FOLK SONG OF OLD NEW ENGLAND collected and Edited by Eloise Hubbard Linscott, 1939, 1962 344 pages

SECTION ONE: SINGING GAMES

COUNTING OUT
DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE?
THE FARMER IN THE DELL
GO IN AND OUT THE WINDOWS
GREEN GRAEL
GREEN GROWS THE RUCHES, OH!
HERE COME THREE DUKES A-RIDING
HERE STANDS AN OLD MAID FORSAKEN
HERE WE GO GATHERING NUTS IN MAY
HOW MANY MILES TO LONDON TOWN?
I AM A RICH WIDOW
I'LL GIVE TO YOU A PAPER OF PINS
I PUT MY LITTLE HAND IN
JENNIA JONES
KING'S LAND
LAZY MARY LONDON BRIDGE
LUCY LOCKET
MULB'RY BUSH
MY FAIREY AND MY FOREY
THE NEEDE'S EYE
OLD WOMAN ALL SKIN AND BONE
ON THE GREEN CARPET
POOR MARY SITS A-WEEPING
RIGN AROUND O' ROSIES
SHALL I SHOW YOU HOW THE FARMER?
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
WATER, WATER, WILD FLOWER

SECTION TWO: THE COUNTRY DANCE

GLOSSARY OF DANCE TERMS
FORMATIONS
STEPS
CALLS FOR THE PROMPTER
GENERAL TERMS

DANCE FORMATIONS

BONAPARTE CROSSING THE RHINE (MARCH)
BOSTON FANCY, OR LADY WALPOLE'S REEL
CHORUS JIG
DEVIL'S DREAM
THE DUCHESS
FISHERS' HORNPIPE
FRENCH FOUR
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
GRAND MARCH, FOLLOWED BY SICILIAN CIRCLE
GREEN MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEERS
HAYMAKERS' JIG
HIGH, BETTH MARTIN
HULL'S VICTORY
LADY OF THE LAKE
THE LONDON LANCIERS
MAID IN THE PUMP ROOM
THE MERRY DANCE
MISS BROWN'S REEL
MONEY MUSK
MORNING STAR
NINEPIN QUADREILL, OR THE CHEAT
OLD SIP COON
PETRONELLA
PLAIN QUADRILLE
POP! GOES THE WEASEL
PORTLAND FANCY
SOLDER'S JOY
SPEED THE PLOUGH
STEAMBOAT QUICKSTEP
THE TEMPEST
TWIN SISTERS
VIRGINIA REEL
THE WALTZ
THE WHITE COCKADE

SECTION THREE: SEA CHANTEYS AND FO'CASTLE SONGS

AMSTERDAM
BLOW, BOY BLOW!
BLOW THE MAN DOWN
CAPTAIN KIDD
THE DEAD HORSE
THE GALLANT VICTORY, OR LOWLANDS LOW
HAUL AWA, JOE!
HAUL THE BOWLINE
HOMEWARD BOUND
JOHNNY BOKER
A LONG TIME AGO
OLD HORSE
REUBEN RENZO
RIO GRANDE
SHENANDOAH, OR THE WIDE MISSOURI
TOMMY'S GONE TO HILO
WHISKY JOHNNY

SECTION FOUR: BALLADS, FOLK SONGS, AND DITTIES

ALL BOUND 'ROUND WITH A WOOLEN STRING
AWY DOWN EAST
THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON
BARB'RY ELLEN OR BARBARA ALLEN
A BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN
BILLY BOY
BINGO
BLOW, YE WINDS, BLOW, OR THE ELFIN KNIGHT
BOLD DICKIE
THE BROOKFIELD MURDER
THE BUNNIT OF STRAW
THE BUTCHER BOY
CANADAY-I-O
CAROLINE OF EDINBORO TOWN
THE CARRION CROW
COMMON BILL
THE DEVIL AND THE FARMER'S WIFE
DIRANTE, MY SON, OR LORD RANDALL
FAIR ROSAMOND, OR ROSAMOND'S DOWNFALL
THE FARMINTON CANAL SONG
FIDDLE DEE DEE
FIRST FAMILIES OF FALL RIVER
A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO
A FOX WENT OUT ON A STARRY NIGHT
FROG IN THE WELL
GO TELL AUNT RHODY
GYPSY DAISY
HERE WE GO UP
I HAD A LITTLE NUT TREE
I'LL NOT MARRY AT ALL
IN GOOD OLD COLONY TIMES
JACK HAGGERTY, OR THE FLAT RIVER GIRL
THE JAM ON GERRY'S ROCKS
THE JOLLY MILLER
JOLLY OLD ROGER
JULIA GROVER
KATY CRUEL
THE LADLE SONG
LAVENDER'S BLUE
LET'S GO TO THE WOODS, OR THE HUNTING OF THE WREN
LORD LOVELL
THE LUMBERMAN'S ALPHABET
MAPLE SWEET
THE MILL
THE MONKEY'S WEDDING
MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED ON YONDER LITTLE GREEN
THE OCEAN BURIAL
THE OLD MAN WHO LIVED IN THE WOOD
OLD POD-AUGER TIMES
THE OLD SOW SONG
THE OLD WOMAN IN DOVER
THE OLD WOMAN WHO WENT TO MARKET
OUR GOODMAN
OVER THE WATER TO CHARLIE
THE OXEN SONG
PERRIE, MERRIE, DIXI, DOMINI
PETER EMILY
POLLY OLIVER
POLLY VAN
THE QUAKER'S WOOING
THE ROLLING OF THE STONES, OR THE TWA BROTHERS
THE SAWMILL SONG
SCOTLAND'S BURNING, AND THREE BLIND MICE
A SHIP A-SAILING
SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN, OR THE BLACK SARPENT
SWEET KITTY CLOVER
THREE CHILDREN SLIDING ON THE ICE
THREE CROWS
THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN
TITTERY NAN
TOO-RIL-TE-TOO
TYBURN HILL
WASHING DAY
WILL YOU WEAR THE RED? OR JENNIE JENKINS
WILLIKINS AND HIS DINAH
YOUNG ALANTHIA
YOUNG CHARLOTTE

APPENDIX
THE SINGERS
REFERENCE
ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA