Produced by Chris Curnow, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Transcriber's Note: Printer errors as well as inconsistencies in punctuation and diacriticals have been corrected without note. Inconsistencies in song titles as listed in the Contents and the Alphabetical Index have been left as they appear in the original.] SONGS OF THE WEST FOLK SONGS OF DEVON & CORNWALL COLLECTED FROM THE MOUTHS OF THE PEOPLE BY S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A. AND F.W. BUSSELL, MUS. DOC. D.D. UNDER THE MUSICAL EDITORSHIP OF CECIL J. SHARP PRINCIPAL OF THE HAMPSTEAD CONSERVATOIRE FIFTH EDITION IN ONE VOLUME METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _Originally issued in Four Parts in 1890_ _First Published in One Volume in 1892_ _New and Revised Edition October 1905_ _Reprinted April 1913_ TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE D. RADFORD, Esq., J.P., OF MOUNT TAVY, AT WHOSE HOSPITABLE TABLE THE MAKING OF THIS COLLECTION WAS FIRST PLANNED ALSO TO THAT OF THE REV. H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A., MY FELLOW WORKER IN THIS FIELD FOR TWELVE YEARS CONTENTS PREFACE--INTRODUCTION. 1. BY CHANCE IT WAS. 2. THE HUNTING OF ARSCOTT OF TETCOTT. 3. UPON A SUNDAY MORNING. 4. THE TREES THEY ARE SO HIGH. 5. PARSON HOGG. 6. COLD BLOWS THE WIND. 7. THE SPRIG OF THYME. 8. ROVING JACK THE JOURNEYMAN. 9. BRIXHAM TOWN. 10. GREEN BROOM. 11. AS JOHNNY WALKED OUT. 12. THE MILLER AND HIS SONS. 13. ORMOND THE BRAVE. 14. JOHN BARLEYCORN. 15. SWEET NIGHTINGALE. 16. WIDDECOMBE FAIR. 17. YE MAIDENS PRETTY. 18. THE SILLY OLD MAN. 19. THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. 20. THE CHIMNEY SWEEP. 21. THE SAUCY SAILOR. 22. BLUE MUSLIN. 23. THE DEATH OF PARKER. 24. THE HELSTON FURRY DANCE. 25. BLOW AWAY YE MORNING BREEZES. 26. THE HEARTY GOOD FELLOW. 27. THE BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES. 28. THE LAST OF THE SINGERS. 29. THE TYTHE PIG. 30. OLD WICHET. 31. JAN'S COURTSHIP. 32. THE DROWNED LOVER. 33. CHILDE THE HUNTER. 34. THE COTTAGE WELL THATCH'D WITH STRAW. 35. CICELY SWEET. 36. A SWEET PRETTY MAIDEN SAT UNDER A TREE. 37. THE WHITE COCKADE. 38. THE SAILOR'S FAREWELL. 39. A MAIDEN SAT A WEEPING. 40. THE BLUE KERCHIEF. 41. COME TO MY WINDOW. 42. TOMMY A LYNN. 43. THE GREEN BUSHES. 44. THE BROKEN TOKEN. 45. THE MOLE CATCHER. 46. THE KEENLY LODE. 47. MAY-DAY CAROL. 48. THE LOVER'S TASKS. 49. LULLABYE. 50. THE GIPSY COUNTESS. _In Two Parts._ 51. THE GREY MARE. 52. THE WRECK OFF SCILLY. 53. HENRY MARTYN. 54. PLYMOUTH SOUND. 55. THE FOX. 56. FURZE BLOOM. 57. THE OXEN PLOUGHING. 58. FLORA, THE LILY OF THE WEST. _In F_ [Transcriber's Note: D minor.] " " " " " " _In G_ 60.