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Ethel and Chauncey O. Moore Collection

Moore, Ethel, and Chauncey O. Moore. Manuscript, n.d. 4 feet. Compilers. A manuscript (n.d.) entitled “ and Songs of Oklahoma.” This book was published as Ballads and Songs of the Southwest. An accompanying Ethel and Chauncey Moore Collection of tapes (n.d.) of American, British, and Scotch folk-songs recorded throughout Oklahoma is also in the Western History Collections.

Box 1

Manuscript titled, The Ballads and Songs of Oklahoma. This book was published as Ballads and Songs of the Southwest. Collected and edited by Ethel and Chauncey O. Moore, n.d. The manuscript includes information about English and Scottish ballads; then British and American songs.

Binder 1

Preface

References

I. English and Scottish Ballads pg. 3-7 Wisely Expounded (Child, No. 1)

pg. 8-16 (Child, No. 2)

pg. 17 The False Knight Upon the Road (Child, No. 3)

pg. 18-79 and the -Knight (Child, No. 4)

pg. 80-106 (Child, No. 7)

pg. 107-194b (Child, No. 10)

Binder 2

pg. 195-240 Lord Randal (Child, No. 12)

pg. 241-293 (Child, No. 13)

pg. 294-295 (Child, No. 17)

pg. 296-309 (Child, No. 18)

pg. 310-314 (Child, No. 20)

pg. 315-353 (Child, No. 26) pg. 354-357 Captain Wedderburn's Courtship (Child, No. 46)

pg. 358-387 The Twa Brothers (Child, No. 49)

pg. 388-425 (Child, No. 53)

pg. 426-432 The Cherry-Tree Carol (Child, No. 54)

pg. 433-476 (Child, No. 68)

Binder 3

pg. 477-576 Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child, No. 73)

pg. 577-642 Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child, No. 74)

pg. 643-686 (Child, No. 75)

pg. 687-740 The Lass of Roch Royal (Child, No. 76)

pg. 741-778 The Wife of Usher's Well (Child, No. 79)

Box 2 Binder 1

pg. 779-814 Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Child, No. 81)

pg. 815-931 Bonny Barbara Allan (Child, No. 84)

pg. 931-961 (Child, No. 85)

pg. 962-969 (Child, No. 93)

pg. 970-1047 The Maid Freed from the Gallows (Child, No. 95)

pg. 1048-1055 Johnie Scot (Child, No. 99)

pg. 1056-1068 The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington (Child, No. 105)

pg. 1069-1072 The Famous Flower of Serving-Men (Child, No. 106) pg. 1073-1075 (Child, No. 112) pg. 1076-1080 Johnie Cock (Child, No. 114)

Binder 2 pg. 1081-1106 , or The Jew's Daughter (Child, No. 155)

pg. 1107-1110 The Hunting of Cheviot (Child, No. 162)

pg. 1111-1120 (Child, No. 173)

pg. 1121 Willie MacIntosh (Child, No. 183)

pg. 1122-1124 Bonnie House of Airlie (Child, No. 199)

pg. 1125-1193 The Gypsy Laddie (Child, No. 200)

pg. 1194-1195 Bessie Bell and Mary Gray (Child, No. 201)

pg. 1196-1226 (Child, No. 209)

pg. 1227-1228 Bonnie James Campbell (Child, No. 210)

pg. 1229-1234 The Braes O'Yarrow (Child, No. 214)

pg. 1235-1238 The Broom of Cowden-Knows (Child, No. 217)

pg. 1239-1241 Katharine Jaffray (Child, No. 221)

pg. 1242-1249 Lizie Lindsey (Child, No. 226)

pg. 1250-1356 James Harris (The Demon Lover) (Child, No. 243)

pg. 1357-1362 The Gray Cock (Child, No. 248)

pg. 1363-1394 Henry Martin (Child, No. 250)

