ME AND FIVE MORE - POACHER'S FATE

ME BROTHER'S HORSE - MY BROTHER'S HORSE

M'EN ALLANT A LA CHASSE -- Alan MILLS (Canadian) with Steve BENBOW (gtr) rec by PK, London 15/6/59: RPL LP 24896

MEAGHER'S CHILDREN - "Good people read these verses" - 2 children, aged 4 & 6, lose their way and die in the woods - 100 men search for a week to return bodies to their parents - LAWS #G-25 ABBB 1957 p225 - ROUD#1834 - MERRICK Sussex 1912 p204 --- BECK F/L of Maine pp103-5 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp292-6 Ben Henneberry, Nova Scotia, Canada - CREIGHTON NS 1950 p292 - LEACH Labr p140 - Cf BABES IN THE WOOD

MEAL DO BHROGAN - (Enjoy your shoes) - Scots Gaelic Peurt-a-beul -- Mary Ann KENNEDY (unacc): ELLIPSIS CD-4070 1997 "Celtic Mouth Music"

MEASLES - WALLFLOWERS

MEAT PIE SONG, THE - "When I was just a little lad" - Ch: "All among the gravy, all among the crust" - comp by John Dengate -- Deelan AILLEY & Group: LARRIKIN 9012 1981

MEAT PIES - DENBY DALE - GREAT MEAT PIE

MEATH - County in S Ireland - DARLING OLD STICK (Trim) - KNACKERS OF NAVAN - HUMOURS OF TRIM (dance tune)

MECHANICAL MUSIC - MUSICAL BOX - STREET PIANO - BBC Cat under "Musical Automata": Aeolian Organ/ Ariston & Seraphon/ Barrel Organ/ Bird Boxes/ Carillons/ Clocks/ Music Boxes/ Orchestrions/ Player Pianos/ Polyphons, Reginas & Symphoniums/ Serinettes (French)/ Snuff Boxes/ Street & Fairgrounds Organs/ Toys/ Trumpets/ Violins/ Vox Angelica/ Water Organ) -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

MEDIAEVAL MUSIC - see also EARLY MUSIC -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

MEDIAEVAL MYSTERY TOUR - 3 tunes by Bert Jansch & John Redbourn - THE YOUNG TRADITION: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-30 1973

MEDICINES - DIVINATION - DOCTORS - FOLK LIFE JOURNAL 27 1988-9) p44 Folk Medecine in Royal Ireland by Peter W Nolan - see COD LIVER OIL - DOSING OF THE HOGS - FAMILY OINTMENT - IT'S A WONDER I'M ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE - MARROWBONES -- BBC Cat "Magico-Medicine" -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

MEDOMSLEY STRIKE, THE - SOUTH MEDOMSLEY

MEDWAY - River in Kent - OUT THERE or HOW COLD & HOW SLOW THE MEDWAY DOES FLOW (G Miles)

MEEATOITEEN BULL - March - DRUNKEN PIPER

MEENTOGUES LAD, THE - Slide (G) - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #89 p47 Untitled from Mick Duggan - MOYLAN 2 #24 pp14-15

MEET ME ON THE ROAD - Stick-fighting song -- Group of adults rec by Alan Lomax, La Resource, Carriacou 1962: ROUNDER CD-1716 1997

MEET ME TONIGHT IN DREAMLAND - Music Hall -- Carolyne HUGHES (gypsy) rec by PK, nr Blandford, Dorset 19/4/68: 7"RTR-0120/ CASS-45-1245/ FTX-143

MEET ME TONIGHT IN THE MOONLIGHT - "Meet me tonight in the moonlight" - "If I had the wings of an angel" - "I am going to leave you tomorrow" - "I am going to the new jail tomorrow" - ROUD#767 - Many BSs incl BG1.1. #14, 2 #107, 4 #322 & 6 #237- HUNTINGTON/ SAM HENRY p62 "Gaol Song" - Cf ADIEU TO ALL JUDGES AND JURIES - see also SWEET SWANSEA --- BROWN NCFL 3 pp411--6 - STOUT F/L from Iowa pp87-8 - BROWN NCFL 3 pp411-6 - RANDOLPH OFS 4 pp226-8 - RICHARDSON AMS 1927 p55 - SCARBOROUGH SCSM 1937 pp346-351 - FUSON BKH 1930 Ky (w/o) -- Carolyne Hughes (gypsy) rec by PK, nr Blandford, Dorset 19/4/68: 7"RTR-0120/ CASS-45-1245/ FTX-143 --- CARTER FAMILY, Va USA 1935: (ARC 7-011-54/ CONQUEROR 8734/ VICTOR 23731/ BLUEBIRD 5096/ SUNRISE 3274/ ELEKTRADISK 2174/ MONTGOMERY WARD 7149/ RCA RCX 7100/ RCA RA 564/ ACM 15/ ROUNDER CD 1064)

