Facsimile and transcription sources not yet mentioned in the bibliography:
Bannatyne, George, comp. MS. Advocates 1.1. 6 ("The Bannatyne Manuscript"). 1568.
__. Ed. James Barclay Murdoch. 4 vols. Hunterian Club, 1896.
__. Ed. W. Tod Ritchie. 4 vols. Scottish Text Soc. Edinburgh, 1928-34. [ we have this one ]
Harleian Miscellany. Ed. Oldys, William, and Thomas Park. 10 vols. Londaon, 1808-13.
Jenkins, Elizabeth. Elizabeth the Great. London, 1958, New York, 1959.
Kines, Tom, ed. Songs from Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time. New York, 1964. Also a record from 1961, but that just has 5 pages of liner notes...
King, A. Hyatt. "The Significance of John Rastell in Early Music Printing." The Library, 5th Ser. 26 (1971) 197-214.
Rollins, Hyder Edward, ed. A Handfull of Pleasant Delights (1584) by Clement Robinson and Divers Others. 1924. Also reprinted by Dover in 1965.
Wright, Thomas, ed. Songs and Ballads, with Other Short Poems, Chiefly of the Reign of Philip and Mary, Roxburghe Club, 1860. [ my library has some other books by this author in the rare books section.]
num=5 title=[a wey mornyng] sub=love song source=king p. 199 note=fragment num=56 title=The panges of Loue and louers fttes sub=love song tune=King Solomon, BBB, p 410 source=in all 3 editions of The Bannatyne Manuscript [ transcribe. my library has a 1928 edition ] num=75 title=A Newe Ballad e sub=Encomium of Elizabeth and a warning against papists tune=King Solomon, BBB, p 410 source=Harleian Miscellany, X, 262-263; E Jenkins, p. 61 num=76 note=similar to 75. source=Lilly, pp. 30-32. A. Huth Bequest Cat. Pt. III, No. 2 (1 st.) num=81 title=The complaint of a sinner sub=sermon tune=The Gods of Love, BBB, p. 260 source=Collmann, No. 7; Rollins, "William Elderton:..." p. 204 (6 ll) num=82 note=similar to 81. source=Rollins, "William Elderton:....", p. 204 (6 ll) num=83 note=similar to 81. source=Rollins num=92 title=A songe betwene the Quenes maiestie and Englande sub=dialogue between elizabeth and england, set as love song tune=[Kines, p. 54] source=harl. misc., X, 260-262; Rimbault pp 72-73 (4 st), Chappell (2ll) Gray. p. 74 (facsimile) etc etc Kines has music [ might be cool, check out the music. have to ILL the book, though :-( ] num=111 title=A Proper New balad of the Bryber Gehesie sub=sermon against bribery tune=Kynge Salomon BBB p. 410-412 source=Lilly p. 42-45 num=114 title=A Newe Ballade of a Louer / Extollinge his Ladye sub=love song tune=Damon and Pithias BBB 157-59, was printed with music source=Lilly pp. 24-25, Ward, pp 167-69 (facsimile), Neuberg 25-28 [ Transcribed from Lilly ] num=116 title=Of the horyble and woful destruccion of Ierusalem sub=religious tune=Queenes Almayne BBB 590-591 source=Collmann, No. 5 num=119 title=A Newe Ballade intytuled, Good Fellowes must go lerne to Daunce. sub=wedding dance song tune=manuscript in Bodleian library source=chappell PMOT I 243, Lilly p. 221-223 [ Transcribed from Lilly. Now how can I get the manuscript? ] num=120 title=a proper newe ballad sheweing that Philosophers sub=exhortation to virtue tune=lorde marquest galyarde BBB 101-103 source=Lilly 138-140 [ transcribe? ] num=121 title=A proper new balad in praise of my Ladie Marques, whose Death is bewailed to the Tune of New lusty gallant. sub=love song, lament for dead sweetheart tune=New lusty gallant BBB 476-78 source=Chappell PMOT I 91 (1 st) Lilly 14-16 Newberg 28-30 [ Transcribed