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N A B FOR ROYALTY - Scots Nationalist Song - comp by Jim McLean -- Nigel DENVER: MAJOR MINOR MMLP-1 1967

'N AM BHI FAGAIL GHLASCHU - (When leaving Glasgow) -- Kenneth McLEOD rec by Fred Macaulay, S Shawbost, Lewis Hebrides 1957: RPL LP 24442

NA BUACHAILLI BEARE - Set Dance -- Sean MAGUIRE (fid) with Eilis Ni MHARCAIGH (piano): GAEL-LINN CEF-011 [nd]

NA BUACHAILLI IN ALBAIN (The Boys in Scotland) -- sung by Kitty Rodgers, rec by Noel Hamilton, Torre Island, Co Donega 1967: FTX-276

NA CEANNABHAIN BHANA -- Seamus ENNIS: GAEL-LINN CEF-009

NA CONAIRIGH - Irish Gaelic Song -- Nioclas TOIBIN Waterford 27/8/52: RPL 18757 - O BOYLE Family: CEOLTA GAEL OSS-2 1971 on d/cass 0938-C60

NA CONNERYS - Instrum Air - CRANITCH #98 p166 4/4 (D)

NA GLEANNTA - (The Glens) - "Ta gleanntainin aoibhinn 'dir Laoi theas agus Banndan" - Irish Gaelic extempore verses sung by wedding guests about the locality - CROININ 2000 #101 pp161-3 -- Elizabeth CRONIN rec by Seamus Ennis, Macroom, Co Cork 21/9/52: RPL 19026/ FOUR COURTS CD-1 #19

NA h-IGHNEAGAGAN DONNA, BOIDHEACH' - "Yesterday the pretty brown-haired young girls - were harvesting barley with me" - Scots Gaelic -- John Mc KINNON, Barra rec RPL - sung by Lauchie Mc LENNAN rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-353 1978

NA REUBAIREAN - HEBRIDEAN SEA-REIVER'S SONG

NA TONNTRACHA REATHA - Jig - FUREY p11 (G ends A))

NACH DONA AGUS NACH BRÓNACH -- sung by Jimmy MEENAN rec by Noel Hamilton, Torre Island, Co Donegal 1967: FTX-277

NACH FADA MO CHOSA -- sung by Jimmy MEENAN rec by Noel Hamilton, Torre Island, Co Donegal 1967: FTX-277

NADOLIG, YR - (Christmas) - Welsh Penillion to tune of "Wyres Megan" (Megan's Grand-daughter) - words by Crwys, a well-known bard -- LLANSANNAN CHOIR PARTY rec by PK, Llansannan, Denbighsh 8/11/54: 7"RTR-1036

NAE - see under NO

NAILMAKERS, THE - Songs from Musical Documentary by Jon RAVEN & Malcolm TOTTEN with reading between tracks -- BROADSIDE BRO-115 1973

NAILMAKER'S STRIKE, THE - 1852 March from Netherton to Bromsgrove -- WOLVERHAMPTON WS-100 (45EP) 1966 - Jon RAVEN (unacc) BROADSIDE BRO-LP -100 1968 Tune by Mike Raven - see BROADSIDE BRO-115 1973 - Chris ROGERS & Pam BISHOP: TOPIC 12-TS-210 1971

NAILS - "O this world is a bag of nails and some is very queer ones" Ch: "To me O dear o right fol" - tune is "Row Dow Dow"- Australian - BSs: "Bag of Nails" Fordyce (Newcastle), Sanderson (Edinburgh) -- Cyril DUNCAN: LARRIKIN 007 1976

NAINSEL TO MASTER - JOHN McNAB

NAIRN'S RIVER BANKS - "It was in the merry month of June, delightful fresh and fair" - ROUD#3780 - Mss

NAKEDNESS - (Nudity) - BRIAN O LINN (Wally Fuller) - DOWN IN THE VALLEY (Children) - DUKE WILLIAM'S FROLIC - FINDING OF MOSES - HERMIT - FOUR & TWENTIETH DAY OF MAY - JOHN BARLEYCORN - KEYHOLE IN THE DOOR - MAID OF AUSTRALIA - SONG OF TEMPTATION - STARK-NAKED ROBBERY - SURPRIZ'D NYMPH - THREE BUTCHERS - WEARY O THE GILL STOUP

NAM SHUIDH SO GAD CHUIMHNEACHADH - ("I am sitting all alone thinking of you") -- Scots Gaelic -- John "Hodden" McDONALD: TOPIC 12-T-181 1968

NAME-CALLING - FOUR EYES - GET LOST - JEERS - SKINNIES - STICKS AND STONES

NAMES - OPIE LLSC pp156-8 - ENWAU (Welsh) - WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

NAN OF THE VALLEY - "Twas down in yon grove where sweet violets grow" - ROUD#12733

NANA'S SONG - comp by Ralph McTell -- TINKERS: ARGO ZFB-35 1971

NANCY - ADIEU MY LOVELY NANCY - BANKS OF THE MOSSON - BEAUTIFUL NANCY - FAREWELL DEAREST NANCY - JACK AND NANCY - JAMIE AND NANCY - LOVELY NANCY - MASTER KILBY - NANCY OF YARMOUTH - NEW GARDEN FIELDS - RAMBLING BEAUTY - ROSE OF ARDEE - SWANSEA TOWN - WILLIAM AND NANCY

NANCY - "My own pretty Nancy, my love and delight" - BARING GOULD SOW #48 (a) Wm Friend, Lydford (b) Jas Parsons (words re-written - not in Rev Ed)

NANCY - "Twas down in the valley by the side of a grove - banks where sweet violets grow" - clear crystal fountain - birds - lambs - ROUD#1646 - GRAINGER MS #352 Mr Tandy, Winchcombe, Gloucestersh - FMJ 1:3 1967 pp143-145 Gardiner: Moses Blake, Lyndhurst, Hampsh 1906/ Wm Garratt, Petersfield, Hampsh 1908 1v/m (2var noted by Guyer) - PURSLOW WS 1968 p84 Gardiner Hants 1908 --- CREIGHTON TSNS 1950 p189 -- Cyril TAWNEY: ARGO ZFB-87 1973

NANCY - March comp by Northumbrian piper, Tom Clough -- HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: TOPIC 12-T-186 1968 - Robin (fid) & Barry (gtr) DRANSFIELD: RPL REC-95S 1970 - George ARMSTRONG (fid) rec by PK, Northumb 1954: 121 - THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12- TS-222 1973 used for "Newcastle" dance - George HEPPLE & son (fid & acc): TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974 - Martin DUNN (piccolo): TOPIC 12-TS-267 1975 (this item labelled KINCLAVEN BRIG/ BILL SUTHERLAND) - THE CUT AND DRY BAND (N-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-413 1980 aft "Dr Whittaker's Hornpipe"