MEET ON THE LEDGE - comp by Richard Thompson -- Noel MURPHY & group: VILLAGE THING VTS-25 1974

MEET THE JOHNSON BOYS - JOHNSON BOYS

MEETING AT PETERLOO, THE - "Come lend an ear of pity" - descr of massacre at St Peter's Field, Manchester 16th Aug 1819. As Hunt began to speak soldiers came in and shot 11 dead and 400 wounded - BSs - PALMER RS pp187-9 - RICHARDS-STUBBS 1979 p161 Broadside & "Loyal Lovers" tune from Gardiner Ms

MEETING IS A PLEASURE - ROUD#454 - JFSS 8 1927 pp16-17 Sharp Ms: Thomas Downey, Marylebone, London 1909 - FAREWELL BALLYMONEY --- PEACOCK SNO 1965 pp465-6 Nfl "In courtship there lies pleasure" -- Rebecca PENFOLD (gypsy) rec by PK, Broadwood Kelly, Winkleigh, Devon 1972: FTX-042

MEETING OF THE WATERS, THE - Tunebook Ms #3 p171 (D) 6/8 - ROCHE 3 #31 p9 (A) 6/8

MEETING SIX - SWINGING SIX

MEG MERILEES - Hornpipe, Reel or Country Dance (A) - BALMORAL #1 p27 Country Dance - HONEYMAN #2 p45 Hornpipe - KERR MM 1 #1 p23 (A) Country Dance - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #112 p32 (A) -- John Mc Cutcheon (fid) rec by PK, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire 16/7/54: RPL 21485

MEG'S COUNTRY REEL - American Country Dance -- Curly HERDMAN (fid) with Troy HERDMAN (gtr), Bob TANNER (mandolin) & Joe TANNER (banjo): SAYDISC Matchbox SDM-242 1973

MEK ME HOLD - LET ME HOLD YOUR HAND

MELANCHOLY LOSS OF THE AMPHITRITE, THE - ROUNDING OF CAPE HORN

MELANCHOLY MARTIN - Triple Jig - KERR MM 3 #235 p26 (A) "Portrush" - LEVEY 2 #66 p29 (A)

MELDRUM - OLD MELDRUM TOWN

MELIN TREFIN - (The Trefin Mill) - an old mill in Pednbrokeshire - Welsh Penilliuon sung to LLWYN ONN (The Ash Grove) - Words unknown -- LLANSANNAN CHOIR PARTY rec by PK, Llansannan, Denbighsh 8/11/54: 7"RTR-1036

MELLOW GREEN - MAGDALEN GREEN

MELODEON - Diatonic button accordion as distinct from p/acc - SPAETH 2 1927 Song to Villikens tune mentions a rich country girl playing an accordion and melodeon - ED&S mag 29/4 1967 p106 John Kirkpatrick about 3-row - ED&S mag 30/2 1968 p65 Letters -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

MELODICA -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

MELODIUS FOOT OF THE GLEN, THE - Reel - ROCHE 2var: 1 #191 p73 (D) & 3 #86 p26 (D)

MEMORIES - comp by Northumbrian piper, Tom Clough -- Billy PIGG (N- pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-227 1974

MEMORY, THE -- Instrum DAMBUSTER DAM-006/ CASS-0350

MEMORY OF THE DEAD, THE - March -- Frank KELLY (fid) & Joe TUNNEY (mel): TOPIC 12-T-153 1966

MEN, DON'T GRUMBLE AT YOUR WIVES - "Come all you men and women, give ear unto my song" - WILLIAMS Ms #36 James Mander, Aldsworth, Gloucestersh (w/o)

MEN FROM MALLOW, THE - Hornpipe - O'NEILL MOI #1582/ DMI #830 (D)

MEN IN WHITE, THE - "O for the days of Jeers and Judd" - comp by GM about famous cricketers 1972 -- Graeme MILES: 227

