WILL ANYONE MARRY ME NOW? - POOR LONELY WIDOW

WILL BY MARY SAD REPOSES - SWEET FAREWELL

WILL HER GAY PLOUGHBOY - GAY PLOUGHBOY

WILL I NEVER RETURN? - AN TILL MISE CHAOIDH?

WILL JOBLIN - BALLAD OF WILL JOBLIN

WILL MY MOTHER KNOW ME THERE? - "When I reach my home eternal" - ROUD#11702 SULZER 1936: 25 Folk Ballads 1 p17 -- Carter Family (trio) rec Bristol, Tenn, USA April 1952: 7"RTR-0313-4

WILL MY SOUL PASS THROUGH IRELAND? - "I know a free life and its fashions are fleeting - and so in the churchyard my body must lie - soul pass through I on the way to its God" - ROUD#6955 -- Lena Bourne FISH rec by Frank & Anne Warner, East Jaffray, N.H. USA 1940: FTX-922 (1v only)

WILL NOT - WONT

WILL OF THE LUM - "One night to the Lum(?) I did go" - Ch: "Down Derry" - ROUD#8100 - TOCHER #48-9 1993-4 pp412-3 from Mrs Johina Leith rec by Alan Bruford 1975 "Will i' the Lum" -- Annie PATERSON (82 of Harray) rec by PK, St Andrews, Toab, Orkney 1955 5"-RTR-1065/ FTX-189/ FTX-389

WILL OF THE WAGGON TRAIN - "Attend a while - female did a soldier wed - with him to join the "Peninsulars" and share Young William's woe - officer standing by" - Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint 2001) "Fate of Faithful Nancy"- SHARP Ms Cf 2 p405 John Durbin (frag)

WILL O THE WISP - Story -- Jossy "Pop" Mainprize rec by Jim Eldon 1982-8 from Flamborough Fishermen, E Yorksh Gypsies & Ben JARVIS, Pocklington cobbler SD-005 1988 CASS-0992 "The Ghost Ship"

WILL SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW? - RAT RACE (S Carter)

WILL THE ANGELS BE UP YONDER? - "Will the angels play their harps for me?" - Song about a beggar in a city churchyard wondering about the pearly gates -- Bill SMITH (71), Bridgnorth, Shropsh rec by his son Andrew (copy of cass with 25 songs): 5"RTR-0906 "Way up yonder" - Ruth BURDON (frag) rec Sandwich, Kent 27/2/82: CASS-90-0626

WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? - "I was standing by my window - hearse come by - there's a better home awaiting in the sky" - American Gospel - WARNER TAFS 1984 ? -- Martha Ann MIDGETTE (unacc) rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Beech Mt, Watauga Co., NC 1941: FTX-926 - Frank PROFFITT (voc/ A-dulc) rec by the Warners 1959: FTX-932

WILL THE WEAVER - "Mother, mother, I am married, I wish that I had longer tarried, For the womenkind I do declare, often will the breeches wear" - Learning that WW is visiting his wife, the newly-married husband returns home unexpected - WW climbs up on the chimney, but the husband smokes him out, sending him away black - LAWS #Q-9 ABBB 1957 pp277-8 - ROUD#432 - Preston broadsheet "A New Garland" by E Sergent 1790 - BG BSs vol2#240, 3#221, 5#172, 8#2, 9#98 - LONG DIOW 1886 pp116-7 IoWight (w/o) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #193 2 pp14-15 Wm Briffet, Bridgwater, Somerset 1907 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp106-8 #27 Alfred Smith, Watchfield, Berksh & Charles Messenger, Cerney, Gloucestersh 15v composite text (w/o) - HENRY SOP #682/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p505 nn, Tyrone Ditches, Co Down 1936 - STUBBS LOM 1970 p83 Ern 'Rabbidy' Baxter, Chelwood Gate, Sussex 1962 - PURSLOW MB 1965 p99 Gardiner: Daniel Newman, Axford, Hampsh 1907 - NEWMAN: Never Without a Song pp.152-153 - PALMER EBB 1980 p202 Mike Yates: Buster Mustoe, Badsey, Worcestersh 1977 "Bill the W" --- SHARP FSSA 1917 #154 2 p207 2var Wm Morgan, Short Creek, Hyden, Leslie Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Kate Thomas, St Helens, Lee Co., Ky 1917 - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 #133 p328 John Brown, NS 11v (w/o) (refs) - BREWSTER 1940 p360 9v/m (Ind) - CAZDEN AFSB 1958 2 p517 - GAINER: Folk Songs from the West Virginia Hills pp.146-147 - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp304-5 Samuel Harmon Ga 1931 11v/m (w/o) - SHOEMAKER Penn 1931 p135 14v - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp230-231 James Jepson, Utah 1947 - RITCHIE: Garland of Mountain Song 1953 pp.42-43 - CHASE: American Folk Tales & Songs 1956 pp.184-5 - WARNER TAFS 1984 #47 p139 Lena Bourne Fish "Bill the W" -- Ernest "Rabbidy" BAXTER, rec by Bill Leader, Chelwood Gate, Sussex 1962: TOPIC 12-T-258 1975 --- Lena Bourne FISH rec by Frank & Anne Warner, East Jaffray, NH USA 1940: FTX-922

WILL THERE BE ANY TRAVELLERS IN HEAVEN? - comp by Derby, son of Jasper Smith (gypsy),based on Jimmy Rodger's "Hobo's Meditation" (on VICTOR 23711 [1932] -- Derby SMITH (voc/gtr) rec by Mike Yates: TOPIC 12-TS-395

WILL WATCH - "One morn the wind from the Northward blew keenly" - Smuggler - promises his Sue that it will be his last trip- comp by Davey, a Devon blacksmith - ROUD#1617 - Bs by FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) - BSs "WW the Bold Smuggler" - SBG 4:#464/ 7:#14/ 8:#183 - VOC LIB 1822 p561 - WHALL 1910 p39 says that besides song there was also a play c1830 - WILLIAMS Ms #747 (w/o) "WW the Smuggler" -- A W "Bob" ROBERTS rec by PK, Pinmill, Ipswich, Suffolk 1956: FTX-047 & FTX-513 - Sam LARNER rec by Philip Donellan, Winterton, Norfolk 1959: RPL LP 26076/ TOPIC 12-T-244 1974 (5v)

WILL WATCH, SEQUEL TO - "Twas the girl that WW loved dearly" - ROUD#2018 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp62-63 ships log 1847 (w/o)

WLL YOU BUY A CABBAGE GREEN? - COUNTRY GARDEN

WILL YOU BUY? - SWEET BLOOMING LAVENDER

WILL YOU BUY ME A BANANA? - BANANA SONG

WILL YOU COME ALONG WITH ME, MY PRETTY FAIR MAID? - WILLIAMS Ms #748 (w/o) ("Rolling in the Dew" ?)

WILL YOU COME DOWN TO LIMERICK? - PLUMKUM (Triple Jig)

WILL YOU COME HOME WITH ME? - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #842/ DMI #104 (G)

WILL YOU COME TO THE BOWER? - CAMPBELL 2 p31 - Edinburgh Repos 1 p47 - Tunebook Ms 2/4 (G) #120 p218 -- THE DUBLINERS: cass TBX 513/3

WILL YOU COME WITH ME OVER THE MOUNTAIN? - TRIP OVER THE MOUNTAIN

WILL YOU GANG, LOVE? - Scots Love Song - Cf DEEP IN LOVE - DIEDFOR LOVE -- Archie FISHER (voc/ mandola): TOPIC 12-TS-277 1976

WILL YE GANG TO THE HIELANS? - BLAEBERRY COURTSHIP - LIZZIE LINDSAY

WILL YOU GO, LASSIE, GO? - BRAES OF BALQUIDDER - BUONAPARTE - ISLE OF St HELENA - WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

WILL YOU GO TO SHERIFFMUIR? - Battle 1715 in which victory was celebrated by both sides -- Ewan McCOLL: TOPIC 12-T-79 1962

WILL YE GO TO THE WOOD? - HUNTING THE WREN

WILL YOU HAVE A GAME OF GOLF, SIR? - HAVE A CIGARETTE, SIR?

