Ballads and Songs of Indiana - online book

100 Songs Collected & Edited by Paul G. Brewster with commentaries Lyrics & Sheet music.

Indiana University Publications Folklore Series Copyright 1940

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To those who have been accustomed to think that American folk song survives only in mountain recesses of the South, the increasing number of fine collections recently issued from less isolated regions comes as evidence of a surprising vitality. Mr. Brewster's volume of ballads from Southern Indiana opens up a new field, and shows us what riches of traditional song have awaited his skillful discovery and enthusiastic recording. The section of the state covered was settled about a century ago, largely from the South, though there is a sufficient mixture of other traditions to complicate the problem of comparative study. The hundred folk songs, including twenty-seven versions of traditional English and Scottish ballads and the tunes for fourteen of these, will be of great interest not only to the folk­song scholar, for whom a whole new territory is explored, but to residents of this section, who will find preserved here a part of their traditional life that might otherwise have perished. Stith Thompson

Ballads and Songs of Indiana, Contents list & Page Numbers. Deduct 100 from numbers given to get the original book page number. .

Title Page Publishers Notice Preface Contents Contents Contents INTRODUCTION - 0111 - 0112 - 0113 - 0114 - 0115 REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS. - 0116 - 0117 OTHER WORKS TO WHICH REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE NOTES - 0118 - 0119 - 0120 - 0121 "The Elfin Knight (Child, No. 2)" - 0123 Page - 0124 Page - 0125 Page - 0126 Page - 0127 Page - 0128 "The False Knight Upon the Road (Child, No. 3)" - 0129 Page - 0130 "Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight (Child, No. 4) ." - 0131 Page - 0132 Page - 0133 Page - 0134 Page - 0135 Page - 0136 "Earl Brand (Child, No. 7)" - 0137 Page - 0138 Page - 0139 "Erlinton (Child, No. 8)" - 0140 Page - 0141 "The Two Sisters (Child, No. 10)" - 0142 Page - 0143 Page - 0144 Page - 0145 Page - 0146 Page - 0147 Page - 0148 Page - 0149 Page - 0150 "Lord Randal (Child, No. 12)" - 0151 Page - 0152 "The Three Ravens (Child, No. 26)" - 0153 Page - 0154 "The Two Brothers (Child, No. 49)" - 0155 Page - 0156 Page - 0157 "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child, No. 73)" - 0158 Page - 0159 Page - 0160 Page - 0161 Page - 0162 Page - 0163 Page - 0164 Page - 0165 Page - 0166 Page - 0167 Page - 0168 Page - 0169 Page - 0170 "Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child, No. 74) ." - 0171 Page - 0172 Page - 0173 Page - 0174 Page - 0175 Page - 0176 Page - 0177 Page - 0178 "Lord Lovel (Child, No. 75)" - 0179 Page - 0180 Page - 0181 Page - 0182 Page - 0183 Page - 0184 Page - 0185 Page - 0186 Page - 0187 Page - 0188 Page - 0189 Page - 0190 Page - 0191 "The Lass of Roch Royal (Child, No. 76)" - 0192 Page - 0193 Page - 0194 Page - 0195 Page - 0196 "The Wife of Usher's Well (Child, No. 79)" - 0197 Page - 0198 "Barbara Allen (Child, No. 84)" - 0199 Page - 0200 Page - 0201 Page - 0202 Page - 0203 Page - 0204 Page - 0205 Page - 0206 Page - 0207 Page - 0208 Page - 0209 Page - 0210 Page - 0211 Page - 0212 Page - 0213 Page - 0214 Page - 0215 Page - 0216 Page - 0217 Page - 0218 Page - 0219 Page - 0220 Page - 0221 "Lamkin (Child, No. 93)" - 0222 Page - 0223 Page - 0224 "The Maid Freed From the Gallows (Child, No. 95) ." - 0225 Page - 0226 Page - 0227 "Sir Hugh (Child, No. 155)" - 0228 Page - 0229 Page - 0230 Page - 0231 Page - 0232 Page - 0233 "The Gypsy Laddie (Child, No. 200)" - 0234 "Lizie Lindsay (Child, No. 226)" - 0235 "James Harris (Child, No. 243)" - 0236 Page - 0237 Page - 0238 Page - 0239 Page - 0240 Page - 0241 Page - 0242 Page - 0243 Page - 0244 Page - 0245 Page - 0246 Page - 0247 Page - 0248 "Our Goodman (Child, No. 274)" - 0249 Page - 0250 "The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin (Child, No. 277)" - 0251 Page - 0252 Page - 0253 Page - 