DERBYSHIRE***


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[Illustration: _Singing Sam of Derbyshire_]


THE BALLADS & SONGS OF DERBYSHIRE.

With Illustrative Notes, and Examples of the Original Music, etc.

Edited by

LLEWELLYNN JEWITT, F.S.A., &c., &c.







[Illustration: Logo]

London: Bemrose and Lothian, 21, Paternoster Row.
Derby: Bemrose and Sons, Irongate.
MDCCCLXVII.




                            TO
         HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G.,
           LORD-LIEUTENANT AND CUSTOS-ROTULORUM
                      OF THE COUNTY
   WHOSE BALLADS ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME COLLECTED,
                     THIS VOLUME IS,
              AS A