Binder 3

pg. 1395-1398 The Suffolk Miracle (Child, No. 272) pg. 1399-1452 Our Goodman (Child, No. 274) pg. 1453-1464 (Child, No. 275)

pg. 1465-1498 The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin (Child, No. 277)

pg. 1499-1564 The Farmer's Curst Wife (Child, No. 278)

pg. 1565-1567 (Child, No. 279)

pg. 1568-1572 The Crafty Farmer (Child, No. 283) pg. 1573-1618 (The Golden Vanity) (Child, No. 286). pg. 1619-1638b (Child, No. 289)

pg. 1639-1643 John of Hazelgreen (Child, No. 293)

pg. 1644-1681 (Child, No. 295) pg. 1682-1687 Trooper and Maid (Child, No. 299)

II. British Folk Songs Box 3 Binder 1 pg. 2-9 Flora MacDonald and the King pg. 10-13 Men's Clothing I'll Put On pg. 14-19 The Drummer Boy of Waterloo pg. 20-27 In Good Old Colony Times pg. 28-36 The Battle of the Boyne pg. 37-38 Bonnie Black Bess pg. 39-41 Captain Kidd pg. 42 The Three Butchers

pg. 43-52 The Boston Burglar

pg. 53-62 The Butcher Boy

pg. 63-67 The Rambling Boy pg. 68-78 The Wexford Girl pg. 79-87 The Gaspard Tragedy pg. 88-103 The Bramble Briar pg. 104-117 The Silver Dagger pg. 118-136 Young Edward of the Lowlands

pg. 137-142 The Sheffield Apprentice

pg. 143-152 The Silk Merchant's Daughter

pg. 153-162 Fair Fannie Moore pg. 163-169 Molly Bond pg. 170-174 William Taylor pg. 175-183 Caroline of Town pg. 184-188 The Sailor's Sweetheart

pg. 189-194 The Banks of Sweet Dundee

pg. 195-200 Lady Flower pg. 201-206 The Lover Freed from the Gallows pg. 207-218 The Squire of Tamworth pg. 219-229 Johnny German pg. 230-245 Jackie Frazier pg. 246-256 The Sailor's Return pg. 257-269 John Riley

pg. 270-282 William Hall

pg. 283-290 The Lady LeRoy

pg. 291-294 The Lily of the West

pg. 296-301 The Pretty Mohee

pg. 302-310 Erin's Green Shore

pg. 311-320 Little Sparrow

pg. 321-331 The Drowsy Sleepers

pg. 332-336 The Charming Beauty Bright

Binder 2

pg. 337-342 The Journeyman Tailor

pg. 343-347 I’ll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree

pg. 348-351 Lavender and Blue

pg. 352-356 The Cuckoo

pg. 357-366 The Banks of the Cloddie

pg. 367-374 Green Grows the Laurel pg. 375-378 Jimmy the Miller pg. 379-391 The Girl I Left Behind Me pg. 392-402 Young Johnny pg. 403-408 Early, Early in the Spring pg. 409-414 Rainbow Willow pg. 415-423 The Nightingale pg. 424-426 The Song

pg. 427-430 The Foggy, Foggy Dew

pg. 431-434 Whistle, Daughter, Whistle pg. 435-440 My Pretty Maid pg. 441-445 The Milk Maid

pg. 446-455 The Quaker's Wooing

pg. 456-463 The Spanish Lady

pg. 464-467 Billy Boy

pg. 468-470 Common Bill

pg. 471-483 Johnny Sands

pg. 484-492 The Best Old Feller in the World

pg. 493-496 The Deaf Woman's Courtship

pg. 497-501 The Dumb Maid

pg. 502-511 There Was an Old Miller

pg. 512-517 The Old Woman Who Went to Market

pg. 518-521 Devilish Mary

pg. 522-526 The Bonny Wee Window

pg. 527-531 The Cottage By the Sea

pg. 532-534 Dublin Bay

pg. 535-537 Lily Lee

pg. 538-544 The Farmer's Boy

pg. 545-552 Mary of the Wild Moor

pg. 553-558 Wicked Polly

pg. 559-562 The Romish Lady

pg. 563-568 The Little Family

pg. 569-584 The Twelve Apostles

pg. 585-591 The Twelve Joys

pg. 592-594 I Saw Three Ships A-sailing

Binder 3

pg. 595-600 The Babes in the Woods

pg. 601-604 Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domini

pg. 605-609 Mary and Willie pg. 610-611 Brennan on the Moor pg. 612-616 Widdecombe Fair pg. 617-625 Bold Rangers pg. 626-640 Old Mister Grumble