from Lilly ] num=127 title=A godly ditty or Prayer [...] sub=anti-papist prayer tune=137 psalm, BBB 585 source=Lilly, p121-123 num=132 title=A lamentation from Rome sub=rebellion in the north XXX tune=Rowe well ye Mariners, BBB 618-619 source=Collier, OB, 68-72; Chappell PMOT I 112-114 (5 st, music), Richardson II 154-157; Collmann #75 num=133 title=A ballad Intituled, a Newe well a day sub=rebellion in the north XXX tune=Welladay, BBB 747-48 source=Lilly 1-5 num=137 title=Prepare ye to the Plowe sub=Exhortation to support the Queen against papistry tune=Pepper is blacke BBB 575 source=Lilly 174-178 num=145 name=Against Rebellious and false Rumors sub=exhortation against talking about rising in the north tune=Blacke Almaine, upon Scissillia BBB 42-43 source=Lilly 239-243 num=146 title=A Letter to Rome sub=execution of John Felton tune=Row well ye Mariners BBB 618-619 source=Collier OB 64-68, Collmann # 70; Rollins & Baker 251-252 num=147 part of 146 num=150 title=The end and Confession of Ion Felton sub=execution of John Felton tune=Row Well Ye Mariners BBB 618-619 source=Collmann # 50 num=151 title=A proper new balade expressyng the fames sub=Exhortations for ladies to gather the rosebuds of virtue tune=Blacke almaine BBB 42-43 source=Collier OB 52-56, Collmann #71 [ transcribed from Collmann ] num=156 title=A very proper dittie: to the tune of Lightie loue sub=love song tune=Lightie loue BBB 447-448, Kines 44-45 source=Lilly 113-117 [ Transcribed from Lilly ] num=172 title=A pleasant posie, or sweete Nosegay... sub=Religious tune=black Almayne BBB 42-43 source=Lilly 5-8 num=185 title=A warning to London by the fall of Antwerp sub=battle tune=Rovv vvel ye Mariners BBB 618-619 source=Collier, OB 89-92, Collmann #69 (facsimile), Peseants All (recording & jacket text) [ transcribed from Collmann ] num=186 title=A worth Myrrour, wherin ye may marke sub=AEsopian fable tune=new Rogero BBB 612-614 source=RB I 464, Collier ABC I 44, Chappell RB III 86-93 [ same as 230, which I have transcribed? ] num=187 title=A prayer, and also a thankesgiuing... sub=Prayer for the queen on the anniversery of her accession tune=XXXI psalme BBB 584-585 source=Collier BB=LB 16-20 num=188 same as 187 num=192 title=a newe Ballade, decrying the dangerous shootyng of the Gunne at the Courte sub=near-shooting of the queen tune=Sicke and sicke BBB 660-661 source=Harl Misc X 272-27 num=200 title=A new Ballad, declaring the Treason [...] sub=attempted murder of James IV tune=Milfield, or els to Greenesleeues BBB 268-78, 493 source=Percy, Reliques (1765+). Harl Misc X, 266-267, Child No. 180, Appendix. num=206 title=1583. ANN. Foelicissimi Regni Reginae Elizabeth : XXVI sub=Anniversary encomium in praise of Elizabeth tune=printed with music source=O'Kill, pp 32-33 (only 1.5 stanzas...) num=208 title=The Lamentation of England sub=execution of a traitor tune=Weepe, weepe. BBB 660-661 source=Collier RB 127-134; Collier BB=LB 21-28 num=209 title=A ballade of an Invective againste such runningate papistes... sub=anti-paist sermon tune=Sicke, sicke BBB 660-661 source=none other than the original ? num=209.1 same as 209 num=210 title=A famous dittie of the Ioyful .. sub=Queen's passage through London tune=Wigmores Galliard BBB 783-785 source=Lilly 182-186 num=213 title=A most joyfull Songe, made in the behalf... sub=execution of traitors (babbington plot) tune=O man in desperation BBB 533-536 sourceMann, Deloney 