MEN OF HARLECH - Stephen Baldwin talks about this tune being used for Morris dancing: "We called it "Men of Harlech in the hollow" - see also IN FORMER TIMES -- Stephen BALDWIN (fid) rec by PK, Upton Bishop, Herefordsh 1951: FTX-115 - Nansi RICHARDS (triple harp) rec by PK, Penybontfawr, nr Oswestry, Shropsh 11/11/54: RPL 22343 talk bef/ FTX-053 & FTX-351

MEN OF THE WEST, THE - "When you honour in song and in story the names of the patriot men" - comp by William Rooney to tune of "Rosin the Beau"- SILVERMAN SOI 1991 p93 - GENTLE MAIDEN

MEN OF WORTH - comp by AF about North Sea oil & gas threat to traditional culture - written for TV show - tune in strathspey rhythm -- Archie FISHER: TOPIC 12-TS-277 1976

MENAI STRAITS - TALIDION MINION MENAI

MENDLE - comp by Carole Pegg -- Mr FOX: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-236 1971 (S)

MENDELSSOHN - ON WINGS OF SONG

MERCH MEGAN - (O B Dussok) -- Mair JONES (harp) rec 8/10/47 National Eistreddfod: RPL 13202

MERCH PENDERRIN - (The Girl from Penderyn) -- Hywel WOOD (gypsy) rec by PK, Bala, Merionethsh 11/11/54: RPL 22429/ FTX-053 translated into English by Mari Jones

MERCHANT OF LONDON, THE - JACK MONROE - LONDON MERCHANT

MERCHANT SHIP, THE - ACCORDING TO THE ACT

MERCHANT'S CLOAK, THE - "Twas of a rich merchant in London did dwell" - WILLIAMS Ms 631 (w/o) (Is this Jack Monroe ?)

MERCHANT'S COURTSHIP TO THE BRAZIER'S DAUGHTER - PULL THE STRING

MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER, THE - CONSTANT FARMER'S SON - SILK MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER - WILLIAM AND DINAH - WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (Reel)

MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER & HIGHWAYMAN - HIGHWAYMAN OUTWITTED

MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER AND THE RING, THE- comp by FR (Bulgarian origin) -- Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-046

MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER AND THE ROBBERS, THE - (a continuation of the previous story, "The MD & THE RING")

MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER OF BRISTOL, THE - "In Bristol Town as I've heard tell" - cruel parents have their daughter's boy-friend murdered - alt title: "The Bristol Garland" - ROUD#892 - BELL EB 1856 pp216-224 Roxburghe Ballads (w/o) "The MD of Bristow" - ASHTON RSS 1891 #67A (w/o) "The Bristol Garland" - BROADWOOD ETSC 1908 from Henry Burstow, Sx, cobbler & bell-ringer (has variants from phonograph rec by Vaughan Williams) - JFSS 4 p148-9 "As I lay on my bed asleep" (Dean-Smith: This is different from "Maudlin, the merchant's daughter of Bristow" in BELL EB 1856 from Roxburghe Ballads) -- Toni ARTHUR (unacc): TOPIC 12-T-190 1969 (from Broadwood)

MERCHANT'S ONLY SON, THE - "I am a M O S, my age is 22" - LAWS #M- 21 ABBB 1957 p190 - ROUD#1019 - GARDNER/ CHICKERING BSSM 1939 pp198-9 Mich 1935

MERCHANT'S SON - BEGGAR WENCH

MERCY GIRLS - WE ARE THE MERCY GIRLS

MERE MAL, THE - GRAINGER Ms #388 Joseph Taylor, Saxby, Lincolnsh 1908

MERIONETHSHIRE - County in Wales - HIRAETH AM FERION --- Recordings - see AREA Listing