pg. 641-643 Three Jovial Huntsmen

pg. 644-646 The Song of a Hunter

pg. 647-661 The Frog and the Mouse

pg. 662-664 Jacket So Blue

pg. 665-667 Greenland Fishery

pg. 668-673 The Old Man Who Came Over the Moor

pg. 674-676 The Skin and Bones Lady

pg. 677-683 Oliver Cromwell

pg. 684-688 The Irish Wake pg. 689-701 Paper of Pins

pg. 702-704 Would You Know How Does the Farmer? pg. 705-710 Miss Jennie Jones pg. 711-712 Lucy Locket pg. 713-714 Green Gravel pg. 715-720 The Farmer in the Dell pg. 721-722 The Needle's Eye pg. 723-725 London Bridge pg. 726-728 The Mulberry Bush pg. 729-732 The Old Woman Who Bought a Pig pg. 733-734 Go Tell Aunt Rhody pg. 735-737 Old Hogan's Goat pg. 738-743 The Fox Walked Out pg. 744-746 Rinordine pg. 747-748 King William Was King James's Son pg. 749-752 Polly Oliver pg. 753-755 Barney McCoy pg. 756-759 Homer Wright pg. 760-762 She Sang Like a Dove pg. 763-764 The Wildwood Flowers pg. 765-766 A Lady of London pg. 767-769 A Fragment pg. 770-771 The Boatman and the Chest pg. 772-773 Keep Your Garden Clean pg. 774 Grandma's Advice

pg. 775-779 Jessie of Ballington Brae

pg. 780-780b The Darby Ram

pg. 781-769 Poor Old Maids (pages are misnumbered)

pg. 782-783 Three Grains of Corn

pg. 784-785 An Old Man and a Young Man

pg. 786-787 The Maiden Who Dwelt by the Shore pg. 788-789 As I Roved Out pg. 789-792 Squire Nathaniel and Betsy (pages are misnumbered) pg. 793-794 Billy Grimes

III. American Folk Songs Box 4 Binder 1 pg. 3-7 Major Andre pg. 8-13 James Bird pg. 14-16 When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea pg. 17-24 Custer's Last Charge pg. 25-31 Along the Kansas Line pg. 32-37 Sioux Indians pg. 38-44 Greer County pg. 45-59 The Old Chisholm Trail pg. 60-62 The Lone Star Trail pg. 63-69 The Trail to Mexico pg. 70-78 Buffalo Skinners

pg. 79-87 Whoopee Ti Yi Yo

pg. 88-91 Home on the Range

pg. 92-96 The Little Old Sod Shanty

pg. 97-98 Arizona Boys and Girls

pg. 99-102 Out in the Wilds of Arizona pg. 103-108 When the Work's All Done This Fall pg. 109-112 Mississippi Girls pg. 113-114 We Love the Name of Texas pg. 115-119 Hell in Texas pg. 120-127 The Cowboy's Dream pg. 128-132 The Dying Cowboy pg. 133-135 The Ocean Burial pg. 136-141 The Cowboy's Lament pg. 142-146 The Wandering Cowboy pg. 147-154 The Mustang Gray pg. 155-159 The Zebra Dunn pg. 160-165 The Texas Rangers pg. 166-169 The Disheartened Ranger

pg. 170-179 The Dying Ranger pg. 180-184 The Bull Whacker pg. 185-199 California Joe pg. 200-208 Sweet Betsy from Pike pg. 209-215 The Dying Californian pg. 216-221 Joe Bowers pg. 222-232 Little Joe, the Wrangler pg. 233-241 Utah Carl pg. 242-253 Fair Charlotte pg. 254-256 Her White Bosom Bare pg. 257 The Fair Lady of the Plains pg. 258-266 Bill Venero pg. 267-270 Davy Crockett pg. 271-272 Casey Jones pg. 273-280 John Henry pg. 281-287 The Wreck of the C. and O. pg. 288 Johnny O Dutchman pg. 289-293 The Wreck of No. 9 pg. 294-296 Rye Cove pg. 297-300 The Sherman Cyclone

