An alphabetical index to the songs in the Personal Copy manuscript.

 

This index has been prepared for the benefit of those who may be looking for particular songs in the Baring-Gould Manuscripts. It has been compiled from tThe Personal Copy and lists each of the songs together with page numbers as given by Baring-Gould together with his song numbers. Although the second and third manuscript volumes had been indexed, presumably by Baring-Gould himself, there are a number of difficulties (described below) that make these indices less helpful than they might be. There are also a number of inconsistences in the pagination and numbering used, such as duplicated page numbers.

Because of these inconsistencies I have devised a reference system that identifies each song by the Volume Number, the Page Number and the Song Number. In this way it is possible to find songs easily. Thus ‘Sweet Nightingale’ is designated PC Vol 1 p46 No 57 (or K1.46.57). In each case the pagination and the song numbering is that used by Baring-Gould. I have also recorded where he repeated song numbers by using the designation ‘bis’ for the second occurrence.

 

A

 

Volume

Page

Number

A’ nutting we will go

1

172

83

Abbot of Canterbury, The

3

279

 

Adam and Eve

1

199

100

Adam and Eve

2

230

239

Adam the poacher

3

47

420

Adieu to old England

2

49

136

All the trees they are so high

1

10

4

Altarnun Volunteer, The

2

252

250

Amo, amas, I love a lass

2

329

301

Among the green hay

2

371

330

Andrew Cuffy

3

230

533

Apple tree carol

2

256

254

Apple Trees, The

1

128

57

Arscott of Tetcott

1

3

2

Arthur le Bride

2

388

340

Arthur of Bradley

3

236

536

As Dolly sat milking her Cow

2

264

261

As I walked out

1

155

73

As I walked out one May morning

3

391

 

As I was tripping along

3

290

 

As Johnny walked out

1

35

11

As Polly walked out

1

210

105

As Tom was a walking

2

 

378

At the dawning of the day

3

352

 

 

B

 

Volume

Page

Number

Bachelors delight, The

3

185

503

Bachelors Easy Life, A

2

298

280

Back and sides go bare

3

126

467

Baffled Knight, The

2

35

129

Bailiffs Daughter, The

2

292

274

Banks of Sweet Dundee (Undaunted female)

3

327

 

Banks of Sweet Primroses

2

109

166

Barbara Allen

2

69

147

Barcelona

2

 

383

Barcelona

3

420

 

Barley Mow

2

321

294

Barley Raking, The

1

175

85

Barley Straw

1

196

98

Barnet Races

3

11

398

Be quick for I'm in haste

2

265

262

Beer

3

377

 

Beggar, The

3

96

449

Bell-ringing, The

1

171

82

Benjamin Bowlabags

3

247

542

Berkshire tragedy

3

401

 

Bibberley Town

1

218

110

Billy my Billy

2

367

328 bis

Billy my boy

3

286

 

Birds' complaint, The

2

272

266

Black and the Grey, The

2

174

205

Black Bess

2

15

121

Black Jack, The

2

259

256

Blind fiddler's song

3

107

456

Blow Away ye Morning Breezes

1

71

25

Blue Muslin

1

61

22

Blue Violets

2

274

267

Blundells School Song

3

400

 

Boatswain's wife

2

394

344

Bold Dragoon, The

1

141

65

Bold Fisherman, The

3

100

452

Bold Privateer, The

2

147

189

Bold Trooper, The

2

4

116

Bonny Blue Handkerchief, The

1

86

36

Bonny boy

3

13

 

Bonny Bunch of Roses, The

1

73

27

Bonny Irish boy

3

168

492

Bonny light horseman

2

216

230

Bonny seaman

3

206

517

Botany Bay

2

 

382

Botany Bay

2

122

171

Botany Bay

3

277

568

Brave, brave Old England’s forces

3

304

 

Brennan on the Moor

2

415

365

Brennan on the Moor

3

418

 

Brisk young butcher, The

3

432

 

Brisk young miner, The

2

115

167 bis

British Man of War

2

132

178

Britons strike home

3

208

519

Brixham Town

1

27

9

Broken Heart, A

2

81

151

Broken Heart, The

3

253

549

Broken Token, The

1

103

44

Brown Girl, The

1

220

111

Buffalo, The

2

168

201

Butter and cheese and ale

3

306

 

By chance it was

1

1

1

 

C

 

Volume

Page

Number

 

 

 

 

Capstan song

3

156

 

Captain Pearse

2

200

219

Captain Ward the pirate

2

385

339

Carol, A

3

436

 

Caroline

3

319

 

Carpenter's Wife, The

2

159

196

Carrier pigeon, The

2

307

286

Catch me if you can

3

109

457

Childe of Plimstock

1

83

33

Children’s game

3

435

 

Child’s game

2

267

263

Chimney Sweep, The

1

58

20

Christmas mummers

3

382

 

Cicely Sweet

1

84

35

Coasts of Barbary, The

2

271

265

Codlin apple tree

3

369

 

Cold and haily night

3

117

462

Cold blows the wind

1

20

6

Colly my cow

3

187

505

Come all you jolly sailors

3

28

408

Come all you shepherds

3

55

425

Come all you worthy….

2

61

144

Come little flock

2

139

183

Come my Lads

1

162

76

Come, Come, Sweet Molly

2

349

314

Complaining maid

2

206

222

Constant Johnny

1

169

80

Contented Farmer's Son, The

1

148

69

Cornish Carol (Rouse, Rouse)

2

247

247

Cornish Midsummer Song

2

421

373

Cornish wassail

2

243

246

Cornish wassail

2

250

249

Cottage on the Hill, The

1

95

40

Cottage Thatched with Straw, The

1

87

34

Cottager’s daughter, The

3

12

399

Country courtship

2

400

353

Country lad am I, A

2

417

371

Country life is sweet, A

2

360

323

Coy Jenny and Constant Johnny

3

186

504

Crazy sailor, The

3

77

438

Creeping Jane

3

269

562

Crocodile, The

3

308

 

Cruel Jane

3

179

498

Cuckold's song, The

2

78

150

Cuckoo (Cornish couplets)

3

250

547

Cuckoo, The

2

336

307

Cup of poison, The

1

144

66

Cupid the Ploughboy

1

160

75

Cupid's Chains

2

151

191

Cupid's courtesy

3

79

439

Cupid's Garden

3

6

394

Cupid's Garden

3

273

565

Cupid's Garden

3

410

 

 

D

 

Volume

Page

Number

Damon and Phyllis

3

51

423

Damsel possessed of great beauty, A

2

209

225

Dead Maid's Land

1

214

108

Death and the Lady

1

197

99

Death of Parker, The

3

34

411

Death of Queen Jane

3

7

395

Deep in Love

1

178

86

Derby Ram, The

3

344

 

Devonshire wooing

3

409

 

Dick Simmins

2

373

332

Dicky Short’s Sad Story

2

 

386

Dilly Song, The

1

165

78

Do you see my Billy coming

2

185

211

Don't go a' rushing

2

2

115

Don’t go a rushing

3

441

 

Don't you see my Billy coming

3

437

 

Down among the banks of roses

3

104

454

Down by a River-side

1

174

84

Dream Lad. The

2

157

195

Drowned Lover, The

1

81

32

Drowned Lover, The

2

416

370

Drum Major, The

2

217

231

Drummer Boy, The

2

304

283

Drunken Maidens, The

1

193

94

Dumb Wife, The

3

194

509

Duke's Hunt, The

1

170

81

 

E

 

Volume

Page

Number

Easter Morning

2

71

147 bis

Effects of love

2

330

302

Egloshayle Ringers, The

2

51

137

English drinks

2

228

237

Enlisting Sergeant, The

1

227

113

Erin's lovely home

3

428

 

Everlasting Circle, The

1

208

104

 

F

 

Volume

Page

Number

Fair Daphne

2

380

336

Fair Girl mind this

1

153

72

Fair lady pity me

3

83

442

False Lover, The (The False Bride)

1

195

97

False swain, The

2

178

207

Fan left on shore

2

344

311

Farewell He

2

 

388

Farewell to Kingsbridge

1

126

55

Farewell to Kingsbridge

1

232

 