MERMAID, THE - "It was one Friday morn as we set sail"/ "One night as I lay on my bed" - CHILD #289 - ROUD#124 - Garland in Br Mus (Newcastle 1765 ?) "The Seamen's Distress" - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 p742 "The Stormy Winds do blow" - LONG DIOW 1886 p142 Isle of Wight (w/o) - ASHTON RSS 1891 #41 (w/o) - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p63 (8 versions) - BARING GOULD Ms#199 from Robert Hard, South Brent, Devon (unpubl) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 1 pp214-5 Alfred Chard, Chew Magna, Dorset 1907/ John Haste, Enmore, Shropsh (but more likely Somerset - E-mail from relative)1906/ Sister Emma, Clewer, Berksh 1909 - JFSS 3:1 (10) 1907 pp47-49 Sweeting: James Herridge, Twyford, Hampsh 1906/ Hammond: Mr Bartlett, Wimborne, Dorset 1905 4v/m/ Joseph Elliott, Todber, Dorset (w/o)/ E T Sweeting Hampsh 1906 6v with hymn type tune/ "The Cabin Boy" from "Child's Own Singing Book" 1843 - JFSS 10 pp47- 51 (note on text under title: "The Cabin-boy" and on hymn-tune: "Cheshire") - JFSS 3:11 1907 p139 E T Wedmore: Mrs Anne Down, Parracombe, Devon 1899 - JFSS 19 p227 Game-song "The Galley Ship" - Cf also JFSS 19 pp227-8 game song: "The Galley-ship" (The Big Ship sails) see GILLINGTON Old Hampshire Singing Games 1909 - GRAINGER Ms#47 Joseph Taylor, Saxby, Lincolnsh 1908 - JOYCE OIFMS 1909 p152 1v/m - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p84 #224 Charles Tanner, Bampton, Oxfordsh "While the raging seas did roar" 5v (w/o) - ORD BB 1930 pp333-4 (w/o) - GUNDRY NSB 1945 #16 p32 - RANSON SOWC 1948 p30 6v w/o "The Merman" - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 pp70-71 James Herridge - HUGILL SSS 1961 p560 - PALMER OBSS 1986 p115 "The Seamen's Distress" (words Child/ tune Sweeting) - USA - SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #42 (vol 1 pp291-3) 4var: Mrs Leona Melton, Mackintosh Creek, Hyden, Leslie Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Eliza Pace, Hyden, Leslie Co., Ky 1917 (DC 2004)/ Mrs Sina Boone, Shoal Creek, Burnsville, NC 1918/ Miss Lulu Fulmiller, Blue Ridge Springs, Va 1918 - SPAETH RE&W 1926 pp81-3 - HUDSON FSM 1936 p127 Mississippi (w/o) - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp133-4 Tennessee 1930 (w/o) - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp202-4 Fla/ Emma Dusenbury, Ark 1938 "As I sailed out one Friday night" - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 Canada 1953 - THOMPSON PS 1958 pp29-30 Stevens-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 (w/o) - BRONSON TTCB 4 1972 p378 (Stoneman) -- Peter CHRISTIE #181, Bell DUNCAN #291, Jeanette WALKER #338 rec on Dictaphone by James M.Carpenter N.E.Scotland 1929-35 - William HOWELL rec by Seamus Ennis, Fishguard, Pembrokesh 1953: RPL 22883/ FTX-503 - THE LIVERPOOL SPINNERS Vol 2 "Black and White" PHILIPS 6382-047 1965 - THE SHANTEYMEN: ALLEGRO ALL-879 1968 - Ewan McCOLL CRITICS GROUP: ARGO ZDA 138 1971 - YETTIES: ARGO ZFB 86 1973 - Ian FARR (unacc) on Radio 2 "Folkweave" 24/8/78: CASS 0412 (mentions Bristol Town) - Jim ELDON (v/fid) Concert Hall Radio 2 16/3/89: CASS-90-0715 - Alf PEACHEY rec by Neil Lanham, Framsden, Woodbridge, Suffolk: NL-02 1995/ CASS-1358 "Blow ye Winds" - USA - (Ernest V STONEMAN comm rec 1928) - Emma Dusenbury rec by SRC, Ark. USA 1936: Lib of Congress: AAFS L-58 - (Bascom Lamar LUNSFORD, NC: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SF CD 40082)- Almeda RIDDLE of Arkansas: ROUNDER 0017 rec 1972 "The Merrimac at Sea" - (Dan TATE, Va rec by Mike Yates: MTCD 321-2) - SAILORMAN JACK , NY 1987: CASS-1230

MERMAID, THE - LADY ON THE ISLAND (Reel)

MERMAIDS - see also DOWN IN THE DIVING BELL - DROWNED LOVER -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

MERMAIDS SONG - (Gaelic) - MHAIGHDEAN MHARA - 'S MISE CHUNNAIC AN T-IONGNADH

MERMER SONG, THE - "O good people pay attention, this song I'll sing to you" - ROUD#1950 - IVES FSNB 1989 pp83-7 New Brunswick, Canada 1958

