Ancient Songs and Ballads of Lancashire


Read by Phil Benson

Traditional songs and ballads from Lancashire in the north-west of England from the opening section of John Harland's collection, Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Ancient and Modern. The ballads and songs in this section are from the eighteenth century and earlier, and mostly by unknown authors. - Summary by Philip Benson (5 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Introduction, by T. T. Wilkinson 14:58 Read by Phil Benson
Fragment of an Ancient Ballad of a Tyrannical Husband; The Old Man and his Wife 13:59 Read by Phil Benson
A Trafford and Byron Feud; The Bewsey Tragedy and its Legend 15:18 Read by Phil Benson
The Lancashire Heroes; Flodden Field 19:38 Read by Phil Benson
A Love Song; A Balade of Maryage 4:51 Read by Phil Benson
The Blessed Conscience 16:08 Read by Phil Benson
The Radcliffe Tragedy of Fair Ellen 11:01 Read by Phil Benson
James I. and the Loin of Beef 1:55 Read by Phil Benson
Warrikin Fair 6:10 Read by Phil Benson
Brigadier Macintosh's Escape and Farewell 12:21 Read by Phil Benson
Long Preston Peggy; Jemmy Dawson 15:58 Read by Phil Benson
The Preston Prisoners to the Ladies about Court and Town 3:48 Read by Phil Benson
Townley's Ghost 6:26 Read by Phil Benson
The Three Sisters and The Miller and the King's Daughter 9:53 Read by Phil Benson
Lancashire May Songs 18:35 Read by Phil Benson
Wassail Song 2:16 Read by Phil Benson
The Liverpool Tragedy 16:08 Read by Phil Benson
Stoneyhurst Buck Hunt 10:18 Read by Phil Benson
The Unfortunate Love of a Lancashire Gentleman 11:25 Read by Phil Benson
Careless Content by John Byrom 5:35 Read by Phil Benson
The Frog and the Crow 2:53 Read by Phil Benson
Dick o' Stanley Green 3:45 Read by Phil Benson
Blakeley Courtship 4:38 Read by Phil Benson
The Lancashire Miller 2:04 Read by Phil Benson
Contentment by John Byrom 3:44 Read by Phil Benson
Sir Gualter 3:59 Read by Phil Benson
The Hermit of Kersall Cell by John Leigh 5:59 Read by Phil Benson
Warrington Ale 2:09 Read by Phil Benson
Droylsden Wakes Song 5:46 Read by Phil Benson
Radcliffe Otter Hunt 6:37 Read by Phil Benson
The Owdham Recruit 3:36 Read by Phil Benson
The Cocky Moor Snake 6:52 Read by Phil Benson
Jone o' Grinfilt's Ramble [John of Greenfield's Ramble] 23:25 Read by Phil Benson
The Burnley Haymakers 6:15 Read by Phil Benson
The Praise of Lancashire Men 3:42 Read by Phil Benson
Will, the Ferryman 3:47 Read by Phil Benson
The Lovers' Leap 2:21 Read by Phil Benson
Death of an Old Huntsman 2:59 Read by Phil Benson
Handloom Versus Powerloom 2:46 Read by Phil Benson
Gorton Town 5:00 Read by Phil Benson
The Hand-Loom Weavers' Lament 3:24 Read by Phil Benson
The Middleton Overseer and the Madman 5:21 Read by Phil Benson
Mary Melvin of the Mersey Side 3:25 Read by Phil Benson
Grimshaw's Factory Fire 4:03 Read by Phil Benson
The Bonny Gray 2:13 Read by Phil Benson
The Lancashire Witches 1:55 Read by Phil Benson