Julia C.Bishop wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am supervising a PhD student who is working on the collector, Alfred
> Williams. Amongst the songs he documented from rural music-making are
> a number of probably popular songs dating from the 19th century or
> before.
>
> The student is engaged in trying to identify the original composers of
> these songs and their date of composition. He has consulted
>
> M. Kilgariff, Sing us one of the old songs: A Guide to Popular Song
> M.W.Disher, Victorian Song
> M. Turner (ed.) The Parlour Song Book
> D. Scott, The Singing Bourgeois
> The Bodleian Library Broadside Ballad Catalogue (online)
> G. Malcolm Laws, American Ballads from British Broadsides
> ----, Native American Balladry
> J.S. Bratton, The Victorian Popular Ballad
> R. Pearsall, Victorian Popular Music
>
> There are still a number of songs which he hasn't been able to source,
> however. Does anyone know if there is a single comprehensive catalogue
> of 19th century popular songs? Or could anyone suggest further sources
> which might help, please?
>
> Alternatively, does anyone have any intelligence (composer and date of
> composition) on the following titles, please?
>
> The Baker's Oven (Biscuit the Baker)
> Baltimore
> In the days we went a gypsying
> Never cut your toenails on a Sunday
> The Cottage by the SEa
> Willie, we have missed you
> SMiling TOm
> Joe in the Copper
> My Blue-eyed Nellie
> Little plain gold ring
> Rosy May
> The Umbrella Courtship ('A belle and beau would walking go/In love
> they both were pining')
> Gentle Jenny Gray ('My heart is sad, I'll tell you why')
> Gentle Annie ('Thou wilt come no more gentle Annie')
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Apologies to those who
> have already received this message via other lists!
>
> Julia
>
> Julia C. Bishop (Dr) National Centre for English Cultural Tradition University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN U.K.
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I have some songs that were to be sung to "Umbrella Courtship". The song
is in the Lester Levy sheet music collection on the web, without the
music, and with the tune direction "Yankee Volunteer", which I have not
succeeded in tracing further.
Bruce Olson
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