MERRICK, William Percy - (1868-1955) - JEFDSS 1955 p261 Obituary by RVW -- "Low down in the broom" Frankie ARMSTRONG: TOPIC 12-TS- 216 1972 - "Our Captain cried" John WRIGHT: TOPIC 12-TS-348 1978 - "The Whalecatchers" Peter BELLAMY: FOLKSOUND FS-100 1974

MERRILY DANCED (KISSED) THE QUAKER'S WIFE - QUAKER'S WIFE

MERRILY GOES THE MILL - "Merrily rolls the mill stream on" - Alfred WILLIAMS Ms #633 (w/o)

MERRIMAC, THE - (Ship) - CUMBERLAND CREW - MERMAID (Almeda Riddle "The Merrimac at Sea")

MERRY BAGPIPES, THE - NORTHUMBERLAND BAGPIPES

MERRY BLACKSMITH, THE - Reel/ Hornpipe (D) - ALLAN #46 p11 - BAYARD HCT #69 - BOWEN p39 - BRODY p213 "Paddy on the Railroad" (POR) - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #94 p48 (D) from Seamus Ennis (U- pipes) Dublin - COLE #5 p20 "Corkonian" & #4 p25 "POR" - GIBLIN #46 p26 (D) - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p16/ 1994 #63 p18 - KERR MM 2 #293 p32 "POR" - MOYLAN 2 #144 p84 from John O Leary (melodeon) "PO the Railway" - O'NEILL MOI #1509/ DMI #728 alt: "POR"- SHARP Ms -- Michael COLEMAN (fid) with John MULLER (piano) rec USA 1922: VIVA VOCE d/cass 004 1991 aft "Boys of the Lough" - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes): RTE-CD-199 1997 rec 1948 aft "Salamanca" & "Hand me down the tackle" & bef "Beauty Spot" - rec Dublin 22/9/49: RPL 13779 aft "Rainy Day" & bef "Miss Lane's Fancy" - JACKIE HEARST TRIO of Newry, Co Down, rec Belfast 20/9/52: RPL 18180/ FTX-373 titled "POR" aft "Maid behind the bar" & bef "Bonny Kate" - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RPL 19580: FTX-370 aft "Boys of the Lough" - Peter KENNEDY (fid) & Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes) rec for "AS I ROVED OUT" Radio prog Christmas Party Dec 1953: FTX-253 A bef "Mrs McLeods" - HAYMAKERS BAND led by PK, rec London 25/3/56: RPL LP 2364/ FTX-041 titled "Blacksmith's Hornpipe" aft "The Golden Farmer" - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes) rec by PK, London 1958: 374/ rec by Pat Sky: FREE REED FFR-001-2 1976 with "Rainy Day" & "Silver Spear" & another rec aft "Speed the plough" and bef "Forge Music" - GILCURDON TRIO rec Belfast 30/10/63: RPL LP 28256/ FTX-373 titled "POR" aft "La Russe" - THE YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-32 1971 - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by David Hammond, Co Donegal 1975 GAEL-LINN CEF-072-3 1978 titled "Red haired Charles"

MERRY BOYS OF GREENLAND, THE - Shetland Reel -- Willie HUNTER (fid) rec 22/1/49: RPL 13197 aft "Da Forfit o Da Ship" & bef "Da Wattle o''t"/ rec by Pat Shaw 1952: FTX-068 - Tom ANDERSON (fid) rec Lerwick 21/12/50: RPL 17008 - Talk about tune by Tom Anderson RTR-1080/ CASS-0965 - SHETLAND (40) FIDDLER'S: TD-5363 (45 EP)/ FTX-310 A-ROVING 1968 #4 "Da Peerie Hoose" & bef "Mc Donald's"- Angus GRANT (H-fid) with William LAURIE (p-acc) & John Mc INTYRE (bass): TOPIC 12-TS-347 1978 with "Leveneep Head" & "Willafjord"

MERRY BROOMFIELD, THE - BROOMFIELD HILL

MERRY CHRISTMAS - "We singers make bold, as in day of old" Ch: "We wish you a MC & a happy NY" -- S Yorksh pub singers: LEADER LEE-4065 1974

MERRY CHRISTMAS - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #841/ DMI #103 (G)

MERRY CUCKOLD, THE - CUCKOLD SONG

MERRY DAYS OF EASTER, THE - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1193/ DMI #470 (G)

