Josiah H. Combs (1886–1960) was a noted scholar of folklore and language who taught at several schools and universities. D. K. Wilgus (1918–1989) was Professor of English and Anglo-American Folksong at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Foreword Preface Part I I. Topography of the Southern Highlands II. Ancestry of the Highlanders III. The Question of Origin or Authorship IV. The Quest of the Folk-Song V. An Attempt at Classification of Folk-Songs VI. Songs of British Origin VII. Native American Songs VIII. The Highlander’s Music IX. The Passing of the Folk-Song Bibliography Part II Songs of British Origin 1. The Broomfield Hill 2. Fair Annie 3. The Lass of Roch Royal 4. Prince Robert 5. Willie o Winsbury 6. Mary Hamilton 7. Bonnie James Campbell 8. The Rantin Laddie 9. Get Up and Bar the Door 10. The Crafty Farmer 11. The Jovial Tinker 12. The Spanish Maid 13. The Old Wife 14. Kate and the Clothier 15. There Was a Sea Captain 16. The Jolly Boatsman 17. Three Ships Came Sailing In 18. The Gowans Are Gay 19. Ryner Dyne 20. Pretty Polly 21. Slago Town 22. To Cheer the Heart 23. Come All Ye False Lovers 24. Ranting Roving Lad 25. The Soldier Bride’s Lament 26. William Bluet Native American Songs 27. Brave Wolfe 28. Floyd Frazier 29. Talt Hall 30. J. B. Marcum 31. The Tolliver Song 32. The Vance Song 33. John Henry 34. The Yew-Pine Mountains 35. The Irish Peddler 36. Poor Goens 37. Rosanna 38. William Baker 39. Hiram Hubbert 40. The C. & O. Wreck 41. Pearl Bryan 42. The Auxville Love 43. Sweet Jane 44. I’m Going To Join the Army 45. Jack Combs 46. The Black Mustache 47. The Married Man 48. Davy Crockett 49. The Bugaboo 50. The Rich and Rambling Boy 51. Bob Sims 52. Charles J. Guiteau 53. Bad Tom Smith 54. Ellen Smith 55. Moonshiner 56. The Gambler 57. Jacob’s Ladder 58. The Ship That Is Passing By 59. We Have Fathers Gone to Heaven 60. Who Am Dat a-Walkin’in de Co’n? Appendix An Annotated List of the Josiah H. Combs Collection of Songs and Rhymes Index of Titles and First Lines of Song Texts

Josiah H. Combs (1886–1960) was a noted scholar of folklore and language who taught at several schools and universities. D. K. Wilgus (1918–1989) was Professor of English and Anglo-American Folksong at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Foreword Preface Part I I. Topography of the Southern Highlands II. Ancestry of the Highlanders III. The Question of Origin or Authorship IV. The Quest of the Folk-Song V. An Attempt at Classification of Folk-Songs VI. Songs of British Origin VII. Native American Songs VIII. The Highlander’s Music IX. The Passing of the Folk-Song Bibliography Part II Songs of British Origin 1. The Broomfield Hill 2. Fair Annie 3. The Lass of Roch Royal 4. Prince Robert 5. Willie o Winsbury 6. Mary Hamilton 7. Bonnie James Campbell 8. The Rantin Laddie 9. Get Up and Bar the Door 10. The Crafty Farmer 11. The Jovial Tinker 12. The Spanish Maid 13. The Old Wife 14. Kate and the Clothier 15. There Was a Sea Captain 16. The Jolly Boatsman 17. Three Ships Came Sailing In 18. The Gowans Are Gay 19. Ryner Dyne 20. Pretty Polly 21. Slago Town 22. To Cheer the Heart 23. Come All Ye False Lovers 24. Ranting Roving Lad 25. The Soldier Bride’s Lament 26. William Bluet Native American Songs 27. Brave Wolfe 28. Floyd Frazier 29. Talt Hall 30. J. B. Marcum 31. The Tolliver Song 32. The Vance Song 33. John Henry 34. The Yew-Pine Mountains 35. The Irish Peddler 36. Poor Goens 37. Rosanna 38. William Baker 39. Hiram Hubbert 40. The C. & O. Wreck 41. Pearl Bryan 42. The Auxville Love 43. Sweet Jane 44. I’m Going To Join the Army 45. Jack Combs 46. The Black Mustache 47. The Married Man 48. Davy Crockett 49. The Bugaboo 50. The Rich and Rambling Boy 51. Bob Sims 52. Charles J. Guiteau 53. Bad Tom Smith 54. Ellen Smith 55. Moonshiner 56. The Gambler 57. Jacob’s Ladder 58. The Ship That Is Passing By 59. We Have Fathers Gone to Heaven 60. Who Am Dat a-Walkin’in de Co’n? Appendix An Annotated List of the Josiah H. Combs Collection of Songs and Rhymes Index of Titles and First Lines of Song Texts

Josiah H. Combs (1886–1960) was a noted scholar of folklore and language who taught at several schools and universities. D. K. Wilgus (1918–1989) was Professor of English and Anglo-American Folksong at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Foreword Preface Part I I. Topography of the Southern Highlands II. Ancestry of the Highlanders III. The Question of Origin or Authorship IV. The Quest of the Folk-Song V. An Attempt at Classification of Folk-Songs VI. Songs of British Origin VII. Native American Songs VIII. The Highlander’s Music IX. The Passing of the Folk-Song Bibliography Part II Songs of British Origin 1. The Broomfield Hill 2. Fair Annie 3. The Lass of Roch Royal 4. Prince Robert 5. Willie o Winsbury 6. Mary Hamilton 7. Bonnie James Campbell 8. The Rantin Laddie 9. Get Up and Bar the Door 10. The Crafty Farmer 11. The Jovial Tinker 12. The Spanish Maid 13. The Old Wife 14. Kate and the Clothier 15. There Was a Sea Captain 16. The Jolly Boatsman 17. Three Ships Came Sailing In 18. The Gowans Are Gay 19. Ryner Dyne 20. Pretty Polly 21. Slago Town 22. To Cheer the Heart 23. Come All Ye False Lovers 24. Ranting Roving Lad 25. The Soldier Bride’s Lament 26. William Bluet Native American Songs 27. Brave Wolfe 28. Floyd Frazier 29. Talt Hall 30. J. B. Marcum 31. The Tolliver Song 32. The Vance Song 33. John Henry 34. The Yew-Pine Mountains 35. The Irish Peddler 36. Poor Goens 37. Rosanna 38. William Baker 39. Hiram Hubbert 40. The C. & O. Wreck 41. Pearl Bryan 42. The Auxville Love 43. Sweet Jane 44. I’m Going To Join the Army 45. Jack Combs 46. The Black Mustache 47. The Married Man 48. Davy Crockett 49. The Bugaboo 50. The Rich and Rambling Boy 51. Bob Sims 52. Charles J. Guiteau 53. Bad Tom Smith 54. Ellen Smith 55. Moonshiner 56. The Gambler 57. Jacob’s Ladder 58. The Ship That Is Passing By 59. We Have Fathers Gone to Heaven 60. Who Am Dat a-Walkin’in de Co’n? Appendix An Annotated List of the Josiah H. Combs Collection of Songs and Rhymes Index of Titles and First Lines of Song Texts