0254 "The Farmer's Curst Wife (Child, No. 278)" - 0255 Page - 0256 Page - 0257 "The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity) (Child, No. 286)" - 0258 Page - 0259 Page - 0260 Page - 0261 Page - 0262 Page - 0263 "The Brown Girl (Child, No. 295)" - 0264 Page - 0265 "Trooper and Maid (Child, No. 299)" - 0266 Page - 0267 Page - 0268 Page - 0269 The Drowsy Sleeper - 0270 Page - 0271 Page - 0272 Page - 0273 Page - 0274 The Pretty Mohea - 0275 Page - 0276 Page - 0277 Page - 0278 Page - 0279 Page - 0280 Fair Charlotte - 0281 Page - 0282 Page - 0283 Page - 0284 Page - 0285 Page - 0286 Page - 0287 Young Johnny - 0288 Page - 0289 Page - 0290 Page - 0291 Page - 0292 The Bramble Briar. - 0293 Page - 0294 Page - 0295 Charming Beauty Bright. - 0296 Page - 0297 The Butcher's Boy. - 0298 Page - 0299 Page - 0300 Page - 0301 Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low - 0302 Page - 0303 The Wexford Girl (The Cruel Miller) - 0304 Page - 0305 Jackie Fraisure - 0306 Page - 0307 Page - 0308 Page - 0309 Page - 0310 The Silver Dagger - 0311 Page - 0312 Page - 0313 Page - 0314 George Really - 0315 Page - 0316 Father Grumble - 0317 Page - 0318 Page - 0319 Page - 0320 Page - 0321 Page - 0322 The Boston Burglar - 0323 Page - 0324 Page - 0325 The Frog Went A-Courting. - 0326 Page - 0327 Page - 0328 Page - 0329 Page - 0330 Page - 0331 Page - 0332 Page - 0333 Page - 0334 Page - 0335 Page - 0336 Page - 0337 Page - 0338 The Silk-Merchant's Daughter - 0339 Page - 0340 Page - 0341 Page - 0342 Grandma's Advice. - 0343 Page - 0344 Page - 0345 "Mary of the Wild Moor," - 0346 Page - 0347 Florella - 0348 Page - 0349 Page - 0350 Page - 0351 Page - 0352 Brother Green - 0353 Page - 0354 The Old Man Who Came Over the Moor - 0355 Page - 0356 The Death of a Romish Lady - 0357 Page - 0358 Page - 0359 William Reilly - 0360 Page - 0361 Johnny Sands. - 0362 Page - 0363 Page - 0364 The Arkansaw Traveler. - 0365 Page - 0366 Page - 0367 The Skin-and-Bone Lady - 0368 Sweet William (The Sailor Boy) - 0369 Page - 0370 The Gypsy's Warning - 0371 Page - 0372 Answer to the Gypsy's Warning. - 0373 The Sheffield Apprentice - 0374 Page - 0375 Love Has Brought Me to Despair - 0376 Page - 0377 Page - 0378 The Lady's Fan - 0379 Page - 0380 An Old Woman's Story. - 0381 Page - 0382 Pearl Bryan - 0383 Page - 0384 Page - 0385 Page - 0386 Page - 0387 Page - 0388 Page - 0389 The Tailor and the Crow - 0390 Page - 0391 Page - 0392 The Orphan Girl - 0393 Page - 0394 Page - 0395 Page - 0396 Page - 0397 Pretty Polly - 0398 Page - 0399 Locks and Bolts - 0400 Page - 0401 Page - 0402 Wicked Polly - 0403 The Soldier's Poor Little Boy - 0404 Page - 0405 Page - 0406 The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe His Corn - 0407 Calomel - 0408 Page - 0409 Page - 0410 The Old Bachelor - 0411 Page - 0412 Babes in the Wood. - 0413 The Battle of the Boyne - 0414 Page - 0415 The Texas Ranger - 0416 Page - 0417 Johnnie O'Rogers - 0418 The Derby Ram. - 0419 Page - 0420 Page - 0421 Springfield Mountain - 0422 The Fox. - 0423 Keemo-Kimo - 0424 Page - 0425 "Speed, Bonnie Boat." - 0426 Page - 0427 Little Sparrow - 0428 The Fatal Wedding. - 0429 Page - 0430 Page - 0431 You've Got to Put on Airs.. - 0432 Page - 0433 Raccoon's Got a Bushy Tail - 0434 Simon Slick. - 0435 Page - 0436 Page - 0437 Page - 0438 The Blue-Eyed Boy - 0439 Old Dan Tucker - 0440 Page - 0441 The Blue-Coat Man - 0442 Page - 0443 Page - 0444 Little Nell of Narragansett Bay - 0445 The Unconstant Lover - 0446 Page - 0447 The True Lover's Farewell - 0448 Page - 0449 One Morning in May - 0450 "Kitty Wells," - 0451 Page - 0452 The Soldier's Song - 0453 The Twelve Days of Christmas. - 0454 Page - 0455 Willie and Mary - 0456 "Soldier, Soldier, Will You Marry Me?." - 0457 The White Pilgrim - 0458 Page - 0459 Will the Weaver - 0460 Page - 0461 Pretty Sairey - 0462 Fuller and Warren - 0463 Page - 0464 Page - 0465 Page - 0466 Page - 0467 Page - 0468 INDEX OF TITLES - 0469 Page - 0470 Page - 0471 INDEX OF FIRST LINES - 0472 Page - 0473 Page - 0474 Page - 0475 INDEX OF TUNES - 0476

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