WILL YOU HAVE A SLICE OF CAKE? - HAVE YOU ANY BREAD AND WINE?

WILL YOU HEAR A SPANISH LADY? - SLAIN AT WATERLOO

WILL YOU MARRY ME? - in Irish Gaelic -- Seamus ENNIS Dublin (unacc) rec by PK, London 1958: FTX-169

WILL YOU NO COME BACK AGAIN? - comp by Lady Nairne (1766-1845). Air attributed to Niel Gow junior (1795-1823). Addressed to Bonny Prince Charlie - GRIFFIN: Jacobite Minstrelsy 1826 - ANON 1972 SONG OF SCOTLAND p70 piano accomp -- J SCOTT SKINNER (fid + piano) rec c.1905: TOPIC 12-TS-268 1975 - Bob SMITH's Band rec 1930: TOPIC 12-T-320 1977 - Ewan McCOLL: TOPIC 12-T-79 1962 - Joe HUTTON (N-pipes) & John ARMSTRONG (fid) Northumb: TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974

WILL YOU NOT - WON'T

WILL YOU TAKE A FLUTTER? - Song used as Hornpipe - CHAPPELL (C) - LEVEY 1 #76 p30 (Bb)

WILL YOU WALLACE? - VARSOVIANA

WILL YOU WEAR RED? - JENNY JENKINS

WILL'S WIFE - WEARING OF THE BREECHES

WILLAFJORD (JACK) - Shetland Reel (D) - BOWEN p47 -- Tom ANDERSON (fid) rec Lerwick 21 & 25/12/50: RPL 17007 "Villafjord Jack" bef "Olifjord Jack" - Talk about tune by Tom Anderson RTR-1080/ CASS-0965/ FTX-368 - DA FORTY FIDDLERS with Marjorie SMITH (piano): LEADER LED-2052 1973 with "Olifjord Jack" - Dave SWARBRICK (fid) ELEKTRA BY-6030 1967 - THE YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-32 1971 with "Aunt Hessie's White Horse" - Bobby PETERSON (fid) with piano rec by Tom Anderson CASS-60-0435 bef "Forth Brig Reel"/ (fid) TANGENT TNGM-117 1973 aft "Da Fairy Reel" & bef "Kail knockit corn" "Mc Donald's" & "Cabister Head" - Angus GRANT (H-fid) with William LAURIE (P-acc) & John Mc INTYRE (bass): TOPIC 12-TS-347 1978 aft "Merry Boys of Greenland" & "Leveneep Head"

WILLIAM - BILL - WILL - WILLIE

WILLIAM AND BETSY - PRETTY BETSY OF DEPTFORD

WILLIAM AND CAROLINE - PRETTY CAROLINE

WILLIAM AND DINAH - "Tis of a rich merchant in London did dwell" - Her father insists on her marrying a man she does not love so she goes to a grove, writes William, her truelover, a note, and takes poison - William dies on his sword - "Villikins and his Dinah" (LAWS 31-B) is a "black comedy" version of the older ballad in which William also takes poison and their ghosts haunt the father - LAWS M-31A & #-31B ABBB 1957 pp195-6 - ROUD#271 - Bs by FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) - BGS 6:63/ 8:98/ 9:138 & 245 - SKENE Ms Airs for lute c1615 - ASHTON MSB 1888 pp98-100 7v (w/o) (with spoken interjections) "Villikins and his Dinah" - COLE c1890 Funnierst Song Book p233 "V&D"- GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p70 (2var) - SHARP Ms Cf 2 p19 Mrs Lock & BG Miss Wyatt - GRAINGER #95 Wm Fishlock, Chiswick Ferry, Surrey 1908 "The Rich Merchant's Daughter" - WILLIAMS MS #345 Thomas King, Castle Eaton, Wiltsh (w/o) "W&D" - BURSTOW Reminiscences of Horsham 1911 p117 "V&D" - SCOTT English Song Book 1926pp64-5 "V&D" - JFSS 8:33 1929 pp146-7 Sam Cowell's "120 Comic Songs" c1850 1v/m "V & his D" - JFSS 34 1930 p196 note about tune "Peggy and the Soldier" - SEDLEY 1967 p211 - PURSLOW CL 1972 pp110-111 Gardiner: Mrs King, Lyndhurst, Hampsh 1906 9v/m (no ch) (1v from singer rest from BS) - SHEPARD HSL 1973 p172 BS (w/o) "V & his D" --- COX FSOS 1925 p344 Mrs Hilary Richardson, WVa 1916 7v (w/o) "V&D" (has "ghost") - SPAETH RE&W 1926 #99 pp59-60 "V&D" written by John Parry (?) - WSM 1927 p172 song mentions accordion & melodeon - FUSON BKH 1930 p90 Clarinda Rains, Ky (w/o) "Billy and Diana" (3v) - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp34-6 Ben Henneberry, 1929+ 6v/ch/m "Diana & Sweet William"/ pp36-7 Marion & Audrey Henneberry "V&D" - FLANDERS-BROWN Vt 1932 p48 5v/ch - STOUT Iowa 1936 p54 comic "Dutch" dialect with sausage choking (see MORRIS) - HUDSON FSM 1936 p146-7 Mrs Belle Hubbard Mi (w/o) "V&D"- GARDNER Mich 1939 p397 7v/ch - LINSCOTT 1939 p301 7v/ch/m (Mass) - BELDEN Mo 1940 p147 9v refs - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp331-2 Ruby Poyner Mo 1931 7v/ch/ Wm Bohme, Mo 1934 1v (w/o) "V&D" - MORRIS FSOF 1950 pp339-340 Elsie Surber, Fla 5v/m "Young V & his D" ("There was a rich Dutchman in NY did dwell!" girl chokes on sausage - see STOUT) - BROWN NC 1952-62 p483 9v & ch - LEACH Labr 1965 (reprints STOUT's version) - Tune: Cf BLACKBERRY FOLD - PEGGY AND THE SOLDIER - see also AS I WAS A-WALKING - DOWN BY THE DARK ARCHES - EMMA JANE (NFL parody on this song) -- Albert BEALE rec by PK, Kenardrington, Kent 1954: RPL 21156/ FTX-428 "London's Fair City" - Roy GUEST & Steve BENBOW Folk Four: SOCIETY SOC-919 1963 - John FOREMAN (& orch): FTX-331 - Frank HINCHLIFFE rec by Mike Yates & Ruairidh & Alvina Greig, Sheffield, Yorksh: TOPIC 12-TS-308 "V&D" - "Lucky" LUCKHURST (of London) rec by PK, Harberton, Devon 1978: FTX-332