NANCY AND JIMMY - BEAUTIFUL NANCY - JAMIE AND NANCY

NANCY AND JOHNNY - KNIFE IN THE WINDOW

NANCY ANN - American Dance tune -- Franklin GEORGE (banjo), Bluefield, W Virginia: SAYDISC Matchbox SDM-229 1972 (M)

NANCY DAWSON - "This world's a world of toil and woe" - BSs

NANCY DAWSON - "'s grown so fine - Billy Button's gone to sea" - "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush/ gathering nuts in May" - MASON NR&CS 1877 - perhaps a parody on "Elsie Marley" and "Bobby Shaftoe" - Cf CHAPPELL NEA 1838 p94 & PMOT 1858 pp718-20 - VOC LIB 1822 p398 - FORD 1899 p71 - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #1028 pp370-2 15v w/o "There lived a lass in yonder glen" (in Lowland Scots)

NANCY DAWSON - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #131 p32 (G) - Tunebook Ms #78 p29 (G) - WESTROP #69 p24 Country Dance - WILSON p89

NANCY FROM LONDON - NANCY OF YARMOUTH

NANCY GREY AND BETSY GRAY - BESSY BELL AND MARY GREY

NANCY'S TO THE GREEN WOOD GANE - Song Air - Tunebook Ms #128 p221 (D) 4/4 - NAPIER vol 2 p25 - JENNY'S COMPLAINT

NANCY HEGAR - Cornish - LOVELY NANCY

NANCY HOGAN'S GANDER - "O come all you lads and lasses" Tune: The Rose Tree - ends: "Near transported for raping Nancy Hogan's goose" (Gander went to Sligo Gaol) - CF CLAHAMON TOWN -- Lal SMITH (tinker) rec by PK, Belfast 24/7/52: RPL 18303/ FTX-166 with tune of song "jigged" (mouth-music)

NANCY HOGAN'S PIG - "In Clahamon/Derry Town there dwelt 2 maids - Palci Grey & NH" Ch: "Tral-la" - " bought two pigs, cut off their tails, P died Saturday night & N on Sunday, buried on Monday - ROUD#1130 0- Alfred WILLIAMS Ms #576 - Darley McCall 72 & 79 - PALMER SOM 1972 Birmingham & Midland Folk Centre: P Murphy, Brownhills, Staffordsh 1967 "Poll & Nancy Hogan" -- Sean O TUAM rec by Jean Ritchie & George Pickow: FOLKWAYS "Field Trip: Ireland" 1960/ OSSIAN OSS-15 1989 CASS-0797/ DAT - Mary O HARA: DECCA ML-O22 1967 "Two maids of Derry Town, Poll & Nancy Hogan, box & fight from morn till night"

NANCY HYNES - Jig (D) - O NEILL #903/150 3pts -- Tom ENNIS (U- pipes) rec New Jersey, NY USA "The Wheels of the World" LP MORNING STAR 45001 aft "Three Little Drummers" "Connaughtman's Rambles" & "Joy of my Life"

NANCY IN THE HOBBLE - Reel - COLE p32 "New Policeman's" - CRANITCH #78 p155 "NP" - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #146 p35 (G) alt: "Lady Cork's"; "Paddy Bolster's"; "The Tinker's Stick" - Tunebook Ms #88 p299 (G) - O'NEILL MOI #1237 & DMI #511 "NP" alt title: "Twin Brother's Reel" - SHASKEEN 1 #5 p6 (D)

NANCY JANE - "I'm crazy about NJ" - American Mountain Song -- Milton BROWN (v) with The Fort Worth Doughboys (fid & gtr) rec Dallas, Texas 1932 (NEW WORLD NW-226)/ CASS-0476-7

NANCY MILES - "was a tinker girl who roamed the country round" -- Mick FOSTER (acc/gui/voc) & Tony ALLEN (gui/voc): RITZ London LC-0003/ CASS-0951 & RITZ London LC-0008/ CASS-0952

NANCY OF BRISTOL - FAREWELL MY DEAREST NANCY

NANCY OF YARMOUTH - "O tis Nancy of Yarmouth she's my joy and delight" - Rich father objects to daughter, Nancy marrying a man of low degree - however he promises he will allow marriage when Jimmy returns from sea on one of his ships - In Barbadoes a rich lady falls in love with him and commits suicide because Jimmy will not marry - the cruel father arranges for Jimmy to be murdered on his return - the bosun throwes him overboard and Jimmy's ghost appears to Nancy asking her to follow him into the deep - father dies of a broken heart - LAWS #M-38 ABBB 1957 pp199-200 - ROUD#407 - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint 2001) also titled "The Cruel Sea Captain" - SBG 8:#19 - CHRISTIE TBA 2 1881 p282 (m/o) - ASHTON RSS 1891 #64A (w/o) "The Constant Lover's Garland" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #135 1 pp522-3 Harry Larcombe, Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset 1906/ Mrs Haskyns, Rackenford, Devon 1904 1v/m/ Capt Lewis, Minehead, Somerset 1904 "Pretty Nancy of London" - HAMMOND FSOD 1908 - JFSS 3:11 1907 p101-3 Hammond: J Elliott, Todber, Dorset 1905/ Mr Gregory, Beaminster, Dorset 1906 (m/o)/ Miss Forsey, Whatton, Dorset 1906 & p272 (St Leonards-on-sea, Kent) - JFSS 3:4 (13) 1909 p272 RVW: Daniel Wigg, Alresford, Hampsh 1909 "Pretty N" - JFSS 6:21 1918 p37 Eva M Ashton: Edmund Pack, Robertsbridge, Sussex 1906 1v/m - WILLIAMS #678 (w/o) - STUBBS LOM 1970 p60 George Townsend. Lewes, Sussex 1960 "Pretty N from Y" - PURSLOW FD 1974 pp71-2 Hammond: Dorset 1905 - RICHARDS-STUBBS EFS 1979 p115 Hammond - PALMER RVW 1983 #36 pp57-8 Daniel Wigg "Pretty N" --- American Songster 1836 p193 (184 lines) - SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #63 (vol 1 pp379-380) Mrs Mary Sands, Allanstand, NC 1916 12v/m ("The Perbadus Lady") - CREIGHTON NS 1933 p81 13v/m - BROWN NC 1952 p223 (55½v from ms) - GREENLEAF NFL 1939 p73 - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 p329 Mrs Judy Jane Whittaker, Mo 1928 "Pretty N of London" - LEACH Labr 1965 p136 - PEACOCK SNO 1965 2 pp568-570 Chris Cobb 1952/ Kenneth Pink 1959 2v/m/ Everett & Mrs Freeman Bennett, 1958 1v/m Nfl "N from London" - KARPELES NFL 1971 #53 pp180-1 Samuel Moss, Open Hall, Nfl 1929 "N of London" - JIMMY AND NANCY - YARMOUTH IS A PRETTY TOWN - YARMOUTH TRAGEDY -- Fred LING rec by PK, Blaxhall, Suffolk 1955: CAEDMON TC-1162/ TOPIC 12-T-194/ FTX-036 & FTX-512 - Cyril POACHER rec by Tony Engle, Grove Farm, Blaxhall, Suffolk: TOPIC 12-TS-252 1975/ TSCD-662/ rec by Tony Engle & second rec by Keith Summers, The Swan, Worlington, Suffolk 1977: MT-CD-303 1999 - George LING rec by Keith Summers, Blaxhall, Suffolk: TOPIC 12-TS-292 1977 - THE YOUNG TRADITION TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-13 1969 - Ewan McCOLL CRITICS GROUP: ARGO ZDA-137 1970 --- Jean RITCHIE with fid, banjo, gtr & bass: LONDON (SIRE) SES-97014

