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Excerpt from English Folk Song, Some Conclusions The question, too, admits of no doubt. Folk-songs, genuinely and demonstrably English, have already been gathered in their hundreds, and of a quality at least as remarkable as their number. The work of collection, too, on any comprehensive scale, has only just begun. The larger part of rural England is still virgin soil, while of those districts that have already been visited, very few have, as...

Excerpt from English Folk-Carols: With Pianoforte Accompaniment and an Introduction and Notes The folk - carol defies imitation. A skilled musician, saturated in the literature of his country's folk-music might, conceivably, make a folk-song without betraying himself, but it seems impossible that he could imitate a popular carol and escape detection. There is, then, every reason why we should do all that is possible, while there is yet time,...

Excerpt from English Folk-Chanteys: With Pianoforte Accompaniment, Introduction and Notes Of these, the last two are at once the most recent and, in my opinion, the most authoritative. Each is the compilation of a professional sailor and avowedly a one - man collection, containing those chanteys only which its author had himself heard and learned at sea. Here, of course, Mr. Whall and Mr. Bullen have the advantage of me. I have no technical ...

Excerpt from The Sword Dances of Northern England, Vol. 3: Songs and Dance AirsWalbottle sword dance puddle the butter warkworth castle thro' the lang moor the drunken drummer footy agyen the wa'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally ...

Excerpt from The Country Dance Book, Vol. 1: Containing a Description of Eighteen Traditional Dances Collected in Country Villages Up till a few years ago it was commonly believed that the English race was the only one in Europe that was unable to make any contribution to the literature of folk-song. Opinions may still be divided as to the artistic worth of our national folk-songs, but their existence, and in great abundance, can no longer be...

Excerpt from The Sword Dances of Northern England, Vol. 1: Songs and Dance Airs Collected and Arranged by Cecil J. Sharp.ii. 'tis not for your gold or your silver, nor yet for the gain of your gear, But we come just to take a week's pleasure, to welcome the incoming year. My lads, they are all fit for action, with spirits and courage so bold, They are born of a noble extraction, their fathers were heroes of old. About the Publisher Forgotte...

Excerpt from The Country Dance Book, Vol. 3: Containing Thirty-Five Country Dances From the English Dancing Master (1650-1670)Catching of Quails (round for eight) If all the World were Paper (round for eight) Up Tails all (round for as many as will)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

Excerpt from Folk-Songs of English Origin Collected in the Appalachian Mountains There was a lady near the town, Low so low and so lonely She walked all night and all around. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct th...

Excerpt from The Country Dance Book, Vol. 4: Containing Forty-Three Country Dances From the English Dancing Master, (1650-1728)A diagram, showing the initial disposition of the dancers, is printed at the head of the notation of each dance, and placed so that its four sides correspond with the four sides of the room as depicted in the above plan. That is, the upper and lower sides of the diagram represent, respectively, the right and left walls...

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Excerpt from The Morris Book, Vol. 5: With a Description of Dances as Performed by the Morris Men of England They would also gratefully acknowledge their obligations to Mr. R. J. E. Tiddy for helping to collect the Bledington dances, to Mr. A. K. Browne for similar assistance at Wyresdale, to Miss Maud Karpeles for aiding them in the preparation of this book, and to Mr. E. Phillips Barker for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes h...

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Excerpt from The Sword Dances of Northern England, Vol. 2: Songs and Dance AirsDressed in our bright array, Now we will start our dancing So Music strike up and play. Copyright, 1912, by Novella (3' Gowany, Limited.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art tech...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.