WILLIAM AND HARRIET - "It's of a rich merchant near London did dwell, he had a fair daughter a farmer loved well" - To escape her cruel father they both escape to sea but they are wrecked by a storm and cast on the shore of America where they find assistance & prosperity (In American version they are dying of exposure & starvation) - LAWS #M-7 ABBB 1957 p183 - ROUD##536 - Bs by Thomas FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) - SBG 4:#358/ 5:#5/ 7:#188/ 9:#199 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #90 - GRAINGER #373 George Gouldthorpe, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1905 - JFSS 35 1931 pp267-8 Moeran Coddenham Suffolk "Harriet & Young William" 10v/m - WILLIAMS #477 David Sawyer, Ogbourne, Wiltsh (w/o) - O SHAUGHNESSEY YB1 1975 pp35-6 & 76 Grainger: George Gouldthorpe, Barrow-on-Humber, Lincs 1908 "Gentleman near London" --- COX FSS 1925 p343 Jesse Fox, WVa 1917 6v (w/o) "The Rich Merchant" - EDWARDS AUFS p114 Mick Dolan, Machans Beach, Queensland, Australia 1969 -- Sandra KERR Critics Group: ARGO ZFB-61 1969 "William & Phyllis"

WILLIAM AND MARGARET - FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM

WILLIAM AND MARY - BANKS OF THE SWEET DUNDEE - POOR LITTLE MARY ANN (or SMUGGLER'S BRIDE)

WILLIAM AND MARY - "Mary & Willie stood by the seaside" - Three years after he has gone to sea a lame beggar with a black eye patch comes to her door asking for charity and to tell her fortune - The beggar tells her Willie was shipwrecked, living in poverty but she says she would love him whatever his condition, whereupon Willie reveals himself with plans for the wedding - LAWS #N-28 ABBB 1957 pp217-8 "Willie and Mary" - ROUD#348 - Bs by FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) "Little Mary, the Sailor's Bride" - SBG 4:#306/ 5:#147/ 9:#125 - BARRETT EFS 1891 pp58-9 Bedfordsh strawplaiters & Cheshire - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #1035 p393 (8v w/o) "Willie and Mary stood by the seaside" - CLEMENTS p106 - HENRY SOP 1926 coll Co Antrim 9v/m "Willie" - O Boyle suggested tune was matrix for Percy French's "Ballyjamesduff" - WILLIAMS Ms #100 Mrs Gosling, Lechlade, Gloucestersh (w/o) - DEARNLEY SCFS 1967 p5 Mr Hale, West Kirkby, Chesh - "Traditional Music 1" 1975 p12 Mike Yates: Freda Palmer & p13 Bs facsimile "Little Mary, The Sailor's Bride" - CLINGING 2005 #58 pp122-3 from Barrett --- FLANDERS-BROWN Vt 1932 p150 7v "The Single Sailor" - HUDSON FSM 1936 p153 Mrs Nixon, Mi 5v (w/o) "Love Disguised" - HENRY FS 1938 p172 9v (Tenn) - FLANDERS-BROWN-BARRY 1939 p25 5v/m (Mass) - BARRY Maine 1939 p24 10v/m "Little Mary, the Sailor's Bride" - BELDEN BSM 1940 p152 Mrs Lida Jones & Georgia Green, Mo 10v (w/o) "M & Willie" - BREWSTER BSI 1940 p356 Mrs Harden, Indiana 2v (w/o) "Willie & M" - FLANDERS FSSH 1941 pp172-3 Ray Bohannan, Tenn 1929 (w/o) - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp264-5 Wm Lewis 1928 & Mrs Sylvia Hill 1940 2v/m Mo "M & Willie" - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp116-7 ships log 1845 (w/o) "The Beggarman" - PETERS FSOW 1977 pp141-2 Noble Brown, Wis 1946 "Willie & M" - JAFL 39 p114 - 45 p102 - LIVYERE June 1983 pp8-9 Kenneth Goldstein & Aidan O Hara: Carrie Brennan, Nfl "M & Willie" - Lore & Language 7:2 1988 pp65-66 John Ashton & Julia Bishop: William White, Gull's Harbour, Nfl 1981-88 "Willie & M" -- Paddy McCLUSKEY rec by PK, Clough Mills, Co Antrim 3/8/53: RPL 20031/ FTX-377 & FTX-514 - Peter PRATT (frag) rec by PK, Toab, Orkney 1955 5"RTR #1077/ FTX-189 - Freda PALMER rec by Mike Yates, Witney, Oxfordsh: TOPIC 12-T-254 1974

WILLIAM AND NANCY - ADIEU LOVELY NANCY - CAMBRIDGE GIRL - WEALTHY FARMER'S SON

WILLIAM AND NANCY - "Twas on one Monday morning just by the break of day" - his ship has to leave so she begs to cut off her yellow locks and dress as a sailor - he tries to dissuade her with usual reasons but he agrees to let her come - they marry and sail away together - LAWS #N-8 ABBB 1957 p206 (or "Lisbon" or "Men's Clothing I'll put on") _ ROUD#551 - SHARP Cf 2 p355 "Lisbon" ("Twas on a Whitsun Wednesday") - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #138 pp531-5 Robert Parish, Exford, Somerset/ Mrs Eliza Hutchings, Langport, Som 1904/ Mrs Lock, Muchelney Ham, Som 1904 1v/m "Lisbon" - GRAINGER #7 Mr Deene, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1905 "Tis on the Monday morning" - JFSS 2:6 1904 pp22-3 Sharp: Mrs Lock, Muchelney Ham, Somerset 1904 "Lisbon" - JFSS 2:6 1905 pp22-23 Sharp: Mrs Lock "Lisbon" - JFSS 2 1906 pp191-2 RVW: Henry Burstow, Horsham, Sussex 1905 "The North Fleet" - JFSS 6:21 1918 pp17-18 Frederick Keel: Moses Mansfield, Haslemere, Surrey 6v/m "The Hills & Dales" - JFSS 27 1923 p50 Hammond Dorset 2var "Lisbon"- HENRY SOP #561/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp458-9 Alex Horner, Mosside, Co Antrim 1934 "Lovely Annie" ("For Melbourne we were bound") 8v/m - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 op58-9 Sharp: Mrs Lock "Lisbon" --- SHARP FSSA 1917 #121 2 pp139-141 Mrs Jane Gentry, Hot Springs, NC 1916 10v/m/ Philander Fitzgerald, Nash, Va 1918 10v/m/ Mrs Margaret Dunagan, St Helens, Ky 1917 1v/m "Wm & Polly" - COOMBS Mid 1925 p208 12v (Ky) "I'm going to join the Army" - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 p108- 112 Robert Langville 15v (w/o) (refs) - FUSON BKH 1930 pp67-68 Ky 4v & 7v (w/o) - STOUT Iowa 1936 p47 1v - HENRY FS 1938 pp167-8 Mrs Mary Tucker, Ga 12v (w/o) "Wm & Polly" - CHAPPELL R&A 1939 p120 13v (NC) - BELDEN BSM 1940 p178-9 L W Lee, Mo 1904 (w/o) 9v (refs) "It was on one Monday morning"/ Mrs Charles Opel 1912 (w/o) "Lisbon" - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 p217- 219 Mrs Ada Check, Ark 1928 2v (w/o) "The Sailor's Sweetheart"/ John F Foster, Mo 1931 3½/m (w/o) "Stay at home dear Billy" (refs p215 & p224) - GARDNER-CHICKERING BSSM 1939 pp169-171 Mrs Ciulver, Mich 1916 (w/o) - CREIGHTON-SENIOR NS 1950 p156 6v/m & 7½/m - CREIGHTON MFS 1962 p66 Cornelius Boutilier, NS 1952 "It was on one Monday morning" - PEACOCK SNO 1965 1 p202-5 Jim Dalton 1960/ Wm Nash Nfl 1961 "Jimmy & Nancy on the Sea" - KARPELES NFL 1971 #52 pp178-9 Mrs Bridget Hall & Mrs Jane Augot, Nfl 1929-30 "Jimmy & Nancy" -- Nic JONES: LEADER LER- 2027 1971 (from broadside) "William & Nancy's Parting" (tune pt of "The Blackbird") - Grimsby BROADSIDE Group: TOPIC 12-TS-228 1973 "Lisbon" (coll by Grainger from Mr Deane, Hibaldstow Lincolnsh) - Peter PEARS & Engl Chamber Orch cond B Britten arr by Percy Grainger: DECCA KSX-6410 1974/ CASS - Vicky CLAYTON (with keyboards) Radio 2: 28/2/90 CASS-30-1039 --- Lee Monroe PRESNELL rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Beech Mt, NC USA 1951 (3v): APPLESEED APR-CD-1035 2000 "I went to see my Molly" (mentions the American Civil War)