NANCY OG - (Young Nancy) - Irish Gaelic Song - A young man praises his girl. Common in Co Donegal are these light love songs to reel- time dance tunes - Cf SILE DHEAS NI CHEARRBALLAIN -- Sheila GALLAGHER rec by PK, Middledore, Co Donegal 24/8/53: RPL 20150/ FTX-271-272 (talk aft)

NANCY SPAIN - composed Irish song -- BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing- Song: CASS-60-0926 & 0927 nd

NANCY TAYLOR'S - Reel comp by WT -- Willie Taylor (fid) rec by Burt Feintuch 30/7/86: SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999 aft "Pearl Wedding" (WT)

NANCY THE PRIDE OF THE EAST - ROCHE 1 #57 p28 (G) 3/4

NANCY THE PRIDE OF THE WEST - "One morning I chanced for to rove" - Phoebus - green shady grove - ROUD#2345 - JOYCE OIFMS 1909 p221 Co Limerick

NANCY TILL - "Down in the cane brake close by the mill" - 1880s Minstrel Song used on the Great Lakes as a Boatman Song (Ohio) - ROUD#2836 - FINGER Frontier Ballads 1927 pp165-6 - BROWN 1923 p491 Tink Tillett sang it to the collector/ 1952-62 3 p49 & 5 p272-3 - THOMPSON PS 1958 pp158-9 Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 (w/o) - A E WEIR Songs of the Sunny South -- Eleazar TILLETT rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Wanchese, NC 1951: APPLESEED APR-CD-1035 2000 (2v & ch) - Jeff WARNER (voc & banjo) with Jeff DAVIS (mandolin) & Jay UNGAR (fid) FF- 90431/ CASS-0815S 0815 "Come, love, come"

NANCY TILL - Schottische - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p22 - KERR MM#2 p46 -- Jack ARMSTRONG (N-pipes) rec Powburn, Northumb 19/4/44: RPL 7233 (78rpm) - George ARMSTRONG (fid) rec by PK, Northumb 1954: 121 with"Maltese Schottische" or "Seven Step")

NANCY WANTS HER OWN SHARE - March - DARLEY/ McCALL FC 1914 #69 p31

NANCY WHISKY - "I am a weaver, a Calton Weaver" ("CW") - "Seven long years have I been weaving" - ROUD#883 - GREIG-DUNCAN 3 1987 #603 (11var) - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #90 "The Dublin Weaver" 12v - SHARP Ms "Dicky Brandy" 1v frag Bincombe, Somerset 2var Oxfordsh - GARDINER Ms 1907 (Hants) - HENRY SOP #745 "Long Cookstown" - ORD BB 1930 p372 (w/o) "The CW" - McCOLL SS 1953 p134 from Hughie Martin, Glasgow - CHAPBOOK mag 3/4 p35 - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 #36 p41 Hughie Martin, Shettleston, Glasgow "The CW" tune from Ewan's father, Jimmy Miller, Stirling - Hugh Shields: Eddie Butcher 1966 "Nancy's W" 10v/m (words in file) - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #279 p611 Billy Wells, Bampton, Oxfordsh 1952 - see PORTSMOUTH CITY -- Wm MATHIESON #010 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35/ also rec by Alan Lomax 1951 - Hector CAMPBELL #056, Bell DUNCAN #263 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35 "The Dublin Weaver" - Jimmie McGREGOR with Shirley BLAND & Steve BENBOW (gtr) rec by PK: EMI CLP-1327 1960/ FTX-093 - THE HIGHWAYMEN: UNITED ARTISTS ULP-1002 1962 - Noel MURPHY: FONTANA STL-5496 1969 - Hamish IMLACH: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-31 1973

NANCY'S COURTSHIP
- TRUELOVERS DISCUSSION

NANCY'S FANCY - Polka, Country Dance or Quadrille tune - KENNEDY FTB 1 1954 2 p27/ 1994 #123 p31 (G) - Tunebook Ms #154 p412 (D) 3pts - SHARP CDB 1 -- HAYMAKERS BAND: FTX-324

NANCY'S GOT A PRETTY DRESS ON - Polka -- Absie MORRISON (fiddle) rec by Alan Lomax, Landis, Ark. Oct 1959: ROUNDER CD-1707 1997

NANNY AND BETTY - One of two Shetland tunes from John Irvine of Whalsay -- Tom ANDERSON & Aly BAIN (fids) with Willie JOHNSON (gtr): TOPIC 12-TS-379 1978 with "A Yow cam to wir door Yarmin"

NANNY, WILT THOU GANG ALONG WITH ME - Air (G) - Tunebook Ms #188 p248 (G) 4/4 -- Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19580/ FTX-FTX-273

NAOMI WISE - "Come all you good people I pray you draw near" - "Come here me tell the story of little Omie Wise" - similar to OXFORD GIRL (PRETTY POLLY) - takes her life and throws her in the river - brother fishing discovers body - LAWS F-4 & NAB p193 - ROUD#447 - BROWN NCF 2 pp690-98 - BELDEN BSM p323 - MORRIS FSF pp85-7 - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp285-7 Frank Proffitt, N.C. 1941 "The Ballad of NW" -- G B GRAYSON (v/fid) 1927/ VICTOR 21625B/ FOLKWAYS FP-253/ FA- 2953/ 7"RTR-0306/ FTX-911 "Omie Wise" - Jean JENKINS (unacc) rec by PK, London: FTX-915 - Frank PROFFITT rec by Frank & Anne Warner, N C 1941: FTX-931 - Ed McCURDY (with gtr) rec by Jac Holzman, NY USA: RIVERSIDE RLP-12-601 1955 - Frank PROFFITT Jr (voc/banjo): CLOUDLANDS (Tenn) CLC-008 1992 CASS-1356

