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Desire, Drink and Death in English Folk and Vernacular Song, 1600-1900

This book emerged from many years of work and engagement with often obscure and difficult-to-access source materials. These included folk song collectors’ and church musicians’ manuscripts, collections of ballads and song books. The research necessitated development of an intimate knowledge of an extensive body of material so that interrelationships and homologies were discovered and evaluated. It was also crucial to develop a critical framework that drew from and contributed to developments within folk music studies and related disciplines, particularly social history and anthropology. Most of the research was conducted over an intensive six-year period, but significant elements are earlier.