MERRY FELLOWS, THE - "Now we've met, let's merry merry be" - ROUD#615 - BELL BSPE 1857 pp239-240 BS (w/o) - WILLIAMS FSUT p51 Ms #149 James Mills, South Cerney, Gloucestersh - COME LANDLORD

MERRY GIRL, THE - Polka -- John Mc KENNA (flute) with Michael GAFFNEY (b Leitrim) (banjo/ piano) rec USA DECCA 1934 CASS- 0893 aft "Up and Away"

MERRY GIRLS OF DUBLIN, THE - Jig (G) - KERR MM 2 #232 p26

MERRY GO ROUND, THE - Hornpipe (Am) - KERR MM 1 #27 p30 - Cf GILDEROY

MERRY GOLDEN TREE, THE - GOLDEN VANITIE

MERRY GREEN FIELDS, THE - FARMYARD SONG

MERRY HARRIERS, THE - Jig - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #249 p129 (Dm) - LEVEY 1 #103 p40 (Gm) -- P J HERNON (mel with gtr & h-dulc): CLADDAGH CEFC-141 1989 CASS-0886 aft "Neil Killeen's Jig"

MERRY HARRIERS, THE - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1338/ DMI 594 (Am)

MERRY HAYMAKERS, THE - "Twas in the pleasant month of May, in the springtime of the year" - ROUD#153 - First licenced by Francis Grove 12th March 1656 - D'URFEY 1698-1720 "The Beggar's Wedding" air 22 "In the merry month of June" - DIXON SP 1846 & BELL SP 1857 (words only) - BARING GOULD 1889 #109 "Haymaking Song" (words rewritten)/ Rev Ed (a) James Woodrich (tune altered) (b) James Parsons - SBG-SHARP 1906 rewritten version for Schools (Cf "The Reaphook & Sickle" Broadwood 1893 p145 from Heywood Summers "Besom Maker") - GRAINGER #271 Billy Jordan, Kirton-in- Lindsey, Lincolnsh "The Jolly Haymakers" - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp187-8 #46 Mrs Jane Looker, Arlington (or Bibury ?), Gloucestersh "The H" 6v (w/o) - HENRY SOP #697/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp278-9 nn 1937 "Tumbling through the Hay"- STUBBS LOM 1970 pp40-41 Jim 'Brick' Harber, Three Bridges, Sussex 1960 "The H" - COPPER SESB 1971 pp228-9 Rottingdean, Sussex "Pleasant Month of May" - PURSLOW CL 1972 p58 Gardiner: Henry Lee, Whitchurch, Hampsh 1906 - KENNEDY FSBI #255 p564 Bob & Ron Copper Rottingdean, Sussex 1955 - PALMER EBECS 1979 #9 p29-30 Bob Copper -- Bob COPPER 1961: RPL 16067 - Bob & Ron COPPER, rec by PK, Rottingdean, Sussex 1955: EFDSS LP-1002/ CAEDMON TC-1144/ TOPIC 12-T-159 1961/8/ FOLK LEGACY FSB-19/ FTX-023 - Sam LARNER rec by Philip Donellan, Winterton, Norfolk 1958: RPL LP 26075/ FTX-039/ TOPIC 12-T-244 1974/ TSCD-655 "Pleasant or Merry Month of May" - Bob & John COPPER: LEADER LEA-4046 (boxed set) 1971 - Levi SMITH (gypsy) rec by Mike Yates, Epsom, Surrey:TOPIC 12-T-253 1975/ TSCD-661 - Michael HEBBERT (conc + morris bells): FREE REED FRR-009 1977

MERRY HUNTSMAN, THE - Jig - O'NEILL DMI #318 (bG)

MERRY JILT, THE - MAN FROM DOVER

MERRY KING, THE - SOME RIVAL HAS STOLEN

MERRY LADS OF AYR, THE - Reel - COLE p45 (D)

MERRY LITTLE DOFFER, THE - Dialect Poem by Edwin Waugh (1817-1890) - Young boy prsenting himself to the boss ("the overlooker") after being sacked ("t'bag") and refuses to give his name etc - in the end he gets the job -- Harry BOARDMAN (voc/ banjo & fid): TOPIC 12-T-188 1968