NAPAN HEROES, THE - "O you true NH come listen to me" - ROUD#1946 - IVES FSNB 1989 pp61-2 NB 1961 parody of MORRISSEY AND THE BLACK

NAPIER, LA - Air - Tunebook Ms #162 p416 (G) 2/4

NAPOLEON - (28) - BATTLE OF SAHAGUN - BATTLE OF WATERLOO - BLUE-EYED STRANGER - BONEY - BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES-O - BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN - BRITISH BUONAPARTE - BUONAPARTE'S RETREAT - CRAFT WEE BONEY - DEEDS OF NAPOLEON - DONE OVER - DRINK OLD ENGLAND DRY - FALL OF NAPOLEON - FAREWELL TO LOCHABER - GRAND CONVERSATION - GREEN LINNET - JOLLY RED NOSE - LITTLE BONEY - LOVE FAREWELL - MADAM BUONAPARTE - NEW HUNTING SONG - ONE AND ALL - OWL - PLAINS OF WATERLOO - ROGUE'S MARCH - SAHAGUN - St HELENA'S MARCH - SANDY AND NAP

NAPOLEON BUON-A-PARTE - "Attention all, both young and old - deeds of great N" - ROUD#3084 - JFSS 8 1906 p186 Kidson suggests that all Napoleon songs emanated from Ireland --- THOMPSON PS 1958 pp76-8 Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 (w/o) - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp209-211 ships log 1834 (w/o) "Bonaparte" - IVES FSNB 1989 pp42-5 NB 1957 -- Robert CINNAMOND rec by PK & Sean O Boyle, Belfast 1955: RPL LP 24835/ CAEDMON TC-1164/ TOPIC 12-T-196/ FTX-517/ TOPIC 12-T-269 1975

NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS - Highland, Reel or March (Am) - BAYARD HCT #86 & 89 & DTF #237 p195 8var - BRODY p51 "N crossing the Rhine" - KENNEDY FTB 1954 2 p7/ 1994 #25 p9 (Am) - KERR MM 1 #26 p49 "Untitled March" - O'NEILL MOI #1824 "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine" - Cf FROM DUBLIN TO GALWAY (Hornpipe) - Tune used for: THE HAT MY FATHER WORE - THE HOT ASH-PELT - LET Mr MAGUIRE SIT DOWN - MARROWBONES -- John DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: FTX-074 & 517 aft "Napoleon's Grand March" - Paddy McCLUSKEY (fid) rec by PK, Clough Mills, Co Antrim 5/8/53: RPL 21152 bef "Cuckoo's Nest"/ FTX-517 --- Peggy SEEGER (auto-harp) rec by PK, Cider Press, Dartington, Devon Dec 1971 5"RTR-0802/DAT "Boney Crossing The Alps" -- Micho RUSSELL of Doolin Co Clare (whistle) rec by Edward Harber & Bill Ochs PWCD 80001 1995/ FTX-155

NAPOLEON CROSSING THE RHINE - CALEDONIAN (or BRUCE'S) MARCH

NAPOLEON HORNPIPE - COLE #4 p103 (Bb) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #124 p35 (G)

NAPOLEON IN RUSSIA - BONEY IN RUSSIA

NAPOLEON ON THE ISLE OF St HELENA - "O Boney he has gone from the wars all a-fightin'" - ROUD#349 - BSs incl Thomas FORD of Chesterfield 1830s - SBG 8:#36 - JFSS 2:7 1905 p88-90 Mary Oulton: Dublin 1892 sung by an old soldier in the streets of Dublin 2v/m "The Island of St Helena"/BS (w/o)/ RVW: Henry Burstow, Horsham, Sussex 1904 (m/o) - JFSS 9 p229 Note on tune - WILLIAMS #133 Mrs S Timbrei, Quenington, Gloucestersh (w/o) - Gilchrist compares tune to THE BRAES OF BALQUIDDER qv --- SHARP FSSA #173 (2 p245) 1 var only from Mrs Townsley & Mrs Wilson, Pineville, Bell Co.,Ky 1917 "Boney's Defeat" - AMERICAN SONGSTER p247 - BELDEN BSM 1940 pp146-7 Missouri - BROWN NC 1952 2 p385 - CHAPPELL R & A 1939 p156 - BSSN p198-9 Newfoundland ? - FLANDERS-BROWN Vt 1932 p112 - GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p168 "Napoleon in Exile" - SHARP FSSA 2 p245 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp205-78 ships log 1827-9 (w/o) - SOCIAL HARP p159 "Buoneparte" tune - WARNER 1984 #143 p331 Tillett - JAFL 35 p359 Note by Kittredge -- Tink TILLETT rec FW: FTX-926 - SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL SINGERS "The Social Harp" ROUNDER 0094 1978 "Buonaparte" with Highlands of Heaven (Braes of Balquidder)

NAPOLEON'S DEATH - "Now long time the body lay - till some Frenchmen came that way - to beg the bones of Buonaparte, the F's pride - letters incribed Na-po-le-on" - ROUD#2419 - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 #304 p328 Joseph Laver, Brigwater, Somerset 1906 1v/m

NAPOLEON'S DREAM - "One night sad and languid I went to my bed" - ROUD#1538 - Many BSs - SHARP Ms 610 Somerset - PALMER 1983 #63 pp100-1 RVW Kings Lynn, Norfolk "A Dream of N" --- HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 p215 ship's log 1847 (w/o) "One night sad and languid" - SHARP SG 203 p46 4v from Wm Durkin, Ilminster, Somerset 1905 from Ms --- WARNER TAFS 1984 pp331-3 C K 'Tink' Tillett, Wanchese, NC 1940 "One Night Sad and Lonely" -- Sam LARNER rec by Phillip Donnellan, Winterton, Norfolk 1958: RPL 26075/ FTX-139 & FTX-517/ CAEDMON TC-1164/ TOPIC 12-T-196/ TOPIC 12-T-244 1974/ Used in Martin Carthy's Song Workshop on Radio 2: 12/6/91 CASS- 1019 - Laurence (unacc) of NOTTS ALLIANCE: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-011 1972 - Barry COOP (unacc) pianist in with OLD HAT CONCERT PARTY in progr on Radio 2 10/10/90 CASS-1016 from Larner --- Tink TILLETT rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Roanoke Is, N C 1940: FTX-926

NAPOLEON'S EXILE FROM PARIS - BONAPARTE'S FAREWELL TO PARIS

NAPOLEON'S FAREWELL TO PARIS - "Farewell ye splendid citadel, Metropolis called Paris" - ROUD#1626 - BSs "Bonaparte's Exile or Farewell to P" incl 2 #41, 4 #232, 5 #72 & 9 #46: - JFSS !:1 1899 p14 9v (the first song in the first Journal) Lucy Broadwood & J Fuller- Maitland: gamekeeper, Lyne, Sussex 1893 (with words completed from a ballad sheet) - JFSS 2 1906 p183 RVW: Mr Woods, Kings Lynn, Norfolk 1905 1v/m - HOLLOWAY/BLACK LEBB 2 1979 pp200-1 Catnach BS London (w/o)--- CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 #72 pp148-9 Ben Henneberry, NS 2½v/m - GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p167 - PEACOCK NFL 1965 p1009

