The version of this song that is known today contains an allusion to the Battle of Waterloo (1815), where the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards defeated the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard. It is the...
This is obviously a long and 'tall' tale and could have many more verses than are given here. The ram features in the coat of arms of Derby and in the emblem of Derby football club.
The words of this song can be traced back to the mid-18th century. Around 1759 there were many encampments along the south coast of England anticipating French invasion. The tune, which is anonymous,...
This song is closely associated with Newcastle and Tyneside generally; although its first appearance in print was in A Collection of Favourite Scots Tunes in Edinburgh, circa 1770. Keel means a boat a...
This famous sea song is a windlass and capstan shanty collected by Sir Richard Runciman Terry and published in 1921. It follows the form of solo and chorus.
The vicar of the title managed to keep his position through the reigns of a succession of variously Roman Catholic and Protestant monarchs (Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth I). There wre prob...
This beautiful Northumbrian folk song is in the same vein as Maa Bonny Lad, except that it is the River Tyne that separates the lovers in this song.
The romantic notion of the highborn lady running off with the gypsies is a very popular subject and appears in various forms in the many versions of this song.