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Oxen Ploughing
Roud Folksong Index (S331181)

1 of approx 44 results
First Line

Prythee come ye local voices

Roud No

686. [Search for 686. in the current indexes]

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Sabine Baring-Gould MSS collection: Rough Copy 13: SBG/3/15/27

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VWML/SBG/3/15/27

Roud Bib ref

X7623

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Oxen Ploughing
Roud Folksong Index (S331140)

2 of approx 44 results
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Roud No

686. [Search for 686. in the current indexes]

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Sabine Baring-Gould MSS collection: Rough Copy 10: SBG/3/13/34C

Performer

Hext, James

Place

England : Devon : Postbridge

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Baring-Gould, Sabine

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VWML/SBG/3/13/34C

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X7623

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Ox-driving Songs
Roud Folksong Index (S449463)

3 of approx 44 results
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Roud No

686 [Search for 686 in the current indexes]

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Taunton Courier (17 Dec 1919 / 7 Feb 1923)

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England : Somerset

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Printed : Newspaper

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Oxen Ploughing, the [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S504236)

4 of approx 44 results
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Roud No

686 [Search for 686 in the current indexes]

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) PECS002

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Online index

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X10951

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http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/PECS002.html
The Oxen Ploughing
Roud Folksong Index (S330705)

5 of approx 44 results
First Line

Roud No

686. [Search for 686. in the current indexes]

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Sabine Baring-Gould MSS collection: Fair Copy: SBG/3/1/292

Performer

Westaway, Harry

Place

England : Devon : Belstone

Collector

Baring-Gould, Sabine

Date collected

1894 (Oct)

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VWML/SBG/3/1/292

Roud Bib ref

X7623

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Ox-plough Song
Roud Folksong Index (S335871)

6 of approx 44 results
First Line

Of all sweet sounds give me my choice

Roud No

686. [Search for 686. in the current indexes]

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Fred Hamer MSS (Vaughan Williams Memorial Library) FH/4/3/68

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England

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Hamer, Fred

Date collected

[c1946-1968]

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X7771

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The Oxen Ploughing
Roud Folksong Index (S330320)

7 of approx 44 results
First Line

Roud No

686. [Search for 686. in the current indexes]

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Sabine Baring-Gould MSS collection: Personal copy 2: SBG/1/2/403

Performer

Westaway, Harry

Place

England : Devon : Belstone

Collector

Baring-Gould, Sabine

Date collected

1894 (Oct)

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VWML/SBG/1/2/403

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X7623

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The Plough-boy
Roud Folksong Index (S218601)

8 of approx 44 results
First Line

O come all ye fair maids

Roud No

686 [Search for 686 in the current indexes]

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Dunstan, Cornish Song Book 1 (1929) p.65

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England : Cornwall

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Printed : Book

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Song -reconstructed- by the editor

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X4990

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The Oxen Ploughing
Roud Folksong Index (S330469)

9 of approx 44 results
First Line

Come prithee lend your local voices

Roud No

686. [Search for 686. in the current indexes]

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Sabine Baring-Gould MSS collection: Fair Copy: SBG/3/1/94

Performer

Parsons, James

Place

England : Devon : Lewdown

Collector

Baring-Gould, Sabine

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VWML/SBG/3/1/94

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X7623

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A Cornish Ox-driver's Song
Roud Folksong Index (S411283)

10 of approx 44 results
First Line

Neat and Comely, Spark and Beauty

Roud No

686 [Search for 686 in the current indexes]

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Gundry, Canow Kernow p.44

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England : Cornwall

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Dunstan, Cornish Song Book p.75

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X5089

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Cornish Ox-ploughing Song
Roud Folksong Index (S335870)

11 of approx 44 results
First Line

Come all ye sweet charmers

Roud No

686. [Search for 686. in the current indexes]

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Source

Fred Hamer MSS (Vaughan Williams Memorial Library) FH/4/3/67

Performer

Phelps, Mrs.

Place

England : Cornwall : Pelynt

Collector

Hamer, Fred

Date collected

1957 (Aug)

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X7771

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