WILLIAM AND NANCY - Morris 6/8 - BOWEN p20 (G) 3pts Bledington - SHARP -- John KIRKPATRICK with Sue HARRIS, Martin CARTHY, Martin BRINSFORD & Fi FRASER: "Plain Capers" Morris Dances from the Cotswolds: FREE REED FRR-010 1976 (from Sharp, Bledington, Oxfordsh)

WILLIAM AND PHOEBE - "Come all you young people & listen to my ditty" - She accuses him of deceit & sings "a mournful song" and has had to ramble in search of him but there is a happy ending for lovers to follow their example - DAWNEY 1977 Butterworth contains "All round my hat!" verse erroneously regarded as a version of "The Nobleman's Wedding"

WILLIAM AND PHYLLIS - "Says William to young Phyllis how come you here so soon?" - father's opposition - ROUD#1429 - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 pp363-4 Joseph Laver, Bridgwatwer, Somerset 1906/ John Briffet, Bridgwater, Somerset 1905 - JFSS 2 1906 pp216-7 RVW: Westminster, London 1904

WILLIAM AND POLLY - CAMBRIDGE GIRL - LITTLE CABIN BOY - WILLIAM AND NANCY

WILLIAM AND SUSAN - BLACK EYED SUSAN - BRITISH MAN OF WAR

WILLIAM AND SUSAN - "A seaman of Plymouth, sweet W by name" - his Susan is ill and he promises to be faithful - ROUD#2811 - THOMPSON PS 1958 pp32-37 Steves-Douglass Ms NY 1841-56 (w/o)

WILLIAM AND WILLIAM THE YOUNGER - "Now there were two men went into the wood" - Poaching song comp by GM 1968 -- Graeme MILES: FTX-222-C90

WILLIAM BRENNAN - BRENNAN ON THE MOOR

WILLIAM BOOTH - a Black Country forger, who was tried for murder & highway robbery and hung at Stafford in 1812 -- Jon RAVEN (voc/mand/gtr): BROADSIDE BRO-100 1968

WILLIAM BROWN - "was a clever young man" - Young girl lamenting about her sailor who has gone away and left her with a baby that he denied to have been his - GREIG-DUNCAN 6 1995 #1150 p199 (1v/m "Willie Broon" & another tune titled "Jeemsey Brine") "It was by a false young man, WB, that I was led astray - he took me frae my parents and my happy happy home and has left me in the wild wilds to roam" - MUNCH Tristan da Cunha 1970 p103 from Arthur Repetto

WILLIAM BROWN - "A right young lad was WB" - tune: "So Early In The Morning" - Ch: "Keep that wheel a-turning - and do a little more each day" - works so hard he becomes a postman -- Bob DAVENPORT with RAKES & BOLDEN BANJOES: LEADER LER-2088 1973 - John BARKER: ERON-002 1974 (Sussex/ Kent) - Martin SCRAGG: PEOPLE'S STAGE C-45 cass 1978

WILLIAM CHISHOLM - LAMENT FOR

WILLIAM COOK - "Come all my good friends with your melancholy song" - ROUD#3128 - PARLER ABB 1963 p55 Harrison Burnett Ark (w/o)

WILLIAM CONKEY - comp by Graeme MILES

WILLIAM COOMBE - CRANTOCK GAMES - WILLIE COOMBE

WILLIAM CORDER - MARIA MARTEN

WILLIAM FUNSTON - MURDER OF

WILLIAM GLEN - CAPTAIN GLEN

WILLIAM GOWER - "A gay young sailor, stout and strong" - Ship bound for America and the Captain hears a ghost saying he has committed murder and a young sailor is to hang for it - there is a storm. the captain is thrown overboard and the ship sails on safely - or William Guiseman - CHILD #57 "Brown Robyn's Confession" - ROUD#478 (with "Guilty Sea Captain"/ "New York Trader"/ "Capt Glen") - LOGAN PP 1869 p47 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #13 p62-64 Mrs Susan Williams & Betsy Prince, Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset 1905 "Sir WG" - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 1983 #190 p22 "Willie Graham" - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #165 "For my offence" - JFSS 5:20 1916 pp263-5 Sharp: Susan Williams/ Betsy Prince "Sir WG" -- see CAPTAIN GLEN - GUILTY SEA CAPTAIN -- Swedish version "Mediaeval Ballads" RELP-5004

WILLIAM HALL - "I will tell you of a brisk young farmer ("BYF")" - father disapproves and sends him to sea - he returns - she describes her lover - he tells her he was killed by French cannon ball - she weeps so he reveals his true identity aqnd they marry "whether their parents are willing or no" - LAWS #N- 30 ABBB 1957 p219 - ROUD#400 --- SHARP FSSA #171 (vol 2 pp239-42) Mrs Bowyer, Villamount, Va 1918/ Mrs Virginia Bennett, Burnsville, NC 1918/ Mrs Margaret Dunagan, St Helens, Ky 1917(publ)/ Solomon Williams, Webbs Creek, Tenn 1917/ Mrs Alice Sloan, Barbourville, Ky 1917/ Mrs Tina Dooley, Montvale, Va 1918 - COX FSS 1925 pp326-7 & p528 (W Va) - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp180-1 Mrs Rachel Brackett, Ga 1932 (w/o) "The BYF" - HUDSON FSM 1936 pp154-5 Missi (w/o) - GARDNER-CHICKERING BSSM 1939 pp153-4 Mich "The Rich YF" - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp231-2 Mrs Vada Largent & Mrs Lee Stephens, Mo 1928 "The BYF" - MORRIS FSOF 1950 pp350-1 Fla "My Pretty Fair Damsel" - BELDEN BSM 1955 pp156-160 James Ashby MS ballad-book & 2 other, Mo (w/o) - PARLER ABB 1963 p56 Harrison Burnett, Ark (w/o)

WILLIAM HOLLANDER - "My name is WH as you may understand, I was born in the town of Waterford" - Ship carrying slaves from Africa - see FLYING CLOUD

WILLIAM KIDD - CAPTAIN KIDD

WILLIAM O' RILEY - MANTLE SO GREEN

WILLIAM OF THE WAGGON TRAIN - "One lovely morning as I was walking" - William, the soldier, meets his Nancy - ROUD#1354 -- Bs by John FORD of Chesterfield 1830s (Palmer Reprint 2001) "Young William of the Royal Waggon Train" - BROCKLEBANK-KINDERSLEY DBFS 1966 p5 Hammond: G Dowden, Lackington & J Pomeroy, Broadoak, Dorset

