Taking the Shilling: Songs of and about World War 1

A performance lecture exploring a) contemporary music hall songs as a means of propaganda, recruitment and later criticism, b) the folk songs originating from among the soldiers, based on music hall, hymn and children's song tunes, and c) songs written about World War 1 by songwriters of the sixties and seventies in the critical vein inspired amongst others by the Vietnam War.

Ballads and songs of Indiana,

Some of the songs have unaccompanied melodies.

Sixty Irish songs : for high voice /

For high voice and piano.

Nye og gamle Viser af og for danske Folk.

Mode of access: Internet.

Three Armenian folk-tunes,

Mode of access: Internet.

The songs of Scotland prior to Burns with tunes.

Mode of access: Internet.

The ballad literature and popular music of the olden time : a history of the ancient songs, ballads, and of the dance tunes of England, with numerous anecdotes and entire ballads; also, a short account of the minstrels /

An expansion of his Collection of national English airs, pub. in 1838-40. Recast by H. E. Wooldridge and pub. in 1893 as Old English popular music.

The songs of England : a collection of 200 English melodies, including the most popular traditional ditties, and the principal songs and ballads of the last three centuries /

Each volume contains 100 songs with piano acc.

Merry songs and ballads, prior to the year 1800 /

Head and tail pieces.

Songs and hymns of the Gael : with translations and music and an introduction /

Unacc. melodies in staff and tonic sol-fa notations.

The United States songster : a choice selection of about one hundred and seventy of the most popular songs: including nearly all the songs contained in the American songster... To which is added The pizing sarpent, Settin on a rail; Jim Brown, and a number of new and original songs, written expressly for this work.

Without the music.

The tea-table miscellany: a collection of choice songs, Scots and English. Reprinted from the 14th ed.

Comprises four vols. first pub. in 1724, 1725, 1727, and 1732; it is doubtful whether Ramsay collected or edited the fourth vol.

The Scottish minstrel : the songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns, with memoirs of the poets /

Includes pref. to the 2d ed., 1870.

Examples of printed folk-lore concerning Northumberland,

Mode of access: Internet.

The Nightingale, or, Musical companion, being a collection of entertaining songs.

Without music.