 485
116. The Pretty Mohea 487
117. The Sailor’s Wooing 491
118. Lady Leroy 493
119. The Banks of Sweet Dundee 495
120. William Taylor 499
121. Dog and Gun 503
122. Pretty Polly 507
123. The Jack of Tar 509
124. Young Johnny 511
125. The Milkmaid 513
126. My Pretty Maid (Seventeen Come Sunday) 515
127. Kitty Wells 517
128. The Yellow Rose of Texas 519
129. The Drunkard’s Dream 521
130. Forward Boys, Hurrah! 525
131. Temperance Song 527
132. When I was One-and-Twenty 529
133. Jonah 531
134. The Little Family 533
135. The Twelve Joys 536
136. Wicked Polly 539
137. The True Lover’s Farewell 541
138. The Green Willow Tree (The Sprig of Thyme) 543
139. The Green Laurels (The Orange and Blue) 545
140. Young Ladies (Little Sparrow) 548
141. Youth and Folly 552
142. Maggie Goddon 554
143. A Forsaken Lover 555
144. Love has brought Me to Despair 557
145. The Butcher Boy 561
146. Farewell, Sweet Mary 565
147. Mary O’ the Dee 567
148. Mary of the Wild Moor 569
149. The Gypsy’s Warning 572
150. Fair Fanny Moore 574
151. Erin’s Green Shore 576
152. Poor Little Joe 580
153. The Orphan Girl 582
154. The Blind Man’s Regret 584
155. The Dishonest Miller 586
156. Father Grumble 592
157. An Old Woman’s Story 604
158. The Spanish Lady 606
159. Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? 608
160. The Bachelor’s Lament 610
161. Little Johnny Green 611
162. The Frog and the Mouse 613
163. The Fox 619
164. The Ranger 621
165. The Three Farmers 623
166. The Three Rogues 625