Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of England

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• a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes

TAKEN DOWN FROM ORAL RECITATION AND TRANSCRIBED FROM PRIVATE MANUSCRIPTS, RARE BROADSIDES AND SCARCE PUBLICATIONS.

CONTENTS (abridged)
POEMS:
THE PLAIN-DEALING MAN.
THE VANITIES OF LIFE.
THE LIFE AND AGE OF MAN.
THE YOUNG MAN'S WISH.
THE MIDNIGHT MESSENGER; OR, A SUDDEN CALL FROM AN EARTHLY GLORY TO THE COLD GRAVE.
A DIALOGUE BETWIXT AN EXCISEMAN AND DEATH.
THE MESSENGER OF MORTALITY; OR LIFE AND DEATH CONTRASTED IN A DIALOGUE BETWIXT DEATH AND A LADY.
ENGLAND'S ALARM; OR THE PIOUS CHRISTIAN'S SPEEDY CALL TO REPENTANCE
SMOKING SPIRITUALIZED.
THE MASONIC HYMN.
GOD SPEED THE PLOW, AND BLESS THE CORN-MOW. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE HUSBANDMAN AND SERVINGMAN.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE SERVINGMAN.
THE CATHOLICK.
THE THREE KNIGHTS.
THE BLIND BEGGAR OF BEDNALL GREEN.

BALLADS:
THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD.
THE OUTLANDISH KNIGHT.
LORD DELAWARE.
LORD BATEMAN.
THE GOLDEN GLOVE; OR, THE SQUIRE OF TAMWORTH.
KING JAMES I. AND THE TINKLER.
THE KEACH I' THE CREEL.
THE MERRY BROOMFIELD; OR, THE WEST COUNTRY WAGER.
SIR JOHN BARLEYCORN.
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A BEGGING WE WILL GO.