Eighty English folk songs from the Southern Appalachians
By: collected by Cecil J. Sharp and Maud Karpeles ; specimen piano accompaniments by Benjamin Britten ; chord symbols by Pat Shaw
Series: MIT 105 music
Publisher: M.I.T. Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: English Ballads; English Folk songs; Folk music; Appalachians (People); Music; Songs and music
Other titles: English folk songs from the Southern Appalachians; 80 English folk songs from the Southern Appalachians
Notes: Principally unaccompanied.

"Selected from a collection of about five hundred [songs] made in the Southern Appalachian Mountains during the years 1916 to 1918"--Page 8.

"Notes on the songs:" p. 101-107.

"Notes on the songs:" p. 101-107.

English words; also printed as text.
Table of contents: title: The lovers' tasks (The elfin knight); title: The false knight upon the road; title: The seven sleepers (Earl Brand); title: The outlandish knight (Lady Isabel and the elf knight); title: The two crows (The three ravens); title: The two sisters; title: John Randolph (Lord Randal); title: Edward; title: The cruel mother; title: Lord Bateman (Young Beichan); title: The two brothers; title: The cherry tree carol; title: Love Henry (Young hunting); title: The maid freed from the gallows; title: Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor; title: Fair Margaret and Sweet William; title: The three little babes (The wife of Usher's well); title: Matthy Groves (Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard); title: Barbara Ellen; title: Little son Hugh (Sir Hugh); title: The death of Queen Jane; title: Gypsy Davy (The gypsy laddie); title: The wife wrapt in Wether's skin; title: Georgie (Geordie); title: The house carpenter (The daemon lover); title: Our goodman; title: The farmer's curst wife; title: The weeping willow tree (The golden vanity); title: Fair Sally (The brown girl); title: The lady and the dragoon; title: Locks and bolts; title: Jack went a-sailing; title: William Hall; title: William and Polly (Lisbon); title: Sweet William; title: The cruel ship's carpenter; title: The true lover's farewell; title: The cuckoo; title: Pretty Saro; title: My dearest dear; title: Black is the colour; title: The false young man; title: The dear companion; title: The Irish girl; title: Come all you fair and tender ladies; title: Arise! arise!; title: The nightingale; title: Green bushes; title: Good morning my pretty little miss; title: The rebel soldier; title: The rich old lady; title: Katie Morey; title: I must and I will get married; title: Old woman (The deaf woman's courtship); title: Come my little roving sailor; title: The miller's will; title: Betty Anne; title: The tree in the wood; title: The riddle song; title: When Adam was created; title: Sinner man; title: The crow-fish man; title: Sally Anne; title: Cripple creek; title: Will you wear red?; title: The chickens they are crowing; title: Going to Boston; title: Soldier boy for me; title: Nottamun town; title: The Sally buck; title: I whipped my horse; title: The swapping song (The foolish boy); title: The bird song; title: Tommy robin (Cock robin); title: The frog and the mouse; title: The squirrel; title: The old woman and the little pig; title: The farmyard; title: What's little babies made of?; title: The bridle and saddle.