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The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 [1] references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud. [2] Roud's Index is a combination of the Broadside Index (printed sources before 1900) and a "field-recording index" compiled by Roud.
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of over 240,000 [3] references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It began in around 1970 as a personal project, listing the source singer (if known), their locality, the date of noting the song, the publisher (book or recorded source), plus other fields, and crucially assigning a number ...
The song seems far less prevalent in Ireland and Scotland. [citation needed] Several American versions have been recorded, particularly in the Appalachian region, where English folk songs had been preserved. [16] Frank Proffitt of Pick Britches, North Carolina was recorded by W. Amos Abrams in c. 1939. [17]
"Fare Thee Well" (also known as "The Turtle Dove" or "10,000 Miles") is an 18th-century English folk ballad, listed as number 422 in the Roud Folk Song Index.In the song, a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey, and the lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers.
The Roud Folk Song Index contains 329 examples (though the same version may be reprinted or distributed in more than one publication or recording and therefore generate more than one entry in the index). 92 examples were collected in England, largely in Southern England (17 versions collected in Sussex in contrast with 2 in Yorkshire). 2 were collected from singers in Wales, 2 from Scotland ...
The song may have its origins in ancient English or Scottish folklore, with written evidence of the song dating it at least as far back as the Elizabethan era. [2] It is listed as number 164 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The oldest versions are Scottish and include the Scots poem "Quhy Sowld Nocht Allane Honorit Be".
The Unfortunate Rake" is a ballad (Roud 2, Laws Q26), [1] which through the folk process has evolved into a large number of variants, including allegedly the country and western song "Streets of Laredo".