460-464 num=214 title=A proper new Ballad, breefely declaring the Death and Execution... sub=execution of traitors (Babbington plot) tune=Weep weep BBB 660-661 source=Collier OB 101-106, Collier BB=LB 36-41, Hindley _Curiosities_ II 164; Mann, _Deloney_ 464-468. num=216 title=A godlie Dittie to be song for the preseruation of the Queenes most exclent Maiesties raigne sub=Prayer for the Queen tune=printed with music source=Harl Misc X 278, Farr LXXXIV (reprinted from Harl) num=217b title=A briefe sonet declaring the lamentation of Beckles sub=disasterous fire tune=Labandalashotte BBB 418 source=one copy of many reprinted in Collmann #87 num=220 title=A ioyful nevv Ballad, declaring the happie obtaining of the great Galleazzo... sub=defeat of 2 ships in the Armada tune=Mounseurs Almaigne BBB 495-496 source=Halliwell, Three Old Ballads on the Overthrow of the Spanish Armada 19-29, Collier BB=LB 79-86, Ebsworth RB VI 384-386, Arber _An English Garner_ VII 39-45, Pollard _Tudor Tracts_ VI 485-91, Firth _Naval Songs and Ballads_, 18-21, Mann _Deloney_ 468-473, Peasants All (recording and jacket text) [ Transcribe. Now Halliwell would be nice to have, but our library doesn't have this one, and neither does UNC's. Don't have the Firth one either. This one we can get out of RB IV. ] num=221 title=The Queenes visiting of the Campe at Tilsburie with her entertainment there sub=Queen's review of the troops tune=Wilsons Wilde BBB 791-792 source=Halliwell TOBotOotSA 9-18, Ebsworth RB IV 390-393, Arber VII 46-51, Pollard VI 492-497, Mann Deloney, 474-478, McClure 173-173, Peasants All (recording and jacket text) num=223 title=A warning to all false Traitors by example of the 14... sub=execution of Catholics tune=Greensleeues BBB 268-278 source=Collier BB=LB 57-62, Peasants All (recording & jacket text) num=228 title=The Lamentation of Follie: sub=social satire tune=New Rogero BBB 612-614 source=Collier OB 45-49, Collmann #43 [ Transcribed from Collmann ] num=229 title=A pleasant new Ballad of the mery Miller of Mansfield... sub=fictional tale of the king in disguise talking to a peasant tune=French Lau[alto] BBB 237-238 source=buttloads. Child #273 appendix III num=230 title=A worthy Mirrour, wherein you may Marke... sub=AEsopian fable tune=new Rogero BBB 612-614 source=Collier OB 92-101, Collier ABC I 44, Collman # 10 [ Transcribed from Collmann ] num=234 title=A mournfull Dittie on the death of certaine Iudges... sub=plauge deaths tune=Fourtune BBB 225-231 source=Lilly p. 197-200 num=235 title=A merie newe Ballad intituled the pinnying of the Basket: sub=war between the sexes tune=Done right Squire BBB 194-196 source=Lilly 105-11 note=there are 3 earlier ballads to this tune! noted in BBB [ Transcribed from Lilly ] num=236 title=A merry new Song how a Bruer meant to make a Cooper cuckold sub=Bawdy song tune=In somer time (not known, but see BBB373-375 for alternates) source=Lilly 60-63 [ transcribed from lilly ] num=237 title=A Ditty delightfull of mother watkins ale sub=baudy song tune=Watkins Ale BBB 475-476 source=Lilly 251-255, Ebsworth RB VII (Pt. III) [ transcribed from Lilly ] num=247 title=The wonderfull example of God shewed vpon Iasper Coningham sub=religious narrative tune=O neighbour Robert BBB 86, 467-71 source=Chappell RB III 103-110, Ashton 94-100, Rollins PB III #128, Holloway _Euing_ #399. All of these are reprints of 17c reprints of this ballad.
Greg Lindahl