Binder 2 pg. 301-307 The Jam at Gerry's Rock pg. 308-310 The Erie Canal pg. 311-314 Blow, Ye Winds in the Morning pg. 315-316 Old Smoky pg. 317-318 Blow the Man Down pg. 319-320 Lazarus's Sad Fate pg. 321-328 Sam Bass

pg. 329-337 Cole Younger

pg. 338-345 Jesse James

pg. 346-352 John Hardy

pg. 353-358 Frankie and Johnny

pg. 359-361 Maggie Was a Good Girl

pg. 362-366 Charles Guiteau

pg. 367-369 McAfee's Confession

pg. 370-371 Sweet Onie

pg. 372-374 The Prisoner's Song pg. 375-383 A Prisoner for Life pg. 384-389 The Gambling Man pg. 390-396 Young Companions pg. 397-405 The Dallas County Jail pg. 406-411 Down in the Valley pg. 412-415 Twenty-one Years pg. 416-418 Left My Gal in the Mountains pg. 419-421 Seven Long Years in State Prison pg. 422-423 Look Down That Lonesome Road pg. 424-429 The Midnight Special pg. 430-433 The Two Drummers pg. 434-436 The Gambler's pg. 437-442 When A Woman's Blue pg. 443-445 Waiting for a Train pg. 446-453 A Wild and Reckless Hobo pg. 454-456 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum pg. 457-465 Twenty Years Ago pg. 466-467 The Foggy Mountain Top pg. 468-470 The Lonesome Dove pg. 471-473 Careless Love pg. 474-479 Gambling on the Sabbath Day pg. 480-491 The Drunkard's Dream pg. 492-494 The Drunkard's Doom pg. 495-497 The Drunkard's Hell pg. 498-504 The Blind Man's Regret pg. 505-513 Fuller and Warren pg. 514-517 The Hell Bound Train pg. 518-520 Jonah and the Whale pg. 521-528 Hicks's Farewell pg. 529-530 Noah and the Ark pg. 531-537 Wayfaring Stranger pg. 538-539 Go Bury Me Beneath the Willow pg. 540-542 The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee pg. 543-545 The Letter Edged in Black

Binder 3 pg. 546-549 The Prisoner at the Bar

pg. 550-552 The Ship That Never Returned

pg. 553-556 In the Baggage Coach Ahead

pg. 557-558 The Package of Old Letters pg. 559-564 The Fatal Wedding pg. 565-566 The Dying Girl's Message pg. 567-569 The Dying Mother's Prayer pg. 570-573 Put My Little Shoes Away pg. 574-576 The Orphan Girl pg. 577-579 The Blind Girl pg. 580-582 Arthur Clyde pg. 583-587 Two Little Children pg. 588-590 The Gypsy's Warning pg. 591-598 The Homespun Dress pg. 599-601 Kitty Wells pg. 602-604 Just Before the Battle Mother pg. 605-607 The Boy in Blue pg. 608-617 Lorena pg. 618-621 Gentle Nettie Moore pg. 622-624 The Dying Soldier pg. 625-631 Brother Green pg. 632-634 Shenandoah pg. 635-639 The Alphabet pg. 640-645 The Jealous Sweetheart

pg. 646-648 The Red River Valley

pg. 649-653 The Texas Love Song

pg. 654-656 Jack, the Lonely Cowboy pg. 657-659 The Beaver Cap pg. 660-662 Mollie Darling pg. 663-666 The Jealous Lover pg. 667-670 Two Little Girls in Blue pg. 671-680 Jack and Joe pg. 681-684 Once I Had a Sweetheart pg. 685-687 William Cook pg. 688-690 Marching Round the Levee pg. 691-694 Old Shiloh pg. 695-696 The Miller Boy pg. 697-700 Run, N*****, Run pg. 701-703 Skip to My Lou pg. 704-706 Shoot the Buffalo pg. 707-708 Buffalo Gals pg. 709-711 Cindy pg. 712-715 Old Dan Tucker