MERRY MA TANZIE - MULBERRY BUSH

MERRY MAIDEN, THE - Jig (D) - ALLAN #7 p3 - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #36 p15 "The Dandy Scholar" - MOYLAN 2 #187 pp108-9 3pts from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #1063/ DMI #267 - ROCHE 3 #104 p32 (Em) -- Michael COLEMAN (fid) with piano: FTX-154 - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-250 1974

MERRY MAIDENS - (Frank Ruhrmund) -- Brenda WOOTON with Richard GENDALL: SENTINEL SENS-1016 1973

MERRY MARY - Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #365 (D)

MERRY MERCHANT, THE - WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (Reel)

MERRY MERRY LIFE, WE GYPSIES LEAD, A - GYPSIES GLEE

MERRY MASONS. THE - Jig/ Waltz - KENNEDY FTB 1954 2 p28/ 1994 #127 p32 (D) alt: "Devonshire Waltz" - KERR MM 3 p29 Jig & p34 Waltz (G) - KOHLER 1 p6 (D) "March 2nd Set" - MIDDLETON'S Album p21

MERRY MONTH OF MAY, THE - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #115 p28 (G) - MERRY HAYMAKERS - MONTH OF MAY (Song)

MERRY MOUNTAIN CHILD, THE - "Come strike the harp, I like to hear those merry tales of old" - comp Joe Perkins, Holmfirth, S Yorks -- Arthur HOWARD: HILL & DALE HD-006 1981

MERRY NIGHT AT THE TUMBLE BRIG, THE - Reel - COLE p45 (Em) Scotch

MERRY OLD WOMAN, THE - Jig - ALLAN #8 p3 (G) alt title: "The mouse in the cupboard" - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #10 p6 "Wallop the potlid" - CRANITCH #10 p128 - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #116 p29 (G) - Tunebook Ms #109 p41 (G) - O'NEILL MOI #799 1st setting & MOI #800 2nd setting/ DMI #72

MERRY OLD WOMAN - Triple Jig - Tunebook Ms #106 p39 (D) - Cf O('NEILL MOI #1166/ DMI #440 6pts "Jerry Houlihan"

MERRY PLOUGHBOY, THE - (or SCARLET AND THE BLUE, THE) - "I stood beside my old grey mare" - "I once was a jolly ploughboy, ploughing the fields" Ch:"Hurrah for the scarlet and the blue" - ROUD#163 - GRAINGER ONS#57/ RNS #41 Wm Hilton, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1905 "Come all you merry ploughboys" - Essex Review 60 Apr 1951 p91 C V Chiswell: Great Easton, Essex c1906 "The Jolly P" - FMJ 1:5 1969 pp342-5 John R Baldwin: Mrs M M, Oxford (w/o) & Freda Palmer, Witney, Oxfordsh "The Warwickshire RHA" - DAVIES HC 1972 p10 Hampsh/Sussex "The Scarlet & the Blue" - PALMER RS 1977 p59 "The Scarlet & the Blue" from Davies - GARDHAM ERS 1982 pp40-41 Ted Hutchinson, Driffield, Yorks 1979 "The Jolly P" - HOWSON SSIS 1992 p128 Fred Whiting, Kenton, Suffolk - see also PRETTY PLOUGHBOY -- Bob HART rec by Tony Engle, Snape, Suffolk: TOPIC 12-TS-225 1972 - OAK (Folk Group): TOPIC 12-TS-212 1971 (from Hart) - Freda PALMER rec by Mike Yates, Witney, Oxfordsh: TOPIC 12-T-254 1974 "The Warwickshire RHA" - George SPICER rec by Mike Yates, Selsfield, Sussex TOPIC 12-T-235 1974 "The Old Militia Drum" -

MERRY PLOUGHBOY, THE - "Well there once was a merry ploughboy" - joins Army - Ch:"Hurrah for the khaki & the blue - helmets glittering in the sun - bayonets flash like lightning - to the beating of the military drum" - "cos I got the good king's shilling and I'm off to-morrow morning" - A L Lloyd said comp by John J Blockley who also comp "The Volunteer Rifles Polka" at the time of the Zulu War - see Scots Nationalist Song by Jim Mc Lean: THE SCOTTISH MP -- DOMINIC BEHAN: TOPIC 12-T-44 1958 (He says Irish words by Jeremiah Lynch) - WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-T-167 1966 (from Mick Taylor, Hawes Yorks) - FREEDOM FIGHTERS: PICKWICK ALLEGRO ALL-859 1967 "Off to Dublin in the Green" - John KIRKPATRICK: LEADER LER-2033 1972 - THE YETTIES on Radio 2: 8/8/90 "War" CASS-60-1033

