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Old English songs and dances / decorated by W. Graham Robertson

Walford Graham Robertson

RA Collection: Book

Record number

08/4588

Author

Imprint

London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London., 1902

Physical Description

2 preliminary leaves, [58] pages color illustrations, music ; 40 x 29 cm.

General Note

Title vignette in colour.
"'Blue muslin', 'The garden of weeds' and 'O the trees they are so high' from the collection 'Songs of the West', are included by kind permission of Messrs. Methuen and co." [Half title page].
Photoengraved and screen printed in facsimile by Edmund Evans.
"Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, The Racquet Court Press, Swan Street, London, S.E."

Contents

Songs: O mother, a hoop! The song of willow. Blue muslin. Crimson velvet. Love lies bleeding. Troy town. The garden of weeds. Courtiers, courtiers! O the trees they are so high! Cupid's gardens. -- Dances: Barley break. Put on thy smock o' Monday. The shaking of the sheets. Lusty gallant. Bobbing Joan. Donkyn Dargeson.

Binding Note

Quarter-bound in cloth with rounded spine and illustrated paper to cover.

Subject

Illustrated books
Folk songs - English
Ballads - English
Dances - English

Contributors