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

__Folk-Songs of the South:__ __Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society__ is a collection of ballads and folk-songs from West Virginia. First published in 1925, this resource includes narrative and lyric songs that were transmitted orally, as well as popular songs from print sources. Through 186 ballads and songs and 26 folk tunes, this collection archives a range of styles and genres, from English and Scottish ballads to songs about the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the opening of the American West, boat and railroad transportation, children’s play-party and dance music, and songs from African American singers, including post-Civil war popular music. The original introduction by Cox contains vibrant portraits of the singers he researched, with descriptions of performance style and details about personalities and attitudes. With a new introduction by Alan Jabbour, this reprint renews the importance of this text as a piece of scholarship, revealing Cox’s understanding of the workings of tradition across time and place and his influence upon folk-song research. Half Title 2 Contents 6 Map of West Virginia 13 Introduction to New Edition, Alan Jabbour 16 Dedication 24 Preface 26 Introduction to Original Edition, John Harrington Cox 28 Abbreviations 46 Ballads and Songs 48 1. Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (Child, No. 4) 50 2. Earl Brand (Child, No. 7) 69 3. The Twa Sisters (Child, No. 10) 72 4. Lord Randal (Child, No. 12) 76 5. The Cruel Mother (Child, No. 20) 84 6. The Three Ravens (Child, No. 26) 87 7. The Twa Brothers (Child, No. 49) 90 8. Young Beichan (Child, No. 53) 102 9. Young Hunting (Child, No. 68) 102 10. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child, No. 73) 106 11. Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child, No. 74) 130 12. Lord Lovel (Child, No. 75) 146 13. The Lass of Roch Royal (Child, No. 76) 153 14. The Wife of Usher’s Well (Child, No. 79) 159 15. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Child, No. 81) 167 16. Bonny Barbara Allen (Child, No. 84) 170 17. Lady Alice (Child, No. 85) 188 18. The Maid Freed from the Gallows (Child, No. 95) 196 19. Sir Hugh, or, The Jew’s Daughter (Child, No. 155) 202 20. The Bonnie House O’ Airlie (Child, No. 199) 213 21. The Gypsy Laddie (Child, No. 200) 215 22. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray (Child, No. 201) 221 23. Geordie (Child, No. 209) 222 24. The Braes O’ Yarrow (Child, No. 214) 224 25. James Harris (The Daemon Lover) (Child, No. 243) 226 26. Henry Martin (Child, No. 250) 241 27. The Suffolk Miracle (Child, No. 272) 244 28. Our Good Man (Child, No. 274) 246 29. The Wife Wrapped in Wether’s Skin (Child, No. 277) 253 30. The Farmer’s Curst Wife (Child, No. 278) 259 31. The Crafty Farmer (Child, No. 283) 261 32. The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity) (Child, No. 286) 265 33. The Mermaid (Child, No. 289) 269 34. Robin Hood 271 35. John Hardy 272 36. The Ashland Tragedy 290 37. McAfee’s Confession 293 38. The Jealous Lover (Pearl Bryan; Florella) 300 39. A Tolliver-Martin Feud Song 308 40. A West Virginia Feud Song 311 41. The Vance Song 313 42. Logan County Court House 320 43. Black Phyllis 324 44. Jesse James 325 45. Ye Sons of Columbia (Fuller and Warren) 327 46. Maggie Was A Lady (Frankie) 329 47. The Wreck on the C. & O. 333 48. Mack McDonald 346 49. The Dying Californian 348 50. Joe Bowers 350 51. The Jam at Gerry’s Rock 352 52. An Arkansaw Traveller 355 53. The Dying Cowboy 359 54. The Lone Prairie 365 55. The Ocean Burial 369 56. The Dying Hobo 371 57. A Comical Ditty 372 58. The Tucky Ho Crew 374 59. Immortal Washington 376 60. The Constitution and the Guerriere (Hull’s Victory) 379 61. The Battle of Bridgewater 382 62. James Bird 384 63. War Song (Texas Rangers) 386 64. The Dying Ranger 388 65. The Battle of Mill Springs 390 66. The Victory Won at Richmond 392 67. The Yankee Retreat 394 68. Bull Run 395 69. War Song 396 70. Jeff Davis (The Southern Wagon) 397 71. Old Glory 398 72. Brother Green 399 73. The Soldier’s Poor Little Boy 402 74. Just Before the Battle, Mother 405 75. Mother, Is the Battle Over? 407 76. The Rebel Soldier 409 77. I’m a Good Old Rebel 412 78. Corporal Schnapps 414 79. Old Joe Camp 416 80. Fair Charlotte 425 81. Springfield Mountain 426 82. The Drummer Boy of Waterloo 428 83. The Sheffield Apprentice 430 84. The Boston Burglar 433 85. My Parents Reared Me Tenderly 437 86. Jackison and Dickison 439 87. The Anford Wright 441 88. The Bramble Briar 444 89. Come, Pretty Polly (Polly’s Love) 448 90. The Wexford Girl (The Cruel Miller) 452 91. Rose Connoley 455 92. A Pretty Fair Maiden (The Single Sailor) 457 93. The Broken Ring 461 94. The Banks of Claudie 463 95. George Reilly 465 96. William Hall 469 97. Johnny Germany 472 98. Jackie Fraisure 474 99. The Silk-Merchant’s Daughter 481 100. The Orphan Gypsy Girl 483 101. William Reilly 485 102. Mollie Vaughn 489 103. Charming Beauty Bright 493 104. The Rich Merchant 495 105. Vilikins and his Dinah 497 106. Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low 499 107. A Poor Stranger far from Home 501 108. The Drowsy Sleeper 503 109. The Silver Dagger 506 110. Sweet William (The Sailor Boy) 510 111. Early in the Spring 516 112. Caroline of Edinburgh Town 522 113. The Sailor and his Bride 524 114. Pretty Sally (Sally and her True Love, Billy) 527 115. A Gay Spanish Maid 534 116. The Pretty Mohea 536 117. The Sailor’s Wooing 540 118. Lady Leroy 542 119. The Banks of Sweet Dundee 544 120. William Taylor 548 121. Dog and Gun 552 122. Pretty Polly 556 123. The Jack of Tar 558 124. Young Johnny 560 125. The Milkmaid 562 126. My Pretty Maid (Seventeen Come Sunday) 564 127. Kitty Wells 566 128. The Yellow Rose of Texas 568 129. The Drunkard’s Dream 570 130. Forward Boys, Hurrah! 574 131. Temperance Song 576 132. When I was One-and-Twenty 578 133. Jonah 580 134. The Little Family 582 135. The Twelve Joys 585 136. Wicked Polly 588 137. The True Lover’s Farewell 590 138. The Green Willow Tree (The Sprig of Thyme) 592 139. The Green Laurels (The Orange and Blue) 594 140. Young Ladies (Little Sparrow) 597 141. Youth and Folly 601 142. Maggie Goddon 603 143. A Forsaken Lover 604 144. Love has brought Me to Despair 606 145. The Butcher Boy 610 146. Farewell, Sweet Mary 614 147. Mary O’ the Dee 616 148. Mary of the Wild Moor 618 149. The Gypsy’s Warning 621 150. Fair Fanny Moore 623 151. Erin’s Green Shore 625 152. Poor Little Joe 629 153. The Orphan Girl 631 154. The Blind Man’s Regret 633 155. The Dishonest Miller 635 156. Father Grumble 641 157. An Old Woman’s Story 653 158. The Spanish Lady 655 159. Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? 657 160. The Bachelor’s Lament 659 161. Little Johnny Green 660 162. The Frog and the Mouse 662 163. The Fox 668 164. The Ranger 670 165. The Three Farmers 672 166. The Three Rogues 674 167. The Skin-and-Bone Lady 676 168. Billy Boy 679 169. The Old Man Who came over the Moor 685 170. Old Grimes 687 171. The Cobbler’s Boy 689 172. The Young Man Who travelled up and down. 691 173. The Young Man Who wouldn’t Hoe Corn 693 174. Old Joe Clog 695 175. Old Sam Fanny 696 176. Ground Hog Song 698 177. Davy Crockett 700 178. Creation Song 703 179. The Arkansaw Traveller 706 180. The Nigger Tune 709 181. Old Noah 711 182. A Glorious Wedding 714 183. Hard Times 716 184. Putting on the Style 719 185. Get up and bar the Door (Child, No. 275) 721 Folk Tunes 721 Folk Tunes - Introduction 724 Six Kings’ Daughters 726 The Miller’s Two Daughters 726 The Greenwood Siding 727 The Three Crows 727 Lady Margaret 727 Sweet William and Lady Margaret 728 Barbara Allen 728 The Gypsy Davy 729 The House Carpenter 729 McAfee’s Confession 730 Ye Sons of Columbia 730 The Wreck on the C. & O. 732 Joe Bowers 732 Young Charlotte 733 Young Beeham 733 William Hall 733 Mollie Vaunders 734 Charming Beauty Bright 734 The Squire 735 Young Ladies 735 The Butcher Boy 735 The Dishonest Miller 736 Frog went a-courtin’ 736 The Fox 736 Three Farmers 737 Billy Boy 737 Index of Titles 740 Index of First Lines 746 Illustrations 12 Mr. George W. Cunningham 54 Mr. Burwell Luther 97 Residence of Mr. Burwell Luther 97 Mrs. Rachel Fogg 195 Mrs. And Mrs. Sam Turman 419 Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turman 419 Mr. John B. Adkins 475 Mrs. Nancy McDonald McAtee 549 Folk-songs Of The South: Collected Under The Auspices Of The West Virginia Folk-lore Society Is A Collection Of Ballads And Folk-songs From West Virginia. First Published In 1925, This Resource Includes Narrative And Lyric Songs That Were Transmitted Orally, As Well As Popular Songs From Print Sources. Through 186 Ballads And Songs And 26 Folk Tunes, This Collection Archives A Range Of Styles And Genres, From English And Scottish Ballads To Songs About The Revolutionary And Civil Wars, The Opening Of The American West, And Boat And Railroad Transportation. It Includes Children's Play-party And Dance Music, Songs From African American Singers, And Post--civil War Popular Music. The Original Introduction By Cox Contains Vibrant Portraits Of The Singers He Researched, With Descriptions Of Performance Style And Details About Personalities And Attitudes. With An Introduction By Alan Jabbour, This Edition Renews The Importance Of This Text As A Piece Of Scholarship, Revealing Cox's Understanding Of The Workings Of Tradition Across Time And Place And His Influence Upon Folk-song Research. -- Publisher's Description Introduction To The New Edition / Alan Jabbour -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction To The Original Edition / John Harrington Cox -- Ballads And Songs -- Folk Tunes. John Harrington Cox. Includes Indices For Song Titles And First Lines. Presents a collection of ballads and folk-songs from West Virginia. First published in 1925, this resource includes narrative and lyric songs that were transmitted orally, as well as popular songs from print sources. Through 186 ballads and songs and 26 folk tunes, this collection archives a range of styles and genres.