MERRY PROGRESS TO LONDON, THE - see TOBACCO -- Jim O CONNOR (unacc) (Critics Group): ARGO ZFB-60 1966

MERRY SHERWOOD RANGERS, THE - DURHAM RANGERS

MERRY SISTERS, THE - Reel - BRODY p186 (Am) 3pts - COLE p6 "The Three MS" (Am) 3pts - O'NEILL MOI #1267/ DMI #535 (Bm) 3pts -- Michael DOHERTY (fid) (Em) rec Irish Folklore Commission, Co Donegal 1949: COMHAIRLE BHEALOIDEAS EIREANN CBE-002 d/cass 1990 aft "Ta Mo Mhargadh Deanta" (The Bargain is made) Wedding Tune - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by David Hammond 1975: GAEL-LINN CEF- 072-3 1978 aft "Kitty's Gone a-milking" & "Dogs among the bushes" - Michael GORMAN (fid) of Sligo rec by PK, London 25/10/52: 7"RTR #0522/ RPL 18710/ FTX-077 (3pts played separately then speeded up with talk) - Tommy MAHON (conc) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS 1976 with "Quilty" - CHIEFTAINS 3: ISLAND ILP-9379

MERRY TAILOR, THE - IS THE BIG MAN WITHIN? (Triple Jig)

MERRY TIPPLER, THE - MOTHER'S RUIN

MERRY WIVES OF WAPPING, THE - TIT FOR TAT

MERRY WOODSMAN, THE - Jig - FUREY p12 (Am) with note about composer at Durrow c1700

MERRYMAKER'S HORNPIPE, THE - (G) - O'NEILL MOI #1775 (not in DMI) "The Merrymaker's Club"

MERRYVIEW POLKA, THE - KOHLER 2 p174

MERTHYR - Wales - BALEDWYR MERTHYR - MWYNEN MERTHYR

MESCAL'S SLIDE - DINNY MESCAL'S

MESSAGES - CALLS - DRUMS - TALK

MESSENGER, THE - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1231/ DMI #506 (G)

MESSENGER OF MORTALITY, THE - DEATH AND THE LADY

METHODISM - NETTLE SSE p176: Methodist Camp Meetings introduced England 1807 by an American, Lorenzo Dow, to a small community in Staffs - Wesleyans opposed them because they became so hysterical and this caused a split - "The Ranters" became Primitive Methodists

METHODY PARSON, THE - "whose name it were George knew a jovial old tinker not long from the forge" - tinker often came to mend his virtuous woman's soul - churchman loved his drink and particularly fat bacon and ham but found it was being stolen - Ch: "Fal de lal" - warning: where there's a preacher take care of fat bacon and wives - ROUD#137 -- David KEDDIE (with gtr & ch) rec by Mike Storey & Stephen Gaunt, Bradford, Yorksh 1963: 4"RTR-0886 (says song comes from N Yorksh)

M'EUDAIL, M'EUDAIL, MAC 'IC AILEAN - HEART OF FIRE, LOVE

MEUNIER TU DORT, LE -- Jack & Mrs HARQUOIL with Rodney LUCE (mel) & Philip Le BROCQ (drums) rec by PK, La Bottelerie, St Ouens, Jersey, Channel Islands (introduced in English & Jersey French): FTX-244 - Clari NOEL (voc/fid) rec by PK, St Helier Jersey 28/4/60: RPL LP 26235/ FTX-244 - Adolphus Le RUEZ "En passant par un moulin" RTR-0728-50/ FTX-244/ also on Radio prog tape

MEXICAN WALTZ, THE -- THE RANCHERS: CASS-30-0538 --- Michael PUNZAK (fid) rec by PK, Bristol 1982: FTX-910

MEXICO - AROUND THE BAY OF MEXICO - COWBOY JOE (Children's skipping rhyme) - MY CHARMING WILLIE-O - POOR MAN'S DAUGHTER -

MEYNELL PACK, THE - "Twas the first of November, the opening day" Ch: "Tally-ho - Hurrah for the hounds - To see Reynold roll o;er the meadow" - Leicestershire Fox-hunting Song -- Roger WATSON (voc/ conc & ch) (MUCKRAM WAKES): LEADER LER-2093 1976