Yorkshire Garland
 

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Title

Robin-a-Thrush (Willy went to Westerdale)
Humour
The White Cockade
Parting
Spencer the Rover
Domestic
Old Grimy
Humour
Three score and Ten (Three-score-and-ten)
Disaster
Marrow Bones (The Old Woman in Yorkshire)
Humour
Stow Brow
Amatory
The Wensleydale Lad
Humour
The Bonny Hawthorn
Amatory
Rosemary Lane (The Oak and the Ash)
Courtship
Lord George (LLoyd George)
Politics
Old Jim Slack's Grey Horse
Humour
The Old Farmer and His Shrew
Agriculture
Poverty Knocks
Occupational
Sedgefield Fair
Animals
Old Matha Gummersal's Mule
Animals
Old Johnny Walker
Humour
The Bilsdale Hunt Song
Sport
Oh, what a windy night !
Humour
A Thundering Sort of a Lie
Humour
The Beverley Maid and the Tinker
Occupational
The Yorkshire Wassail Song (Here we come a wassailing)
Ritual
An Acre of Land (An Acre of Land : Version 1)
Agriculture
An Acre of Land (An Acre of Land : Version 2)
Agriculture
An Acre of Land (An Acre of Land : Version 3)
Agriculture
The Artillery Alphabet
Military
Brian O'Lynn
Humour
A Country Life for Me
Agriculture
Father's Advice
Humour
Mutton Pie (The Yorkshire Farmer)
Humour
The Herring Song (The Red Herring)
Animals
The Jolly Ploughboy(1) (The Jolly Ploughboy)
Military
Still I love him
Married Life
The Bold Grenadier (Hear the Nightingales Sing)
Courtship
Edward (What is that blood on thy shirtsleeve ?)
Crime
Forty Miles
Courtship
The Nobleman and the Thresherman (The Nobleman and the Thresherman)
Occupational
The Pear Tree
Humour
Sheffield Park
Courtship
The Christmas Goose
Humour
The Death of Poor Bill Brown
Crime
Merry Mountain Child
Nostalgia
Old Jepson Brown
Humour
Rolling on the Grass
Courtship
The Sucking Pig
Humour
Beautiful Dale, Home of the Swale
Descriptive
Forging of My Scales
Sport
The Poor Old Weaver's Daughter
Courtship
The Tailor's Breeches (The Tailor's Britches)
Humour
Master Smith says to John
Sport
Pleasant and Delightful (Castle Hill Anthem)
Parting
Friezland Ale
Drink
The Pace-Egging Song
Ritual
Gossip Joan (Gossip John)
Humour
Through the Groves (Holmfirth Anthem)
Parting
The Dead Pig (The Old Sow)
Animals
The Beautiful Boy
Humour
The Foolish Boy (My Father Died)
Humour
The Derby Ram (The Old Tup)
Ritual
Poor Old Horse
Ritual
Six Jolly Miners
Ritual
The Cropper Lads
Crime
Foster's Mill (Foster's Mill)
Crime
Hedon Road Gaol (Hedon Rd Gaol)
Prison
The Merchant's Son and the Beggar Wench
Amatory
My Bonny Yorkshire Lass
Amatory
Industry off Spurn Point (The Wreck of the Industry)
Disaster
Sledmere Poachers
Crime
Barnsley Anthem
Domestic
The Dalesman's Litany
Occupational
The Sheffield Apprentice
Courtship
Glossop Rd (Glossop Road)
Amatory
The Cruel Mother (The Lady of York)
Supernatural
The Effects of Love
Courtship
York, York for my money (York,York for my money)
Sport
The Noble Foxhunting (Dido Bendigo)
Sport
Young Simon John
Humour
The Crafty Ploughboy (The Yorkshire Bite)
Humour
The White Hare (The White Hare of Howden)
Sport
The Bonnet So Blue (The Bonny Scotch Lad)
Courtship
The Cock Fight (The Holbeck Moor Cockfight)
Sport
The Three Jolly Fishermen
Occupational
You Noble Spectators
Ritual
Tom Bowling
Nautical
The Lyke Wake Dirge (The Lyke Wake Dirge : Version 1)
Ritual
The Lyke Wake Dirge (The Lyke Wake Dirge : Version 2)
Ritual
The Muffin Man
Humour
Old Roger is Dead (Cock Robin)
Children’s Songs
Spence Broughton
Highwayman
The Trip
Canal
The Roving Heckler Lad (The Heckler Lad)
Occupational
Luckiest Sailor (The Luckiest Sailor)
Lament
Fishing Trawling - Industrial
North Cape Calling
Cattle Sale (Ruswarp) (Cattle Sale Song)
Farming
Apprentice Diallers (The Apprentice Dialler)
Mining - Coal
The Sword Dancer's Song (Ripon Sword Dance Song)
Seasonal
The Pit Boy
Mining - Coal
Down in a Coal Mine (Fearless Collier Lad)
Mining - Coal
William Brown (Keep That Wheel A-Turning)
Industrial
Tobacco Song
Mining - Coal
Orgreave
Mining - Coal
Rothwell Debtors' Prison Song
Social History
Adieu to Derwent Village
Steel Forging
Fourpence a Day
Mining Lead
Rabbit Pie
Animals
The Westwood Rows
The Devil in York
Clergy
Walking Down Old Green Lane
Mining - Coal
The Super and the Snowman
Mining - Coal
Among The Yorkshire Dales
Miscellaneous
Farewell To The Weatsheaf (Farewell To The Wheatsheaf)
Social History
The Grosmont Miner
Mining - Iron
The Last Great Showman
Whitby Bells
The Visitor
Freeman's Waistcoat
Red and Black
Sheep Gathering
Farming
The Old Gimmer (Old Gimmer)
Farming
The Bunny Run
Social History
The Soldier's Poor Little Boy (Early Pearly)
The Soldier's Poor Little Boy (Haley Paley)
King William (King William Was King George's Son)
Children’s Songs
The Oaks Pit Explosion (The Oaks Pit Disaster)
Mining - Coal
The Manvers Main Lockout (Manvers Main Lockout)
Mining - Coal
My Sky Sailor
Oven Mitts
Occupational
Owd Jack Braddalar
Children’s Songs
Rose of York
Military
Echoes of the Mekong
Nautical
I'm Your Man, I'm Your Lighthouse
Nautical
Safe Home
Nautical
The Testament of Patience Kershaw
Mining - Coal
Pony Driver's Song
Agriculture
The Grand Pubs of Yorkshire
Drink
Buffer Girls
Digging In The Dark
Disaster
Hoylandswaine Nails
John The Little Mester
What Else Can We Do
A Week as a Weaver
Cropper Lads
Social History
Queen Victoria's Shawl
The Witch
Weave The Warp