NAPOLEON'S GRAND MARCH - KERR MM 4 #370 p40 3pts (D) 4/4 "Buonaparte's March" - SMITH Scotish Minstrel 1824 4 "Pride of the Broomlands" --- BAYARD DTF #156 p91-4 "Bruce's, Caledonian" (forms of tune used as evangelical hymns in Walker's "Southern Harmony" etc) - Tunebook Ms (D) #36 p136/ (D) #44 p141 "Bonaparte's GM" -- Stephen BALDWIN (fid) rec by PK, Upton Bishop, Herefordsh 13/10/52: RPL 18682/ 115/ LEADER LED-2068 1976/ TOPIC TSCD-659 - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19585/ FTX-075 bef "Napoleon Crossing the Alps" - Billy PENNOCK (fid) rec by PK, Goathland, N Yorks 1953: FTX-211 - Billy CONROY (whistle) rec by PK, Ashington, Northumb 8/6/54: RPL 20624 with "Father's Old March"/ FTX-121 & FTX-122/ TOPIC 12 TS 239 1974 - Nansi RICHARDS (harp) rec by PK, Penybontfawr, nr Oswestry, Shropsh Nov 1954: FTX-053 & FTX-351 - Arthur LANE (mel) rec by Fred Hamer, Hungerford, Shropsh: VWML-003 1989 - Bernard O Sullivan (conc) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS-502 1975 "Bonaparte's GM"

NAPOLEON'S GRAND WALTZ - Tunebook Ms (G) 4 pts (incl "The Pirate's Waltz") "Bonaparte's GW"

NAPOLEON'S HORNPIPE - KERR MM 4 #267 p29 (A) "Bonaparte's H"

NAPOLEON'S LAMENTATION - "Attend you sons of high renown - beat Beaulieu at Warner's Hill - great Archduke I overthrew" - mentions Egypt, Algerians, Moscow on fire, Leipzig - ROUD#2547 - BROADWOOD ETSC 1908 pp34-5 & p117 Henry Burstow, Horsham, Sussex 1893 (notes on song & singer) "Boney's Lamentation" - JFSS 1:4 1902 p166-7 Lucy Broadwood: Henry Burstow (tune: "Princess Royal") -- Nic JONES: LEADER LER-2027 1971 - Barry SKINNER (v/ gtr) RPL Radio 2: 21/4/80: CASS-0417

NAPOLEON'S RETREAT - March or Set Dance (20 bars in 2nd Strain) - BRODY p52 - MOYLAN 2 #317 pp181-2 (G) from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL #1789/ DMI #902 #980 (D) - ROCHE 2 #231 p17/ #280 p33 8 & 30 bars (G) & ROCHE 3 187 pp65-6 3pts (Dm/G/Dm) 12 bars in 2nd Strain/ 3 #186 p68 8&14 bars (G) -- Johnny PICKERING (fid) rec by PK, Markethill, Co Armagh 12/7/52: FTX-517/ COLLECTOR (USA) CLE 1201 - TROTTO: FOREST TRACKS FT 6003 1973 - Roger NICHOLSON (App dulc): ARGO ZDA 204 with "The Flowers of the Forest" --- W H STEPP rec by Alan & Elizabeth Lomax, Salyersville, Kentucky Oct 26th 1937: AAFS Library of Congress/ ROUNDER CD-1500 1997 "Bonaparte's Retreat" - Norman EDMONDS (fid) rec Hillsville, Va 1959 ROUNDER CD-1702 1997 "B's Retreat" - Jean RITCHIE (dulc): COLLECTOR (USA) CLE 1201 - Michael PUNZAK (fid) rec by PK, Bristol 1982: FTX-910 (played in a Texas fiddle style) - played by Earl COLLINS (fiddle), Missouri-Oklahoma 1970 on DVD 2003 Films of Bess Lomax Hawes (B/W)

NAPOLEON ON ST. HELENA - "Boney has gone from the wars" - ROUD#349 - Bs by FORD (Palmer reprint 2001) "Isle of St Helena"- JFSS 2 1905 pp88-90 RVW from Henry Burstow, Sussex "Boney's in St Helena" --- JAFL 35 1922 pp358-9 "Bonaparte at St Helena" - SHARP EFSA 2 p245/ DC 2004 "Boney's Defeat" - BROWN NCF 2 pp385-7 "Bonaparte's Retreat" & 4 pp214-5 "Bone Part" - HUNTINGDON SWS pp205-7 - WARNER TAFS pp331-3 - WOLFE FSMT 1997 p143 "Bonaparte" -- Charles "Tink" TILLETT rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Wachese, NC USA 1940: APPLESEED APR-CD-1035 2000 "Bony on the Isle of St Helena"

NAPPER TANDY - Mazurka - ROCHE 3 #164 p56 (D)

NAPPIE - "Twa emperors ance had a bit o' a spree" - ROUD#2874 - RYMOUR Club 1 1906 pp143-7 Stewart Home: Sandy Moir, Speyside 1903 text completed from GREIG FSNE(w/o) --- BROWN NCF 3 p171

NARRAGANSETT NELL - "I had a dear companion, but she's not with me now" - ROUD#3274 - HENRY FSSH 1938 p284 NC 1931 (w/o) "N Nell"- HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp121-2 Utah 1947 "N Bay"

NATAL DAY - Hornpipe - KERR MM 3 #341 p37 (G)

NATION ONCE AGAIN, A - comp by Davis & arr Behan -- THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS: PICKWICK Allegro ALL-869 1967 (M)

NATIONAL ANTHEM THE -- Fred PIDGEON (fid) rec by PK, Stockland, Devon: Talk about dancing to tune: FTX-087 - sung by those taking part in the filming at The Ship, Blaxhall, Suffolk, 1955: FF-1105

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE - CLUBS & CLUB WALKS - CYNLLUN IECHYD

NATIONAL MUSIC DAY -- Live broadcast of "Narrow Boat Hooley" with Geraldine McCulloch on Radio 2 18/7/92 CASS-1027-C30 Peter Kennedy (voc/ mel), Paul Bianek (banjo) & Nicholas Johnson (whistle) incl "Blow the winds" (2 takes) & "Three Men of Gloucester City" (cut off in midstream)

NATIVITY PLAY -- Malcolm Pope, Wisbech, Cambridgesh in Radio Prog 1957 "Sing Christmas" ROUNDER-CD-11661-1850-2 2000

