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This category contains folk songs which originated in England. For a comprehensive list of 25,000 traditional English language songs, see List of folk songs by Roud number . Contents
The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) listed 187,800 records in the growing Folksong database as at October 2012 (which total includes all of the songs in the Broadside database that have 'traditional' origins). [1] The purpose of the index is to give each song a unique identifying number.
The Folk Song Index is a collaborative project between the Oberlin College Library and the folk music journal Sing Out!. It indexes traditional folk songs of the world, with an emphasis on English-language songs, and contains over 62,000 entries and over 2,400 anthologies. [12]
The Hanging Tree (The Hunger Games song) Happier (Olivia Rodrigo song) Happy Birthday to You; Hard Tack Come Again No More; Hark, from the Tomb; He Was a Friend of Mine; Hell on the Wabash; John Henry (folklore) Here's your mule; Home (Sheryl Crow song) Home on the Range; House of Gold (Twenty One Pilots song) The House of the Rising Sun
The following are often-sung Irish folk ballads and folk songs. The songs are arranged by theme under the categories "Politics and soldiering" and "Non-political" and are not necessarily contemporary to the events to which they relate. Songs may fit into more than one category, but where possible, are grouped uniquely to where is most appropriate.
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In the strictest sense, English folk music has existed since the arrival of the Anglo-Saxon people in Britain after 400 AD. The Venerable Bede's story of the cattleman and later ecclesiastical musician Cædmon indicates that in the early medieval period it was normal at feasts to pass around the harp and sing 'vain and idle songs'. [1]
English lords come to court to "dance and win the victory." The king, facing defeat, summons his secret weapon, the bonny lass of Anglesey who out dances them all. 221: Katharine Jaffray: A Scottish lord woos a maid, Katharine Jaffray. A wealthier English lord courts the same lass and wins her family's support.