The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all...
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This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some...
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Steve Roud (/raʊd/; born 1949) is the creator of the Roud Folk Song Index and an expert on folklore and superstition. He was formerly Local Studies Librarian...
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Child as Child Ballad 10 and is also listed in the Roud Folk Song Index (Roud 8). Whilst the song is thought to originate somewhere around England or...
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weaver and a girl he courted. It is cataloged as Laws No. O03 and Roud Folk Song Index No. 558. It has been recorded by many traditional singers including...
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the number of times instead of actually saying each letter. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 589. The contemporary version generally goes as follows:...
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Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater (category English folk songs)
Peter Pumpkin Eater" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13497. Common modern versions include: Peter, Peter pumpkin...
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London Bridge Is Falling Down (redirect from London Bridge (folk song))
modern melody was first recorded in the late 19th century. It has Roud Folk Song Index number 502. Several explanations have been advanced to explain the...
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Solomon Grundy (nursery rhyme) (category English folk songs)
"Solomon Grundy" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19299. The rhyme has varied very little since it was first collected...
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"One Morning in May" (Roud 140, Laws P14) is an English folk song which has been collected from traditional singers in England and the USA and has also...
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This Old Man (redirect from The Children's Marching Song)
language children's song, counting exercise, folk song, and nursery rhyme with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3550. The origins of this song are obscure and...
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Christmas Is Coming (category Year of song unknown)
traditional nursery rhyme and Christmas song frequently sung as a round. It is listed as number 12817 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The following are common representative...
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There Was a Crooked Man (redirect from There Was a Crooked Man (song))
"There Was a Crooked Man" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1826. The rhyme was first recorded in print by James Orchard...
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Blacksmith Courted Me", is a traditional English folk song listed as number 816 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The song was noted down by Ralph Vaughan Williams...
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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...
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Appalachian-style old time tune and folk song, often played on the fiddle or banjo, listed as number 3434 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The lyrics are probably no...
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"Dance Ti Thy Daddy") is a traditional English folk song, listed as 2439 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The popular version originates in Northumbria....
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The Muffin Man (category English folk songs)
traditional nursery rhyme, children's song, or children's game of English origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7922. The rhyme was first recorded...
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Simple Simon (nursery rhyme) (category English folk songs)
"Simple Simon" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777. The rhyme is as follows; Simple Simon met a pieman...
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See Saw Margery Daw (category English folk songs)
Mother Goose's Melody, published in London in around 1765. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13028. A common modern version is: See Saw Margery Daw...
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Hey Diddle Diddle (category English folk songs)
Cow Jumped Over the Moon") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19478. A version of the rhyme is: Hey diddle diddle, The...
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (category American children's songs)
of which there are early occurrences in the US and UK. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11284. A common version is given in The Oxford Dictionary...
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Ten Little Indians (redirect from Ten Little Niggers (song))
counting out rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12976. In 1868, songwriter Septimus Winner adapted it as a song, then called "Ten Little Injuns"...
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Here We Come A-wassailing (category English folk songs)
listed as number 209 in the Roud Folk Song Index. Gower Wassail and Gloucestershire Wassail are similar wassailing songs. The song dates from at least the...
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It's Raining, It's Pouring (category Year of song unknown)
an English language nursery rhyme and children's song of American origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16814. The first two lines of this rhyme...
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Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man (category English folk songs)
"Patty-cake" or "Pattycake" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6486. Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. Bake me a cake...
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Polly Put the Kettle On (category English children's songs)
"Polly Put the Kettle On" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7899. Common modern versions include: Polly put the kettle...
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Lucy Locket (category English folk songs)
"Lucy Locket" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19536. Common modern versions include: Lucy Locket lost her...
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Little Boy Blue (category English folk songs)
"Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. A common version of the rhyme is: Little Boy Blue...
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Pussy Cat Pussy Cat (category English folk songs)
Pussycat" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 15094. Common modern versions include: Pussy cat, pussy...
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