NATURAL MAN - comp by JW -- Josh WHITE (LONDON LL 1341 & MERCURY MG 36052) CASS 0240

NATURE'S GAY DAY - "It was NGD" - ROUD#2647 - BSs incl BG 6 #9 & 7 #187 - GRAINGER Ms260 Wm Clark, Barrow-on- Humber, Lincolnsh 1906

NATURE'S MADE A BAD MISTAKE - Music Hall comp Ellerton & David -- Gus ELEN: TOPIC 12-T-396 1979

NAUGHTY JEMIMA BROWN - "Twas at a railway station upon the Brighton line" - ROUD#1776 -- Walter PARDON rec Mike Yates, Knapton, Norfolk 1979: HOME MADE MUSIC LP-301 1984

NAVAHO TRAIL, THE -- Nigel CHIPPENDALE (conc) rec Halsway 1984: CASS 0484

NAVIGATORS, THE - "All you that delight in the railway making..." - Ch: "That' the rule of the railway-makers" - PALMER TOTT 1974 p42 text: bs by Kendrew of York (BM 1870 c2) v6 added from "The Bold Navigator" Bs by Bebbington of Manchester (Manchester Cent Lib Q 398.8 S9 vol 1) - Tune used "Gee Ho Dobbin" from Stokoe- Reay S&BNE nd p84

NAVIGATOR'S SONG - "Come roll up me lads and you shall have a prize - in all parts of the nation - where all young lads and swaggering blades - that work on the navi-navigation" - ROUD#516 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #413 p607 Jim Creedy, Bridgwater, Somerset 1906 1v/m & m from same singer 1908 - JFSS 8:31 1927 pp35-6 Sharp: Jim Creedy 1908 1v/m Gilchrist suggests it refers to "Inland Navigation" canals during latter part of 18th Century - ARTHUR 1970 p18 Sharp - PALMER SOM 1972 p61 Birmingham & Midland F/C: Ellen Hannoran, Pelsall Common, Staffordsh 1967

NAVVIES - ALICE WHITE - AS I ROSE UP ONE MORNING (Behan) - BOLD ENGLISH NAVVY - GAUGER'S SONG - ROVING JOURNEYMAN - SUMMER WAS OVER ('WARE OUT, MOTHER) -- Dominic BEHAN: TOPIC 12-T-41

NAVVY, THE - "There lived a man into this place - a mile frae bonny Dundee - he lodg-ed twa-three navvy lads - and ane has ruined me" - he works with Donal Duff - Ch: "Duraling duraladdie" - comes back and marries her - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #977 pp139--43 7var11v/m

NAVVY FOR ME, THE - "A navvy though I be wi my shovel and my spade" - TOCHER #44 1992 pp120-14v & ch from Wm Taylor rec by Wm Montgomery, Dundee 1952

NAVVY BOOTS - BOLD ENGLISH NAVVY

NAVVY LAD, THE - "On one midsummer morning as I have heard them say - the rout is out" - girls left behind - mother tells her daughter she must be "close-confined" for "how can you wed with a NL" who, although they earn a goodish pay, are roving blades and range the wide world - ROUD#1430 - SHARP/ KARPELES CSC 1974 p372 Ginger Jack, Lew Trenchard, Devon 1905

NAVVY ON THE LINE - "I am a navvy bold, that's tramped the country round" Ch:"I'm a navvy don't you see, I'm a navvy in my prime, I'm a nipper, I'm a tipper and I'm working on the line" PALMER TOTT 1974 p40 text: Bs by Harkness of Preston (Madden Coll 18/1107 tune Ed used "The Piper's tunes" (Colm O Lochlainn ISB 1939 p22)

NAVVY ON THE LINE, THE - "Wi' me pick, me spade, me shovel - I am working on the line - I'll get four and twenty bob a week - besides my overtime" - Song - MEREDITH-ANDERSON Australia 1967 p217 1v only - SHARP Ms -- Warren FAHEY (voc/ conc & banjo): LARRIKIN 001 1975

NAVVY ON THE LINE, THE - Clog Hornpipe comp by Gateshead fiddler, James Hill - DIXON 1987 p30 (A) - COLE #5 p88 "London Hornpipe" - HONEYMAN #1 p45 (A) - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p4/ 1994 #12 p6 (G) - KERR MM 1 #6 p42 "The Navvie" - KOHLER 1 p48 (A) arr by W B Laybourn -- George ATKINSON (N-pipes) Northumb: TOPIC 12-TS-227 1974 - Joe HUTTON (N-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974 - Bob RUNDLE (mel) rec by PK, Devon 1978: FTX-124

NAVY - SAILORS - SEA - SHANTIES

NAY NOT A BIT ON'T - Cumberland Dialect Song -- Alan NELSON rec by PK, Brackenthwaite, Cumb 1954: FTX-410

NEAD NA LACH' AS A LUACHAIR - (Ducks nest in the rushes) - Scots Gaelic Peurt-a-beul -- Mary Ann KENNEDY (unacc): ELLIPSIS CD-4070 1997 "Celtic Mouth Music"

NEAL, Mary - ED&S mag 50/1 Apr/May 1988 Douglas Kennedy's recollections

NEAP TIDE, THE - EBB TIDE

NEAPOLITAN THRESHER'S JIG - COLE p70 (D)

NEAR BETHLEHEM - Carol -- Jim SMALL Cheddar, Somerset 1980: 138

NEAR BOTTOM TOWN IN STAFFORDSHIRE - GAMEKEEPER

NEAR CHEAPSIDE THERE LIVED A MERCHANT - GEORGIE BARNWELL

NEAR LONDON TOWN - "there grows a flower" - BARING GOULD-SHARP FS Schools 1906 (text re-written)

NEAT IRISH GIRL, THE - POLLY ON THE SHORE

NEAT LITTLE COACHMAN, THE - "Farewell to my father and mother" - WILLIAMS Ms#646 (w/o)

NEAT LITTLE WINDOW, THE - BONNY WEE WINDOW

NEATLY THATCHED CABIN, THE - "Well I remember the neatly thatched cabin" - ROUD#8121-- Big John MAGUIRE rec Newtonbutler, Co Fermanagh: TOPIC TSCD-670 1998

NEATH VALLEY FISHERMEN - PYSGOTWYR GLYN NEDD

NEBUCADNEZZAR, THE KING OF THE JEWS -- "bought/sold his wife for a pair of shoes" - Children's Ball Rhyme -- (or ALI BABA/ ARCHIE BALL) - RITCHIE GC p139 Skipping "Bumps" & "Ali Baba Who's got the ball?" p22 - Cf PALMER EBBB 1980 p29 "Sand Dawe sowed his garden full of seed - when the seed began to grow" -- Norton Park School, Edinburgh rec 16/12/53: RPL 19927 "Archie Ball" - rec by Damian Webb 3/33 St Michaels Junior School for Girls, Workington, Cumb July 1960/ RPL LP 26301 Two-ball - rec by DW 4/33 St John's Junior School, Workington, Cumberland 1960: 194 #38 "Do re me fa so la te do" - rec by Damian Webb 9/20 - rec by Damian Webb IRE/38 Tralee Co Kerry: FTX-179 "Ali Baba"- Bungay Primary School, Suffolk May 1960: RPL LP 26349

