This is one of the many ballads about the legendary English outlaw and popular hero. This tune appears in Pammelia, the first collection of vocal rounds, catches and canons published in England, in 16...
Paradoxes and riddles have frequently formed the subject of fireside stories and songs. This song is one of them. The original, according to Frank Kidson, is an old ballad called The Elfin Knight.
Sir Jonathan Trelawney, the Bishop of Bristol and Exeter, was committed to the Tower of London in 1688 by James II. Cornishmen then began marching to London to demand his release: this song resounded...
The version of this song that is known today contains an allusion to the Battle of Waterloo (1815), where the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards defeated the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard. It is the...
This is obviously a long and 'tall' tale and could have many more verses than are given here. The ram features in the coat of arms of Derby and in the emblem of Derby football club.
The words of this song can be traced back to the mid-18th century. Around 1759 there were many encampments along the south coast of England anticipating French invasion. The tune, which is anonymous,...
This song is closely associated with Newcastle and Tyneside generally; although its first appearance in print was in A Collection of Favourite Scots Tunes in Edinburgh, circa 1770. Keel means a boat a...
