A colorful mixture of traditional English folk songs and ballads, as well as the history of many of the songs. Many English folk songs are quite familiar in America. Hundreds of them came along with the earliest settlers in the 17th century; others with the Redcoats in the 18th century; still others with the sailors and fisherman of the 19th century; and finally the dough boys and G.I.'s of two world wars have brought over the 20th century's contribution. The book includes melody line, lyrics, historical information, and guitar chords.

A-Roving      
An Invitation to North America      
Barbara Allen      
Benbow, the Brother Tar      
Blow Away the Morning Dew      
Blow the Candles Out      
Blow the Man Down      
Boney      
Brave Wolfe      
Byker Hill      
Captain Kidd      
Charlie Mopps      
Cock Robin      
Down, Down, Derry Down      
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes      
Edward      
Froggie Went A-Courting      
Geordie      
Get Up, Jack      
Greensleeves      
Handsome Cabin Boy      
Handsome Molly      
Haul Away, Joe      
Haul on the Bowline      
High Barbaree      
High Germany      
How Happy the Soldier      
How Should I Your True Love Know      
It Was a Lover and His Lass      
It's the Same the Whole World Over      
John Peel      
Johnny Todd      
Johnson's Ale      
Join the British Army      
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight      
Lady Margaret      
Lady of Carlisle      
Likley Moor      
Liliburlero      
Lincolnshire Poacher      
Little Sally Racket      
Lord Bateman      
Lord Love!      
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender      
Me Father's a Lawyer in England      
My Mother Chose My Husband      
Old Maid's Song      
On Mondays I Never Go to Work      
Pit Boots      
Queen Jane      
Rap Tap Tap      
Rue      
Saddle to Rags      
Scarborough Fair      
Tell Me Boys, Have You Any Complaints?      
Ten Thousand Miles Away      
The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington      
The Bold Fisherman      
The British Grenadiers      
The Butcher Boy      
The Card Song      
The Coal Owner and the Pitman's Wife      
The Congress      
The Cruel Mother      
The Cruel War      
The Cutty Wren      
The Darby Ram      
The Durham Lockout      
The Dying British Sergeant      
The Eddystone Light      
The Fireship      
The Foggy Foggy Dew      
The Golden Vanity      
The Halcyon Days of Old England      
The House Carpenter      
The Husband with No Courage in Him      
The Keeper      
The Leaving of Liverpool      
The Maid Freed from the Gallows      
The Maid on the Shore      
The Man Who Waters the Workers' Beer      
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love      
The Plains of Waterloo      
The Roast Beef of Old England      
The Soldier and the Sailor      
The Three Ravens      
The Vicar of Bray      
The Willow Song      
The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies      
The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime      
They're Moving Father's Grave      
To the Commons      
Tobacco's But an Indian Weed      
Two Maids Went A-Milking One Day      
Under the Greenwood Tree      
Unfortunate Miss Bailey      
Villikins and His Dinah      
What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?      
Why, Soldiers, Why?      
Yankee Doodle's Expedition to Rhode Island