NED CONNOR'S SLIDE - MOYLAN 2 #116 p67 (##A) from John O Leary (melodeon)

NED KELLY - EDWARD KELLY - UP THE KELLYS

NED KELLY'S FANCY - Australian tune -- Bob DAVENPORT & June TABOR with FLOWERS & FROLICS rec "Empress of Russia" Islington London: FREE REED FRR 016 1977 aft "Tommy make room for your uncle"

NED KENDALL'S - Hornpipe (F) - COLE #4 p87 - KERR MM 2 #382 p42

NED OF THE HILL - Song - Edmund O Ryan supported James II whose defect led to the confiscation of his estate - song describes the outlaw, driven by pain, beating on the door of a friend (info from Al O Donnell)

NED OF THE HILL - "Eamon an Chnoic" - 3/4 Song Air - MITCHELL & SMALL #30 p72 (G) from Patsy Touhey (U-pipes) "Blame not the bard" (Moore's title) - ROCHE 1 #1,#2 & #3 p7 (G) written 3/4, 6/8, & 3/4 -- Kate MOYNIHAN (unacc) rec by Brian George, Ballylicky, Co Cork 1947 in AS I ROVED OUT Radio Prog #24 broadcast 14th March 1954 - Paddy TAYLOR (flute instrum) rec by PK London 1956: FTX-171 - Finbar FUREY (whistle) & Eddie (gtr): TRANSATLANTIC TRA-168 1968 - Colin ROSS (fid) HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: LEADER LER-2007 1969 - Al O DONNELL (singer): LEADER LER-2073 1972

NEDDY DICK, THE BALLAD OF - comp by Bob Pegg -- Mr FOX: TRANSATLANTIC TRA 226 1970

NEDDY NIBBLEM AND BIDDY FLYNN - words from Wisehearts Merry Songster - music comp -- Martin GRAEBE rec by PK, Devon 1975: 049

NEEDLE - JACK-A-NEEDLE

NEEDLECASES - "I'm a poor wandering fellow my name it is Jack" "Won't you buy one?" - GILLINGTON Carols 1910 "Here comes poor Jack"is the "carol-tag" or begging verse - KIDSON/ MOFFAT EPS 1929 p112 "Case of Needles" (Yorks) - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp234-5 (Ms#152) Eli Dawes, Southrop, Gloiucestersh (w/o) 4v/ch Glos/Oxon - JEFDSS 1946 p18 Francis Collinson: Bob Arnold 1v m from Mark Tims, stonemason, of Asthall & Brize Norton Oxon (note about children's choosing game "Jack o' needles" & tune cf GUARACHA or SPANISH WALTZ) - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #233 p518 Arthur Smith 1952 - OPIE ODNR 1951 #326 "Jack-a-needle" note on needle- peddling -- Arthur SMITH rec by PK, Swinbrook, Oxfordsh, 16/10/52: RPL 18688 with talk/ FTX-021 - Reg SPRATLEY & Francis SHERGOLD rec by PK, Bampton Oxon 26/11/61: FTX-021 - Bob ARNOLD & YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-83 1972 - Reg SPRATLEY rec by John Howson on RPL 2 radio prog 4/1/96: CASS-1335

NEEDLE'S EYE - THROUGH THE NEEDLE'S EYE - THREAD THE NEEDLE

NEEPS TAE PLUCK - 'Twis on a Martinmas market day-"Ye winna mind milkin the kye" comp by George S. Morris - (parody on "The Farmer's Boy") -- Geo MORRIS: BELTONA -- Jimmy McBEATH rec by Alan Lomax, London 14/11/53: ROUNDER 82161-1834-2 2002/ FTX-059 - (Joe AITKEN: SLEEPYTOWN SLPY CD-006 'Bothy Songs & Ballads of N.E. Scotland 2')

NEGLECT OF DUTY - NIL SE 'NA LA (Drinking Song)

NEGRO - BLUES & HOLLERS - CHILDREN - COLOUR (Racism) - DELIA - ,- EENA MEENA - FRANKIE & JOHNNIE - GREEN SALLY UP - HAMBONE - I KNOW A NIGGER BOY - I LIKE COFFEE I LIKE TEA - JOHNNIE CUCKOO - OLD JOHNNY BOOKER - PRISON - SOMETIMES - WAR -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

NEGRO BOY - Jig - MITTELL #13 p7 (D) 3pts

NEIGHBOUR BROWN - "It was just against the Cheshire Gate" - B receive advances from A who finds B hidden in cupboard after encounter with A's wife - a case of wife-swapping - PALMER 1983 #115 p175 RVW from Henry Burstow Sussex in his own handwriting "The Cheshire Gate" - tune Cf French Revolutionary Song "Ca ira"

NEIGHBOURS - FOGGY DEW - HAPPY SAM - MATHEW MARK LUKE & JOHN (K) - TWO IN TOGETHER (K)

NEIGHBOURS DOON BELAA, THE - Tyneside Song -- Fred LAWSON (voc/gtr) rec by PK, Newcastle 15/6/54: 7"RTR #032-3/ RPL 20611/ FTX-425

NEIL - see also NIEL (e g NIEL GOW)

NEIL KILLEEN'S - Jig -- P J (mel) with Marcus HERNON (flute) CLADDAGH CEFC-141 1989 CASS 0886 with "Merry Harriers" (Reel)

NEIL TAYLOR'S JIG - comp by Willie Taylor -- Willie TAYLOR (fid), Joe HUTTON (N-pipes) & Will ATKINSON (harmonica) rec by Burt Feintuch 1994: SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999

NEILIE BOYLE'S HIGHLAND - FELDMAN p191 from Danny O Donnell, Donegal - Cf "Miss Drummond of Perth "

NELL - "N was a Collier's (Bakers) daughter" - monologue recitation comp by Billy Bennett -- Bob DAVENPORT: LEADER LER 3008 1971 - Billy BENNETT remastered from 78rpm: TOPIC TSCD-780 1978/ 1997

NELL AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEP - London Lawyer left his housekeeper, Nell for another so she went to a sweep and had him dress her in black with a pair of ram's horns - the sweep sets fire to his train and the lawyer marries Nell - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p308 (2m & 3w) - SHARP/ KARPELES CDC 1974 #221 - Cf THE CLOTHIER ("Kate and her horns")

