| Collector/editor. | Year. | Title. |
|---|---|---|
| Playford | 1700 | Original Scotch Tunes |
| Allan Ramsay (c 1685 1758) | 1724 | The Ever Green |
| A Phillips | 1725 | A Collection of Old Ballads |
| William Thompson | 1735 | Orpheus caledonius |
| Anon | 1751 | The Caledonian Pocket Companion |
| Thomas Percy (1721 1811) | 1765 | Reliques of Ancient English Poetry |
| David Herd (1732 1810) | 1776 | Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs |
| J Ritson | 1788 | Yorkshire Garland |
| J Ritson | 1793 | Northumberland Garland |
| Edward Bunting | 1796 | General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland |
| Joshua Jackson (musician) | 1798 | Manuscript dance tune book |
| O'Farrell | 1800 | Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes |
| O'Farrell | 1801-10 | Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes |
| Robert Burns (1759 1796) | 1803 | The Scots Musical Museum |
| Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832) | 1803 | Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border |
| William Motherwell (1797 1835) | 1827 | Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern |
| James Hardiman | 1831 | Irish Minstrelsy |
| J Collier | 1847 | The Roxburgh Ballads |
| George Petrie | 1855 | Music of Ireland |
| Francis James Child (1825 1896) | 1882 | English and Scottish Popular Ballads |
| I Stokoe | 1893 | Songs and Ballads Of Northern England |
| Robert Ford | 1904 | Vagabond songs and Ballads of Scotland |
| Francis ONeill (1848 1936) | 1907 | The Dance Music Of Ireland |
| Lucy Broadwood | 1908 | Traditional English Songs |
| Gavin Grieg (1856 1914) | 1911 | Folk Song in the North-East |
| Alfred Williams | 1923 | Folk Songs of the Upper Thames |
| John Ord | 1930 | Bothy Songs and Ballads |
Last updated on 09/04/2006