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The Public Domain Song Anthology
"The Public Domain Song Anthology by David Berger and Chuck Israels is a collection of 348 popular songs with modern and traditional harmonization for both study and performance." I think the criterion here is something like "music that would have been well-known at the birth of jazz" - there are some interesting inclusions and omissions.
Kumbaya: History of an Old Song | Folklife Today
"In the mornin’ mornin’, won’t you come by here / Mornin’ mornin’, won’t you come by here / In the mornin’ mornin’, won’t you come by here / Oh, Lord, come by here."
The Pogues' song and its antecedents.
The Stonehill Yiddish Song Collection
"In 1948, Ben Stonehill, a lover of Yiddish, was aware of how much had been lost to surviving Jews in terms of cultural heritage. [...] Stonehill recorded over a thousand songs from Holocaust survivors, who were being temporarily housed."
The Valet's Tragedy, by Andrew Lang : X. THE MYSTERY OF LORD BATEMAN
The authorship of "Lord Bateman". I was actually after a reference for the legend about Gilbert Becket being forged, but that appears to be in Child...
to ballad bateman becket folk history song ... on 07 June 2015
Home - Sangstories - Stories of Scottish Songs
"There are 150 lyrics and background stories here of traditional and newer Scottish songs sung by the Linlithgow song group Sangschule"
to folk history lyrics music scots song ... on 23 August 2014
Things I’ve learned from British folk ballads
"Cuckoos' nests are right out."
to amusements folk music song ... on 27 April 2014
Murder Ballads | Paul Slade - Journalist
A pretty comprehensive collection. Some of these seem amenable to a modern adaptation (e.g. there are some Kentish ones there).
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tasty by Adam Sampson.