WILLIAM PHIPPS - BUBBLING WATER

WILLIAM REILLY - JOHN REILLY - RAMBLING IRISHMAN - REILLY AND COLINBAND - REILLY THE FISHERMAN - WILLIE REILLY AND HIS COLLEEN BAWN

WILLIAM RUDD - WIDOW OF DOVER

WILLIAM RUFUS - "Eight hundred years ago, sir, so I have heard men say" - Instead of a royal stag, the King of England fell - ROUD#2038 - SHARP Ms: Mr Pritchard, Hazell Manor, Somerset 1905 - HOWSON SSIS 1992 Roy Last, Mendlesham Green, Suffolk (w/o) -- Roy LAST, rec by Mike Yates, Suffolk: HOME MADE MUSIC LP-302

WILLIAM SCANLON - "My name is WS" - ROUD#2502 - BS gives that he murdered his sister-in-law, Bridhet Gayer, with a pistol, and was executed January 9th 1910 - FMJ 3:1 1975 pp23-4 Tom Munnelly: Michael McDonagh (tinker), Ennis, Co Clare 1972 -- Christy PURCELL (tinker) rec by PK, Belfast 1952: RPL 18554 (talk bef)/ FTX-168 - Elizabeth DOHERTY (tinker) rec by PK, Blairgowrie, Perthshire 1955 (Blair tape 3) - Unnamed Irish traveller: LYRICHORD LL-178 1967

WILLIAM SMITH - SLAIN AT WATERLOO

WILLIAM STONE - "O they call me WS a poacher" - better than factory work - comp by GM 1966 -- Graeme MILES: FTX-221

WILLIAM TAYLOR - KEEPERS AND POACHERS

WILLIAM TAYLOR - "Billy Taylor was a brisk young sailor - he who courted a maiden fair" - He is pressed to sea and she dresses up in man's apparel and follows him into battle - when her tunic buttons fly open to expose her breasts she is revealed - the captain tells her William is going with a rich lady and about to be married - She goes to the wedding and shoots both William and his bride - She is rewarded by the captain, giving her command of his soldiers and/or marrying her - LAWS N-11 ABBB 1957 p208 - ROUD#158 - Many BSs incl SBG 7:#120 - CHRISTIE TBA 2 1881 p208 6v/m "Billy T" - ASHTON MISB 1888 pp259-261 (w/o) - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #101 11v "Billy T" - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p438 6var - SHARP-MARSON FSS 5 pp46-50 Jack Barnard, Bridgwater, Somerset/ James Lovell, Balls Cover, Somerset - Schools 5 - SHARP - Sel Ed 1 pp114-5 - Cf Ms 2 p31 - SHARP- KARPELES CSC 1974 #214 pp63-64 Wm Stokes, Chew Stoke, Somerset 1909/ Miss Moger 1904 2v/m & Betsy Pike 1906, Somerton, Somerset/ Mary Ann Nash 1v/m 1906 & Billy Bailey, Cannington, Somerset 1907 2v/m/ Louie Hooper & Lucy White, Hambridge. Somerset 1903/ James Lovell, Balls Cover, Somerset 1908 1v/m/ Jack Barnard, Bridgwater, Somerset 1906 (m/o)/ Frederick Crossman, Huish Epicopi, Somerset 1904/ Robert Feast, Ely, Cambridgesh 1911 (m/o) - JFSS 1:5 1904 pp254-5 Kidson: Whitby, Yorksh 1v/m "WT & Sally Brown" - JFSS 3 1908 pp218-219: Sharp; John Barnard (m/o) Grainger: #108 George Gouldthorpe, Barrow- on-Humber & #109 Joseph Taylor, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1906 12v/m (notes)/ #324 Mr Hawker, Chipping Camden, Gloucestersh 1908 "Bold WT" - GRAINGER RNS#81 Joseph Leaning, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1908/ #108 George Gouldthorpe 1905-6 "Bold WT" - JOYCE OIFM 1909 pp235-6 James Keane, Kilkee, Co Clare 1876 10v/m "Willie T" - JFSS 5:18 1914 pp68-9 Lucy Broadwood: Joseph Taylor, Saxby-All-Saints, Lincolnsh 1906 (m/o)/ Sharp: Wm Stokes, Chew Stoke, Somerset 1909 1v/m - JFSS 5:19 1915 pp161-5 Lucy Broadwood: Mrs Joiner, Chiswell Green, Hertfordsh 1914 10v/m/ Gilchrist: Mr & Mrs Comber, Blackham, Sussex 1907 1v/m/ 18thC sheet-music "Billy T" - WILLIAMS #308 Mrs Rowles, Witney, Oxfordsh - HENRY SOP #213/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p334 1927 14v/ch/m & #757 nn 1938 15v/m - KIDSON EPS 1929 - ORD BB 1930 pp315-6 11v/ch (w/o) "Billy T" - REEVES IP 1958 #113 pp227-9 Sharp: Fred Crossman, Huish Epicopi, Somerset (w/o) - O'SHAUGHNESSEY YB1 1975 pp13-14 & pp66-67 Grainger: George Gouldthorpe 1906 "Bold WT" - DAWNEY PG 1977 p45 George Butterworth: nn, Ipswich Suffolk 1912 - TOCHER 26 1977 p85 S Ronaldsay, Orkney - PALMER OBSS 1986 #53 p122 --- SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #61 (vol 1 pp373-6) 3var: Mrs Rosie Hensley, NC 1918 (4v/m)/ Mrs Talithah Powell, Berea, Ky 1917 (4v/m)/ Mrs Francis Carter, Ky 1917 (10v/m) - COX FSOS 1925 pp382-3 Mrs Nancy McAtee, WVa 1917 (w/o) 10v (refs) - MACKENZIE BSNS 1928 #46 p133 9v & p132 11v Mrs James Palmer & Robert Reid (w/o) "Willie T" - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp64-5 Wm McNab 1929+ "Billy T" - FLANDERS- BROWN Vt 1932 p152 12v ref - GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p49 11v/m - BELDEN BSSM 1940 pp182-3 Flora Wright, Mo 1911 10v (w/o) (She commits suicide) - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp295-6 Miss Elizabeth Waddell, Mo 1929 - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp58-9 Mrs Salley A Hubbard, Utah 1947 "Willie T" - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp94-6 ships log 1817 (w/o) - FOWKE TSSO 1965 p60/ p152-3 Albert Simms, Ont 1960 "Willie T" - KARPELES FSFN 1971 #49 pp171-2 Mrs James Day, Nfl 1929 - LEACH Labr 1965 p131 - RANDOLPH Ozark 1946-50 I p295 7v/m (Mo) -- Joseph TAYLOR phonographed by Percy Grainger, Saxby-all-Saints, Lincolnsh 1906: FTX-135/ LEADER LEA-4050 1972 - Phono cylinder CASS-90-1149 AAFS/ TOPIC TSCD-656 "Bold Wm Taylor" - Jim O'NEILL (complete song) rec by PK, Markethill, Co Armagh 12/7/52: 7"RTR-0546/ RPL 18483 -Harry WOLSEY (4v only) rec by PK, Markethill, Co Armagh 12/7/52: 7"RTR-0546/ RPL 18483/ FTX-431 & FTX-518 - Robert TAYLOR (81) rec by PK, Hilltown, Co Down 29/7/53: 7"RTR-0563 - Harold COVILL (of March, Cambridgesh) rec by PK, London 11/2/62: RTR-0874/ FTX-423/ CAEDMON TC-1164/ TOPIC 12-T-196 1969 "Bold WT" (from his grandmother at Wisbech) - Rob WATT: Fetterangus, Aberdeensh: TOPIC 12-T-180 1968 - Tony ROSE (voc/ conc): "Folk on Friday" BBC REC-95 1970 (Grainger version) - Dave BURLAND: LEADER LER- 2029 1971 (Sharp Somerset) - Jon RAVEN (with fid/gtr): ARGO ZFB- 29 1971 - DRANSFIELDS: LEADER LER-2026 1971 Grainger - Peter PEARS & Engl Chamber Orch cond by Ben Britten arr Percy Grainger: DECCA KSX-6410 1974 cass - SPREDTHICK rec by PK, Dartington, Devon 1975: FOLKTRAX 089 - MUCKRAM WAKES: LEADER LER-2093 1976 (Grainger version) - Andy IRVING & PATRICK STREET Band Dublin RTE Radio "Long Note" prog June 1988 CASS-0894 - Jo FREYA SAYDISC SDL-402 (CD) 1993 --- Hedy WEST: FONTANA STL-5432 1967/ CASS-0482 (from Randolph)

