Songs of Britain

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: Songs of Britain; A collection of One Hundred English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish National Songs.
Editors: Frank Kidson and Martin Shaw (1875–1958)
Arranger: Martin Shaw (1875–1958)
Publisher: Boosey & Co.
Copyright: 1913

This book has been posted in its entirety at Google Books.

Contents:

  • A Frog he would a-wooing go
  • Adieu, my loved harp
  • Admiral Benbow
  • Agincourt Song
  • Although his back be at the wa’
  • All in a garden green
  • Among our ancient mountains
  • Arrah, darling, my heart you’re alarming
  • As beautiful Kitty
  • As I was a-driving my waggon
  • As I was a-walking one morning in May
  • As Mars and Minerva
  • Barbara Allan
  • Blackbird, The
  • Blind Harper, The
  • Bonnie Brier Bush, The
  • Braes o’ Balquhidder, The
  • Broom of Cowdenknowes, The
  • By this fountain’s flow’ry side
  • Chapter of Kings, The
  • Chirk Castle
  • Come o’er the sea
  • Come o’er the stream, Charlie
  • Dear Harp of Erin
  • Dimpled Cheek, The
  • Elfin Fairies, The
  • Emigrant, The
  • Ere around the huge Oak
  • Far, far from my country
  • Farewell to Glen Shalloch
  • Fine old English Gentleman, The
  • Flowers of the heath, The
  • Fortune, my foe
  • From Valley and Wood
  • Gee ho, Dobbin
  • General Monk’s March
  • Girl I left behind me, The
  • God bless the Prince of Wales
  • God save the King
  • Good morrow, Gossip Joan
  • Gossip Joan
  • Great Caesar
  • Great Meat Pie, The
  • Green Bushes, The
  • Here’s his health in water
  • I’d be a butterfly
  • I have house and land in Kent
  • I live not where I love
  • I’ll sing you a good old song
  • I’m lonesome since I cross’d the hill
  • I’m wearin’ awa’, Jean
  • In days of ancient story
  • In Sherwood lived stout Robin Hood
  • Inspired Bard, The
  • In yon garden
  • It was a blind beggar
  • It was a’ for our rightfu’ King
  • It was in and about the Mart’mas Time
  • I’ve coasted round old England
  • I’ve no sheep on the mountains
  • Jenny Jones
  • Jenny’s Mantle
  • John Anderson, my Jo
  • Jolly Ploughboy, The
  • Jolly Waggoner, The
  • Kate, the Primrose-Girl
  • Kitty of Coleraine
  • Land o’ the Leal, The
  • Legend of Sir Guy of Warwick, The
  • Let gay ones and great
  • Lewie Gordon
  • Logic o’ Buehan
  • Loosen your sword
  • Lord Willoughby
  • Loth to depart
  • Love me little, love me long
  • Lovesick Frog, The
  • Maid of Llanwellyn, The
  • Mary Ambree
  • Megan’s Daughter
  • Molly, my dear
  • My bonny cuekoo
  • My dog and my gun
  • My little pretty one
  • My name’s Edward Morgan
  • Nature’s holiday
  • Near Woodstock Town
  • Now bar the door
  • Oft in the stilly night
  • Oh! we sail’d to Virginia
  • Oh, where’s the slave
  • Oh while I live I’ll ne’er forget
  • Old Farmer’s Song, The
  • O Logic o’ Buehan
  • O Mistress mine
  • Once on a morning of sweet recreation
  • O send Lewie Gordon hame
  • O the Broom, the bonny, bonny Broom
  • O there’s mony a gate
  • Our King went forth to Normandy
  • O waly, waly
  • O whistle, an’ I’ll come to you, my lad
  • Oxfordshire Tragedy, The
  • Peaceful flows the winding river
  • Peaceful slumb’ring on the ocean
  • Pibroch of Donuil Dhu
  • Portsmouth
  • Pretty Bessie
  • Pretty girl milking her cow, The
  • Rich and rare were the gems she wore
  • Robin Hood
  • Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
  • Row dow dow; or The Drum
  • Sere form of frail beauty
  • Shepherd’s absence, The
  • Sir Egiamore
  • Sumer is icumen in
  • Sweet Kate
  • Sweetheart Gate, The
  • The Daughter of Megan
  • The fifteenth day of July
  • The harvest is o’er
  • The Laird o’ Cockpen
  • The news frae Moidart
  • The Romans in England
  • The Sun rises bright in France
  • The sweet rosy morning
  • The Violet and the Primrose too
  • There grows a bonny brier bush
  • There was a brisk young ploughboy
  • Thou canst not hit it, my good man
  • Though better minstrels far than I
  • Tho’ the last glimpse of Erin
  • Though your strangeness frets my heart
  • To all you ladies now at land
  • To carry the milking-pail
  • Under the rose
  • Was ever knight for lady’s sake
  • We fairy elves in mossy dells
  • Wha’ll be King but Charlie
  • What Booker doth prognosticate
  • What have I done that my Mary should fly me
  • When bidden to the wake or fair
  • When captains courageous
  • When Daphne did from Phoebus fly
  • When first I went a-waggoning
  • When shaws are sheen
  • When the King shall enjoy his own again
  • When Winter’s fairly left the land
  • Where is my Owen?
  • While history’s muse
  • Will ye go, Lassie, go to the Braes o’ Balquhidder
  • Will ye go to Sheriffmuir
  • Will you come out to gather the freshly blown roses
  • Wilt thou be my dearie?
  • Withered Leaf, The
  • With my flock as walked I
  • Ye nymphs and sylvan gods
  • You’ve heard of the wondrous crocodile

Notes:
Another great collection of folk songs and traditional rep, with accompaniments by the well regarded church musician, Martin Shaw.

Songs from these volumes will be uploaded as song posts are created for them. If you would like me to give priority to a song that is not yet posted, please let me know via the contact page.