Ancient Poems
INTRODUCTION.
ANCIENT POEMS, BALLADS, AND SONGS OF THE PEASANTRY.
- Poem: THE PLAIN-DEALING MAN.
- Poem: THE VANITIES OF LIFE.
- Poem: THE LIFE AND AGE OF MAN.
- Poem: THE YOUNG MAN'S WISH.
- Poem: THE MIDNIGHT MESSENGER; OR, A SUDDEN CALL
FROM AN EARTHLY GLORY TO THE COLD GRAVE.
- Poem: A DIALOGUE BETWIXT AN EXCISEMAN AND DEATH.
- Poem: THE MESSENGER OF MORTALITY; OR LIFE AND
DEATH CONTRASTED IN A DIALOGUE BETWIXT DEATH AND A LADY.
- Poem: ENGLAND'S ALARM; OR THE PIOUS CHRISTIAN'S
SPEEDY CALL TO REPENTANCE
- Poem: SMOKING SPIRITUALIZED.
- Poem: THE MASONIC HYMN.
- Poem: GOD SPEED THE PLOW, AND BLESS THE
CORN-MOW. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE HUSBANDMAN AND SERVINGMAN.
- Poem: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE
SERVINGMAN.
- Poem: THE CATHOLICK.
- Poem: THE BLIND BEGGAR OF BEDNALL GREEN. SHOWING
HOW HIS DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED TO A KNIGHT, AND HAD THREE THOUSAND POUND
TO HER PORTION.
- Ballad: THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD.
- Ballad: THE OUTLANDISH KNIGHT.
- Ballad: LORD DELAWARE. (TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: LORD BATEMAN.
- Ballad: THE GOLDEN GLOVE; OR, THE SQUIRE OF
TAMWORTH.
- Ballad: KING JAMES I. AND THE TINKLER. {5}
(TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: THE KEACH I' THE CREEL.
- Ballad: THE MERRY BROOMFIELD; OR, THE WEST
COUNTRY WAGER.
- Ballad: SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN.
- Ballad: BLOW THE WINDS, I-HO!
- Ballad: THE BEAUTIFUL LADY OF KENT; OR, THE
SEAMAN OF DOVER.
- Ballad: THE BERKSHIRE LADY'S GARLAND. IN FOUR
PARTS. To the tune of The Royal Forester.
- Ballad: THE NOBLEMAN'S GENEROUS KINDNESS.
- Ballad: THE DRUNKARD'S LEGACY. IN THREE PARTS.
- Ballad: THE BOWES TRAGEDY.
- Ballad: THE CRAFTY LOVER; OR, THE LAWYER
OUTWITTED.
- Ballad: THE DEATH OF QUEEN JANE. (TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: THE WANDERING YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN; OR,
CATSKIN.
- Ballad: THE BRAVE EARL BRAND AND THE KING OF
ENGLAND'S DAUGHTER. (TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: THE JOVIAL HUNTER OF BROMSGROVE; OR, THE
OLD MAN AND HIS THREE SONS. (TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: LADY ALICE.
- Ballad: THE FELON SEWE OF ROKEBY AND THE FREERES
OF RICHMOND.
- Ballad: ARTHUR O'BRADLEY'S WEDDING.
- Ballad: THE PAINFUL PLOUGH.
- Ballad: THE USEFUL PLOW; OR, THE PLOUGH'S PRAISE.
- Ballad: THE FARMER'S SON.
- Ballad: THE FARMER'S BOY.
- Ballad: RICHARD OF TAUNTON DEAN; OR, DUMBLE DUM
DEARY.
- Ballad: WOOING SONG OF A YEOMAN OF KENT'S SONNE.
- Ballad: THE CLOWN'S COURTSHIP.
- Ballad: HARRY'S COURTSHIP.
- Ballad: HARVEST-HOME SONG.
- Ballad: HARVEST-HOME.
- Ballad: THE MOW. A HARVEST HOME SONG. Tune,
Where the bee sucks.
- Ballad: THE BARLEY-MOW SONG.
- Ballad: THE BARLEY-MOW SONG. (SUFFOLK VERSION.)
- Ballad: THE CRAVEN CHURN-SUPPER SONG.
- Ballad: THE RURAL DANCE ABOUT THE MAY-POLE.
- Ballad: THE HITCHIN MAY-DAY SONG.
- Ballad: THE HELSTONE FURRY-DAY SONG.
- Ballad: CORNISH MIDSUMMER BONFIRE SONG.
- Ballad: SUFFOLK HARVEST-HOME SONG.
- Ballad: THE HAYMAKER'S SONG.
- Ballad: THE SWORD-DANCERS' SONG.
- Ballad: THE MUMMERS' SONG; OR, THE POOR OLD HORSE.
- Ballad: FRAGMENT OF THE HAGMENA SONG.
- Ballad: THE GREENSIDE WAKES SONG.
- Ballad: THE SWEARING-IN SONG OR RHYME.
- Ballad: AS TOM WAS A-WALKING. AN ANCIENT CORNISH
SONG.
- Ballad: THE MILLER AND HIS SONS.
- Ballad: JACK AND TOM. AN OULD BORDER DITTIE.
(TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: JOAN'S ALE WAS NEW.
- Ballad: GEORGE RIDLER'S OVEN.
- Ballad: THE CARRION CROW.
- Ballad: THE LEATHERN BOTTEL. SOMERSETSHIRE
VERSION.
- Ballad: THE FARMER'S OLD WIFE. A SUSSEX
WHISTLING SONG.
- Ballad: OLD WICHET AND HIS WIFE.
- Ballad: THE JOLLY WAGGONER.
- Ballad: THE YORKSHIRE HORSE-DEALER.
- Ballad: THE KING AND THE COUNTRYMAN.
- Ballad: JONE O' GREENFIELD'S RAMBLE.
- Ballad: THORNEHAGH-MOOR WOODS. A CELEBRATED
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POACHER'S SONG.
- Ballad: THE LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER.
- Ballad: SOMERSETSHIRE HUNTING SONG.
- Ballad: THE TROTTING HORSE.
- Ballad: THE SEEDS OF LOVE.
- Ballad: THE GARDEN-GATE.
- Ballad: THE NEW-MOWN HAY.
- Ballad: THE PRAISE OF A DAIRY.
- Ballad: THE MILK-MAID'S LIFE.
- Ballad: THE MILKING-PAIL.
- Ballad: THE SUMMER'S MORNING.
- Ballad: OLD ADAM.
- Ballad: TOBACCO.
- Ballad: THE SPANISH LADIES.
- Ballad: HARRY THE TAILOR. (TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: SIR ARTHUR AND CHARMING MOLLEE.
(TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN CAME OVER THE LEA.
- Ballad: WHY SHOULD WE QUARREL FOR RICHES.
- Ballad: THE MERRY FELLOWS; OR, HE THAT WILL NOT
MERRY, MERRY BE.
- Ballad: THE OLD MAN'S SONG.
- Ballad: ROBIN HOOD'S HILL.
- Ballad: BEGONE DULL CARE. (TRADITIONAL.)
- Ballad: FULL MERRILY SINGS THE CUCKOO.
- Ballad: JOCKEY TO THE FAIR.
- Ballad: LONG PRESTON PEG. (A FRAGMENT.)
- Ballad: THE SWEET NIGHTINGALE; OR, DOWN IN THOSE
VALLEYS BELOW. AN ANCIENT CORNISH SONG.
- Ballad: THE OLD MAN AND HIS THREE SONS.
- Ballad: A BEGGING WE WILL GO.
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