pg. 716-719 Old Joe Clarke

pg. 720-721 Walk Along John

pg. 722-728 Leather Breeches

pg. 729-731 The Girl I Left Behind Me pg. 732-733 Tideo pg. 734-736 The Pig in the Parlor pg. 737-739 Weevily Wheat pg. 740-741 Turkey in the Straw pg. 742-744 Hog Rovers pg. 745-746 Cotton-Eyed Joe pg. 747-749 The Old Gray Mule pg. 750-755 Jack o' Diamonds pg. 756-760 Old Paint pg. 761-765 Old Brass Wagon pg. 766-768 Old Rosin the Beau pg. 769-771 Little Brown Jug pg. 772-774 Uncle Ned

Box 5 Binder 1 pg. 775-777 The Blue Tail Fly pg. 778-780 Ain't Going to Rain No More pg. 781-783 Old Father Grimes pg. 784-794 Springfield Mountain pg. 795-797 Sourwood Mountain pg. 798-802 The Girl with the Waterfall pg. 803-809 The Unfortunate Man pg. 810-815 I Wish I Was Single Again

pg. 816-822 Lolly Trudom pg. 823-831 Nigaldy Nagaldy pg. 832-835 Putting on the Style pg. 836-838 The Little Black Mustache pg. 839-841 I'm Going Away to Texas pg. 842-851 The State of pg. 852-854 In Arkansas pg. 855-857 The Arkansas Traveler pg. 858-860 Want ‘a Change My Business pg. 861-865 The Lazy Farmer pg. 866-868 The Farmyard pg. 869-872 The Green Grass Grew All Around pg. 873-875 John Brown Had a Little Indian pg. 876-878 John Brown's Body pg. 879 Who's Going Round My House pg. 880-881 Pop Goes the Weasel pg. 882-884 I Love Little Willie pg. 885-886 The Monkey's Wedding pg. 887-889 The Boll Weevil pg. 890-892 Shoo Fly pg. 893-894 Chicken Oh Chicken pg. 895-897 Kemo Kimo pg. 898-902 Neath the Old Elm Tree pg. 903-906 Arkansas pg. 907-908 The Blackbird pg. 909-911 The Dreary Black Hills pg. 912 God'ling pg. 913-914 The Cowboy pg. 915-916 Quantrell pg. 917-919 The Dreary Life pg. 920-922 Night Herding Song pg. 923-924 The Texas Cowboy pg. 925-926 I am Bound to Follow the Longhorn Cow pg. 927-929 Windy Bill pg. 930-932 The Battle of Shiloh pg. 933-937 The Sweet Sunny South pg. 938 Little Dove, Little Dove pg. 939-940 Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees pg. 941-943 Yonder Stands a Couple pg. 944 Cripple Creek pg. 945 The Mocking Bird pg. 946-947 Great Grand-Dad pg. 948-949 Bachelor's Hall pg. 950-951 The Choice of a Wife pg. 952-955 The Avondale Disaster

Not Classified

pg. 957 Title unknown

pg. 958-959 The Dying Boy

pg. 960 John Robinson

pg. 961 The Orphan Girl

pg. 961b Johnnie Cope

pg. 962 The Donovans

pg. 963-964 The Maid of Monterey

pg. 965 Lee Mills Confession on the Gallows

pg. 966 Beware of the Cowboy Who Wears a White Hat

pg. 967 Scotch

pg. 968 The Muffin Man

pg. 969-970 Planting Corn

pg. 971-972 The Little Major

Appendix

IV. Index to Titles (card file)

V. Index to First Linens (card file)

VI. General Index (card file)

See also Sound Recordings Guide for list of audio recordings.