WILLIAM THE ROSE - ROBIN'S COURTSHIP

WILLIAM THE SAILOR - "As W the S was walking one day" - He meets a maid and tells how he has surveyed all the American ports and now made his home in Danville - she says he's a rover but he changes her mind and they are married - ROUD#6957 - WARNER 1984 #66 p168 -- Lena Bourne FISH rec by Frank Warner 1940: FTX-922

WILLIAM WHITE'S REEL - O'NEILL MOI #1521/ DMI #740 (C)

WILLIAMS. Alfred Owen - (1877-1930) Author ("Round about the Upper Thames" & "FS of the U T") & Folk-song-word collector -- Talking about him: Mrs Laura PILL (nee Williams) rec Swindon 4/12/59 & Mrs Torne (nee Ada Mary Williams) rec South Marston, Wiltsh 25/7/59: RPL LP 25653 - "As they Roved out" radio progr 10/12/59: RPL LP 25787

WILLIAMS, VAUGHAN, Ralph - (composer) - see under VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

WILLIAM'S GHOST - SWEET WILLIAMS'S GHOST

WILLIAMS' HORNPIPE - QUARRELSOME PIPER

WILLIAM'S RETURN - BANKS OF THE SWEET DUNDEE

WILLIE - WILLIE DOWN BY THE POND

WILLIE AND MARY - WILLIAM AND MARY

WILLIE AND ME - "In the howes of Glenorchy there is a bit of ground - my Willie and me" - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #943 p22 (2v/m)

WILLIE ARCHER - BANKS OF THE BANN

WILLIE BRENNAN - BRENNAN ON THE MOOR

WILLIE BREWED A PECK OF MALT - "and Rob & Alan came to see" - VOC LIB 1822 #1237 p462 - BURNS 1 #208 p476

WILLIE BREWED A PECK OF MALT - Reel - HARDING #181 p57 (D) 2/4 "Peck o Mart" (Scotch) - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #199 p46 (D) - Tunebook Ms #103 p390 (D) Quadrille tune in Polka rhythm

WILLIE BROON - WILLIAM BROWN

WILLIE BUCK - KATIE BIRDIE (K)

WILLIE COLEMAN'S - Jig - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #11 p8 (G) alt: "Moate Hunt" - CRANITCH #20 p132 -- THE COLEMAN COUNTRY: CELTIC MUSIC CM-CD-048 1990 (Gift of Dave Bulmer March 2005) bef "Brendan Tone's Rowe's No 2"

WILLIE COOMBE - "Twas in the month of May" - BARING GOULD Ms #176 SOW (Rev Ed only #88) abridged text based on local story of "Willy Coombe" (a) Thomas Morris, Fowey FWB 1894 (b) J Libby, Bodmin 1894

WILLIE CROTTY -- Bobby CLANCY (solo): EMBER EMB-2057 1968

WILLIE CUMMIN - "Twas on December twenty-eighth, the year was 1910 when WC killed his wife" - ROUD#9691 - Tune: "The Barren Rocks of Aden" -- Jean ELVIN rec by Seamus Ennis, Aberdeensh 6/7/52: RPL 18778/ FTX-261

WILLIE DAVIE - Reel (A ends E) - KERR MM 1 #7 p24

WILLIE DONALDSON'S HORNPIPE - KERR MM 3 #348 p38 (G) comp by Hugh Dunlop - see HUGH DUNLOP

WILLIE DOO - LORD RANDALL

WILLIE DROWNED - "They say it is sinful to flirt - they say I've a heart made of stone - they tell me to speak to him kindly - or else leave the poor boy alone -- Next morning dear Willie was found - "down in the pond by the mill" - LAWS #G-19 NAB 1950/64 p222 - ROUD#421 - RICHARDSON AMS 1927 p57 "Sinful to flirt - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp238-242 Ala, Ky, Va & NC 1925-31 "Sweet Willie"/ "Willie" - PARLER ABB 1963 p59 Ark 1953 (w/o) "Young Willie" -- Carolyne HUGHES (gypsy) rec by PK, nr Blndford, Dorset 1968: FTX-143 "Young Willie" talk bef & aft

WILLIE DROWNED IN YARROW - "Willie's rare and Willie's fair, Willie's drowned in Yarrow" - "Down in yon garden sweet and gay" - CHILD #215 - RITSON SS - GREIG-DUNCAN 6 1995 #1227 pp426-7 (2var 14v/1m)/ #1230 pp431-2 (3var 12v/2m) - RD BB 1930 p454 "W drowned at Ganerie" 7/14v w/o - BUCHAN 101SS 1962 from Ritson - SEDLEY 1967 p196 "Rare Willie" (2 tunes) - see also DOWIE DENS O YARROW -- Alex ROBB #323 rec on Dictaphone by James M.Carpenter N.E.Scotland 1929-35 - Alex McEWEN rec by PK, London: FTX-293/ EMI CLP-1220 1958/ - Isla CAMERON (unacc) rec by PK: CONCERT HALL SVSC-2329 1970/ FTX-330 - Mary O HARA: DECCA GES-1116 1974 --- Almeda RIDDLE: ROUNDER 0017 rec 1972 "Rare Willie drowned in Yarrow"

WILLIE FROM THE BORDERS - comp by Graeme Miles - sent to FOLKTRAX May 1981

WILLIE FOSTER - KATIE BIRDIE (K)

WILLIE GRAHAM - Casting of lots on board ship - contains superstition that a wrong-doer aboard will cause it to go out of control -- Cameroun TURRIFF: TOPIC 12-T-180 1968

WILLIE GRAY - "My schoolmates now I leave you" - ROUD#2056 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp182-3 ships log 1846 (w/o)

WILLIE LENNARD/ LENNOX - LAKE OF COOLFIN

WILLIE MACKINTOSH - Child #183 - "The Burning of Auchindoun" - McCOLL SS 1953 p21 from his father, Jimmy Miller of Stirling - BUCHAN 101SS 1962 p36 from McColl

WILLIE MACKINTOSH - Reel -- Mike WHELLANS (voc/ bodhran): LEADER LER-2022 1971 bef "Cooley's Reel"

WILLIE MOORE - American Murder Ballad -- BURNETT & RUTHERFORD (voc/ 5-str banjo & fid) 1927 (COLUMBIA 15314-D)/ FOLKWAYS FP-253/ 7"RTR-0306/ FTX-911