NELL FLAHERTY'S DRAKE - "My name it is Nell quite candid I tell" contains lengthy curses on the murderer: "May his pig never grunt" etc. - ROUD#3005 - HENRY SOP #228/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp18-19 Wm Devine, Coleraine, Co Derry 1928 7v/m - see also HENRY SOP #228A (Parody) "The Duck from Drummuck" - CLANCY & Tommy MAKEM Songbook -- Dominic BEHAN: DOBELL F-LEUT-4 1962 (M) - Mick FOSTER (acc/gui/voc) & Tony ALLEN (gui/voc): RITZ London LC- 0012/ CASS-0955

NELL FLAHERTY'S DRAKE - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #763/ DMI #44 (G) alt: "My name it is Nell" "The Widow's Curse" - ROCHE 3 #105 p32 (G)

NELL KENNEDY - Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #363 (G)

NELL SULLIVAN'S JIG - MOYLAN 2 #89 p51 (G) from John O Leary (melodeon) learned from Thadelo, Sullivan's sister, Nell, Mrs Spillane

NELL SULLIVAN'S SLIDE - CRANITCH #28 p135 12/8 (D) "Nell O Sullivan's"

NELLIE - COMING HOME FROM THE WAKE - STREAMS OF LOVELY NANCY

NELLIE O DONOVAN - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1394/ DMI #638 (G)

NELLY BLY - Minstrel Song - KERR MM 2 #406 p45 (G) m/o - tune used for the Welsh song: GWENNO FWYN

NELLY BROWN - MY OWN (AIN) DEAR NELL

NELLY DEAN - Music Hall Song popularised by Gertie Gitana -- SAYDISC SDL-232 1972/ CASS: Street piano - Loxton PICKARD (accordion - tune only) rec by PK, Napoleon Inn, Boscastle, Cornwall 1975: FTX-096

NELLY DONOVAN - Reel - CLANCY-MITCHELL #19 p32 (G)

NELLY GORDON - Scots Song -- Ethel FINDLATER (tune on melodeon) rec by PK, Dounby, Orkney 1955: FTX-063

NELLY GRAY - DARLING NELLY GREY

NELLY MAHONEY'S SLIDE- BREATHNACH CRE 2 #70 p39 (G) from Denis Murphy - MOYLAN 2 #43 p26 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon)

NELLY O' BOBS - "Who is it that lives in that cott by the Lea? - bonniest rosy-cheeked gay-hearted lass" she's promised to meet him - Dialect poem by John Hartley 1896 -- Dave HILLERY (voc/ gtr, whistle & N-pipes): TOPIC 12 TS 215 1971 (tune by DH)

NELLY THE ELEPHANT -- Nigel CHIPPENDALE (conc): CASS 0484 - THE YETTIES on Radio 2 1/11/89: CASS 90-0569

NELLY THE MILKMAID - COMING HOME FROM THE WAKE

NELSON - ADIEU SWEET LOVELY NANCY - ADMIRAL NELSON - BANKS OF THE NILE - BATTLE OF THE NILE - BOLD NELSON'S PRAISE - FATE OF THE RAMILLIES - GUNNER JOE (Recit) - HERE'S THE TENDER COMING - I LIVE IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE - LORD NELSON - NIGHTINGALE (Ship) - ON BOARD OF A NINETY-EIGHT - POLLY ON THE SHORE - POOR JOLLY SAILOR LADS - PRESS GANG - SAILOR LADDIE - SEVENTEEN - THERE'S A BIRD ON MY HEAD (S Carter) - TRAFALGAR BAY -- TOPIC 12-TS-232 1973 "Ballads of Nelson's Navy"

NELSON AND VICTORY - Reel - MITTEL #38 p15 (Bb)

NELSON'S DEATH - "On the 21st October before the rising sun" "on board of a man-of-war" - FMJ 2:4 1973 Palmer: George Dunn, Quarry Bank, Staffordsh 1971 -- George DUNN: LEADER LEE-4042 1973

NELSON'S DEATH AND VICTORY - "You sons of Britain in chorus join and sing" - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint 2001)

NELSON'S GLORIOUS VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR - NELSON'S VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR

NELSON'S HORNPIPE, THE - LORD NELSON'S

NELSON'S MONUMENT - "Old England's long expected good news from our fleet" - ROUD#1552 - BSs incl BG 7:#66/. 9:#37 "Britain long expected great news..." - GRAINGER #268 George Wray, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1906 - JFSS 3:4 (13) 1909 p273 RVW: Daniel Wigg, Preston Candover, Hampshire 1909 1v/m (Note says rest of words not worth printing) - PALMER BHE 1979 p88 "Nelson's Death" Harry Cox - PALMER RVW 1983 #37 pp59-60 Daniel Wigg "Nelson's Monument" --- HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 p275 ships log 1847 1v/m - see also NELSON'S DEATH -- Harry COX rec by PK, London 1953 & Catfield, Norfolk 1956: RPL LP 22915/ TOPIC TSCD-662/ FTX-033 & FTX-513 - A L LLOYD (voc/ conc): TOPIC 12-TS- 232 1973 (RVW Hampshire version with words added from Firth & Such broadsides) "Mourn, England, mourn" - Shirley COLLINS (& ch): TOPIC 12-TS-238 1974 (from Cox)

NELSON'S PRAISE - BOLD NELSON'S PRAISE

NELSON'S VICTORY AT COPENHAGEN - "Draw near you gallant seamen" Ch:" With your thundering rattling roaring bombs" - Copenhagen ablaze - Nelson loses an eye - 1801 when N turned a blind eye to the "Cease Fire" signal - ROUD#522 - ASHTON MSB 1888 pp298-9 (w/o) "Brave Nelson" ("The Twenty First Day of October") - "Nelson's Wreath" (chapbook) Words without tune --- CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 pp198-9 Wm Ireland, NB "Brave Nelson" ("Arise, arise, Brittania") -- Martin WYDHAM-READ (voc & ch with conc & fid): TOPIC 12-TS-232 1973

NELSON'S VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR - "Twas on the ninth day of August in the year '98" "We got ready for the battle" - Nelson leads his 27 ships against the united French & Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on Oct 21st 1805 - he is struck by a musket ball and dies soon after - total loss in British fleet was 1,587 - LAWS #J-17 ABBB 1957 p136-7 - ROUD#1892 - Bs by FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) "Nelson's Glorious Vuictory at T" - ASHTON MSB 1888 p298-9 - GREIG-DUNCAN I p354 "Nelson's Fame" --- CREIGHTON FSNB 1971 #94 p198 "Brave Nelson" - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 p201-4 Nova Scotia 2var (w/o)(refs) - see also LORD NELSON - TRAFALGAR - VICTORY

NELSON'S VICTORY - Hornpipe (G) - COLE #8 p105 - O'NEILL MOI #1712 (not in DMI) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #125 p35 (G)

 
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