Farewell ye Spanish ladies

2

183

210

Farmer lived in the North country, A

3

426

 

Farmers Boy

2

126

174

Farmers Daughter, The

2

237

243

Farmers son so sweet, A

2

57

142

Farrier’s Song, The (Twankidillo)

2

276

269

Farrol my carrol

2

222

234

Fathom the Bowl

1

44

14

Female Cabin Boy

2

98

160

Female Robber, The

2

97

159

Fickle Minded Sally

3

265

558

Fill, my boys, fill

3

145

479

Fisher Boy, The

2

294

277

Fisherman's daughter, The

3

216

524

Fit comes on me now, The

3

102

453

Flailman, The

2

291

273 bis

Flora, the flower of the West

2

135

180

Flora, the lily of the West

3

256

551

Flowers and Weeds (Sprig of Thyme)

1

23

7

Flowers of Maiden Lane, The

2

396

346

Flowers of the valley, The

2

188

213

Flowery land of Canaan

3

143

478

Foggy dew, The

2

166

200

Follow my love

3

193

508

Foolish Boy, The

2

269

264

Forsaken Maiden, The (A maiden sat a-weeping)

1

94

39

Four Evangelists, The

3

406

 

Fox, The

2

120

170

Fox and Goose, The

3

358

 

Fox hunt, The

2

 

381

Fox hunting song (Tally ho hark away)

3

321

 

Fragment

3

151

483

Free and Easy

3

10

397

Frigate well manned, A

2

327

299

Frog and mouse, The

2

310

288

Frog and mouse, The

3

359

 

 

G

 

Volume

Page

Number

Gaffer Grey

3

380

 

Gallant Poacher, The

2

13

120

Garden Gate, The

2

318

292

Garland of flowers

3

183

501

Gay girls of London, The

3

114

460

General Wolfe

2

219

232

Georgie

3

202

514

Gilderoy

3

41

416

Giles and Sarah

3

64

432

Giles Collins

3

362

 

Go from my window

2

27

126

Golden Glove, The

3

421

 

Good Comrade, The

2

17

122

Good morrow Moll

2

398

347

Gosport Beach

1

127

56

Gossip Joan

2

358

322

Gown of green, The

2

 

389

Gown of green, The

3

113

459

Gown of green, The

3

416

 

Grand conversation under the rose

3

40

415

Grand conversation with Napoleon

3

338

 

Grandmothers lessons

3

354

 

Great Boobie, The

3

61

429

Green Bed, The

1

187

91

Green Besom, The

2

11

119

Green Besom, The

2

233

241

Green Broom

1

30

10

Green Bushes, The

1

101

43

Green Cockade, The (White Cockade)

1

88

37

Green Gown, The

2

9

118

Green Gravel

3

49

422

Greenland Whale Fishery

2

95

158

Greenwich pensioner

3

433

 

Grey Mare, The

1

118

51

Grist the Miller

2

347

313

Ground for the floor

2

260

257

Ground for the floor

3

299

 

Gypsy Countess, The

1

113

50

 

H

 

Volume

Page

Number

Hal an Tow (Helston Furry Dance)

1

69

24

Hard times in England

3

161

488

Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark

2

354

318

Hark, Hark, The dogs do bark

3

378

 

Harmless Molly

2

381

337

Harry Bluff

3

135

473

Harry the Tailor

2

145

188

Harvest home

2

429

377

Harvest song

3

129

469

Harvest song, The

2

37

130

Have you seen my Moggy

2

235

242

Hawthorn bush

2

113

167

Hay Making Song

1

216

109

Haymakers, The

3

302

 

He lives by the sweat of his brow

3

282

 

Hearty Good Fellow, The

1

72

26

Heigh Ho!

2

328

300

Henry Martyn

1

122

53

Here's a health to Victoria

3

19

403

Herrings Head, The

2

154

193

High Germany

2

66

146

Highwayman, the

2

75

149

Hole in the Stocking, The

2

275

268

Holland Smock

2

375

333

Honest ploughman, The or Ninety years ago

3

251

548

Hop me with thy petticoat

3

207

518

Hostess's Daughter, The

1

150

70

Hundred Haymakers, The

3

440