WILLIE MORGAN'S FATHER'S JIG -- Patrick (harmonica) of FAIRLANDS FAMILY BAND rec by Dave Byrne, Cheddar, Somerset: cass 1980

WILLIE O - GREY COCK - MY CHARMING WILLIE-O

WILLIE O DOUGLAS DALE - CHILD #101 - ROUD#65 - GREIG-KEITH LLTB 1925 p78 from Bell Robertson, New Pitsligo, Aberdeensh (w/o) "Dame Oliphant" ("He gathered the leaves o good greenwood")

WILLIE O REILLY - MANTLE SO GREEN - WILLIE REILLY

WILLIE O WINSBURY - "There was a lord lived in this town" - daughter Jane or Janet - Castle wall - pregnant by William, servant - CHILD #100 "Willie o Winsbury" - ROUD#64 - BRONSON 2 p495 (22 tunes) - KINLOCH Ancient Scottish Ballads pp89 & 92 "Lord Thomas of Winesberrie" - BUCHAN AB 1828 2 - BUCHAN GSOB 1925 pp127-8 Aberdeensh (w/o) "Lord Thomas of Winesberry" - SHARP Schools 5 text modified - Sel Ed 1 p38-9 - SHARP-MARSON FSS 5 pp37-9 Mr Gordge, Bridgwater, Somerset (text added from other versions) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 pp121-125 Mrs Sage, Chew Stoke, Somerset 1907/ Jack Barnard, Bridgwater, Somerset 1906/ Mr Gordge, Bridgwater, Somerset 1906 ("Willie o Winsbury")- JFSS 3:11 1907 pp72-3 Hammond: Wm Bartlett, Wimborne, Dorset 1906 "Tom the Barber" - GREIG-DUNCAN Coll 1995 vol 5 #999 pp229-237 10var 17v/7m "Lord Thomas of Winchbury" - KEITH-GREIG LLTB 1925 pp75-77 Mrs Gillespie, Buchan, Aberdeensh (w/o)/ James Beattie, Whitehill, Aberdeensh 1v/m "Thomas o Winsbury" - HUNTINGTON SOP #221/ MOULDEN pp124-5/ HUNTINGTON 1990 pp490-491 Henry Pollock, Cumber-Claudy, Co Derry 1928 "The Rich Ship-owner's daughter" - REEVES IP 1958 #59 p149 Sharp notes "LT o Winesberry" - REEVES EC 1960 #139 p278 Hammond - SEDLEY 1967 p247 - PURSLOW WS 1968 pp112-113 Gardiner: Charles Bull, Marchwood, Hampsh 1907 "Tom Barbary" - FMJ 3:1 1975 pp19-20 Tom Munnelly (c): Mrs Mary McGrath (tinker) Bridgetown, Wexford 1974 "Johnny Barden" --- GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p28 3 var "Young Barbour" - KARPELES NFL 1971 p73 4var "John Barbour" - LEACH Labr 1965 p7 - see FATHER AND DAUGHTER -- Mrs Mary J.Smith HASTIE #151/ 299, Peter CHRISTIE #163-4, Alex CLARK #277, Bell DUNCAN #271/ 274/ 292 rec on Dictaphone by James M.Carpenter N.E.Scotland 1929-35 - Robert CINNAMOND rec by PK & Sean O Boyle, Belfast 1955: RPL LP 24840/ FTX-159 "John Barlow"/ rec by Diane Hamilton TOPIC 12-T-269 1975/ TSCD-667 1998 "The Rich Shipowner's Daughter" - Ewan McCOLL & Peggy SEEGER "The Long Harvest" ARGO ZDA-72 1967 Kinloch/ Greenleaf - Joe McCAFFERTY rec Hugh Shields, Derryconor, Co Donegal 1969: LEADER LEA-4055 "John Barbour" - Anne BRIGGS (voc + 2 bouzoukis): TOPIC 12-T-207 1971 - Barbara DICKSON: CELTIC MUSIC CM-029 1971 (Buchan) - Tony CAPSTICK with HEDGEHOG PIE: RUBBER RUB-004 1971 - John GOODLUCK with Roy HARRIS, Alan WALTERS, Dave PEARCE & Bob DIDDALL: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-015 1974 - Sam RICHARDS, Tish STUBBS & Paul WILSON known as STAVERTON BRIDGE: SAYDISC SDL-266 1975 "Tom Barbary" - SWEENEY'S MEN: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-37 1976 - Maggie BOYLE with John RENBOURN BAND "SHIP O' FOOLS" on Radio 2: 2/12/87: CASS-0432-C90 - Anita BEST & Pamela MORGAN with accomp: AMBER MUSIC (Newfoundland) ACD 9008 "John Barbour" (from Elsie Best & Baxter Wareham of Placentia Bay & Mose Harris of Lethbridge, Bonavista Bay)

WILLIE REIDY'S FAVOURITE SLIDE - MOYLAN 2 #336 p190 (G) 12/8 from John O Leary (melodeon)

WILLIE REIDY'S POLKA #1 - BRITISH GRENADIERS

WILLIE REIDY'S POLKA #2 - MOYLAN 2 #245 p141 (A) from John O Leary (melodeon)

WILLIE REILLY - "O rise up, WR and come along wi me" - the eloping couple are pursued by the girl's father - Reilly is thrown into Sligo gaol to await trial for kidnapping and stealing her jewels - she pleads at the trial and gets him freed - LAWS M-10 "William (Willie) Riley" ABBB 1957 pp184-5 - ROUD#538 - BSs "The Trial of Willie Reilly for running away with Colleen Bawn" or "William Riley and Colinband" - BS by Thomas Ford of Irongate, Chesterfield 1830s (Roy Palmer Reprint) "Riley and Colinband" - GREIG-DUNCAN 6 1995 #1097 pp54-7 (4var 14v/2m) - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #143 15v - JOYCE OIFM 1909 pp230-2 "Willie Reilly" (LAWS #M-9 & SR#537) (gives location as near Bundoran on boundaries of Donegal, Fermanagh & Sligo & how dangerous it was for a young Catholic to run away with the daughter of a Protestant Squire) - JFSS 3:11 1907 pp133-6 Hammond: Mrs Gould, Morcombelake, Dorset 1906 7½v/m "Young William Riley" & Catnach broadside 14v (notes) - HAYWARD US&B 1925 p99 14v - TUNNEY SF 1979 p40 - HOLLOWAY-BLACK LEBB 1 1975 pp230-2 Davenport BS London "Riley and Colinband" (w/o) --- SHARP FSSA 1917 II p81 7v/m (Ga) 1v/m (NC) - COX FSS 1925 p336 18v (W Va) - THOMAS DD 1931 p166 2v/m (Ky) - CREIGHTON FSNS 1932 pp152-162 Ben Henneberry 26v/m "The Courtship of WR" - BELDEN Mo 1940 p289 14v - BREWSTER Ind 1940 p260 12v - BROWN NC 1952-62 p363 16v - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp224-5 ships log 1845 (w/o) "Reilly's Jailed" (LAWS #M-9 & SR#537) - LEACH Labr 1965 p741 14v (Nfl) & p743 cante-fable var 20lines -- see also JOHN REILLY -- Tom LENIHAN rec by Seamus Ennis, Milltown Malbay, Co Clare 1960: RPL LP 29886 (also sang "Cailin Bawn")

WILLIE SHAW - Strathspey (D) - KERR MM 1 #1 p3

WILLIE SLAIN AT WATERLOO - SLAIN AT WATERLOO

WILLIE SYL'S ROCK - CREG WILLY SYLE

WILLIE TAYLOR- WILLIAM TAYLOR

WILLIE WALSH'S JIG - O'NEILL MOI #823/ DMI #88 (D) "Willy W"

WILLIE WAS A FINE A SAILOR - "as ever spliced a rope" - ROUD#2972 - BETHKE AV 1981 Ted Ashlaw -- (Ted ASHLAW rec by Robert D Bethkew, Hermon, NY 1972)

WILLIE WAS A WANTON WAG - 2/4 Air - KERR MM 3 #378 p42 (D)

WILLIE WASSEL - or WILLIE'S WIFE - "rued the day he's ever wood her" - Burns Song -- Rod PATTERSON (v/gtr): Radio 2: 1/4/87: CASS- 90-0567

WILLIE WE HAVE MISSED YOU - "O W is it you dear?" - ROUD#2689 - BSs - WILLIAMS #746 (w/o)

WILLIE WENT TO WESTERDALE - "and took a wife - better by half if he'd taken his life" - 20 cows - ROUD#117 - (Related to WETHER'S SKIN Child 277 ?) - KIDSON-MOFFAT: Children's Songs of Long Ago "The Thrifty Housewife" - PALMER EBECS 1979 pp166-7 Jack Beeforth, Wragby, Yorksh 1974 - PALMER EBBB 1980 #98 pp166 David Hillery from Jack Beeforth, Wragby, W Yorksh 1974 -- THE WATERSONS: TOPIC 12-T-167 1966

WILLIE'S FANCY - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #199 p46 (D) - Tunebook Ms #18 p341 (D)

WILLIE'S FATE - "Oft have ye travelled this road, Willie" - CHILD #255 "Willie's Fatal Visit" - ROUD#244 - Peter BUCHAN: Ballads of the North of Scotland - SPIN mag 6/6 p5 as sung by JR - Cf GREY COCK - PORTER-GOWER 1995 pp251-2 7v from JR & notes - SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST -- Jeannie ROBERTSON Aberdeen rec by PK, London 1953: RTR 0677-7"/ CAEDMON TC-1146/ TOPIC 12-T-161/ FTX-503/ TOPIC 12-T-179 1968

WILLIE'S GHOST - GREY COCK

WILLIE'S LADY - "How good a gift to her I'll gie" - CHILD #6 - ROUD#220 - KEITH-GREIG LLTB 1925 pp4-5 Bell Robertson, New Pitsligo, Aberdeensh (w/o) - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 1983 #346" (16v w/o) "Simon's Lady"

WILLIE'S DROWNED IN YARROW - DOWIE DENS O YARROW - WILLIE DROWNED

WILLIE'S LYKE WAKE - CHILD #25 - ROUD#30 - GREIG-KEITH LL 1925 pp24-25 Mrs Gillespie, Glasgow - PALMER EBBB 1980 #85 pp176-7 f5rom Greig-Keith "Among the blue flowers & the yellow" - GREIG -- Ewan McCOLL: RIVERSIDE RLP-12-625 1956 (from Greig) - Johnny COLLINS & friends: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-014 1973 (from Roy Harris) --- Swedish rec: "Herr Karl och klostermorer"

WILLIE'S ON THE DARK BLUE SEA - "My -" - ROUD#2057 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp234-6 Ships log 1849 (w/o)

WILLIE'S RARE - WILLIE DROWNED IN YARROW

WILLIE'S SINGLE - Quadrille Jig - CLANCY-MITCHELL #75 p64 (D) 12/8 -- Pat MITCHELL (U-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-294 1976

WILLIE'S WIFE - WILLIE WASSEL

WILLING CONSCRIPT, THE - comp by Tom Paxton -- Pete SEEGER: TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1016

WILLOTT'S HORNPIPE - (A) - COLE #2 p91

WILLOW GARDEN - ROSE CONNOLLY

WILLOW GREEN - WEEK'S WORK WELL DONE

WILLOW TREE - BUBBLING WATER - DIED FOR LOVE - SEEDS OF LOVE - SPRIG OF THYME

WILLOW TREE, THE (1) - AMERICAN SONGSTER p160 - ROUD#3294 - GARDINER FSFHampshire 1909 -- May BRADLEY rec by Fred Hamer in the private room of a pub, Ludlow, Shropshire 28 July 1965: EFDSS VWML-003 1989 cass/ TOPIC TSCD-662 (contains verse: "My love he is a sailor boy") - Carolyne HUGHES (gypsy) rec by PK, nr Blandford, Dorset 19/4/68: 7"RTR-0120/ FTX-143 "Young Willie" - Bill SMITH, Shropsh rec by his son, Andrew Spring 1981: CASS#1359 r/cd May 2000 --- Harry (voc/mandolin) & Jeannie (voc/gtr) rec S Appalachians: RIVERSIDE RLP-12-617 1956 "Bury me beneath the WT"- Jean RITCHIE (voc/dulc): RIVERSIDE RLP-12-620 1956 "Green grows the WT" - Almeda RIDDLE rec by Alan Lomax, Greers Ferry, Arkansas Oct 1958: ROUNDER CD-1707 1997 (Has chorus: "Bury me beneath yon weeping willow tree"

WILLOW TREE, THE (2) - Song/ Morris: "O once they said my lip was red - and he swore he'd never deceive me" - ROUD#1331 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p302 (Ms#215) Charles Tanner, Bampton, Oxfordsh 2v (w/o) -- William KIMBER (voc/ conc) rec Studio 22/12/53: RPL 22263/ (conc) rec by PK, Headington, Oxford 1956: FTX-383 - "MORRIS ON": ISLAND HELP-5 1972 - John KIRKPATRICK with Sue HARRIS, Martin CARTHY, Martin BRINSFORD & Fi FRASER: "Plain Capers - Morris Dances from the Cotswolds": FREE REED FRR-010 1976 aft "Blue-eyed Stranger" (Poor but honest soldier)

WILLOW, WILLOW - coll & arr Percy Grainger -- Engl Chamber Orch conducted by Benjamin Britten; DECCA KSX-6410 1974 cass

WILLY - BILLY - WILLIAM - WILLIE

WILSON'S FAVOURITE - from CHAPPELL 100 Hornpipes, Strathpeys etc 1872 -- John KIRKPATRICK (mel) & Sue HARRIS (h-dulc): TOPIC 12-TS-295 1976

WILTSHIRE - BROKEN PIECE OF GOLD (town of Marlborough) - DEVIZES GAOL - MALTMAN AND HIGHWAYMAN - MARLBOROUGH FAIR - ROCKLEY FIRS - SALISBURY - SIX-HAND REEL - TEMPEST - WISHFORD OAK APPLE DAY -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

WILTSHIRE LABOURERS, THE - "Come all you gallant labourers and listen to my song" - WILLIAMS Ms #521

WILTSHIRE SIX HAND REEL - BEETHOVEN'S FAVOURITE POLKA -- Victor BAKER (acc) "Six Handed Clap Dance" rec by PK, West Lavington, Wiltsh Nov 1950 7"-RTR- 008/ FTX-406

WILTSHIRE WEDDING, THE - "All in a misty morning" Ch: "With how do you do & how do you do and how do you do again" - Rustic courtship - D'URFEY 1698-1720 PPM IV o148 15v/m - SIMPSON BBB 1966 p238 "The Friar & the Nun"

WILY OLD BACHELOR, THE - Hornpipe - O'NEILL MOI #1751/ DMI #923 (G)