lows him, and brings him back to his duty in the morning.

THE WAGGONER'S LAD, ii, 2abcb (or 4aa), 15: A complaint, arranged as a
_debat_, of a lorn and loving lass against the teamster lad, as he
departs from her.

OLD NUMBER FOUR (THE F. F. V., STOCKYARD GATE), ii, 6aabb, 10ca: George
Allen, engineer, stays at the throttle as train Number Four on the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad plunges into a fallen boulder near Hinton, W.
Va., and bids his fireman jump to safety, while he himself dies a hero's
death.

[RAILROAD BOY], 4a3b4c3b and 4a3b4c3b, 5: A maiden's song in scorn of
all men save the railroad conductor, with his striped shirt, handsome
face, and diamond ring.

THE OLD MILLER, 4aabb, 7: Dying, he questions his sons in order to
choose one of them as his successor in the mill. Dick will take a peck
as toll from each bushel; Ralph will take half; Paul will take all. But
his wife assumes direction at his death.

LYNCHBURG TOWN, 4a3b4c3b, 3: A teamster's song as he takes his tobacco
to the Lynchburg (Va.) market.

X.

_The songs of this group are of partisan or sectional character._

KAINTUCKY BOYS, 4abab and 4ab, 5. A _debat_ between a Virginia lad and
the Kentucky maiden whom he comes to woo. She scorns lands and money,
and lauds the superior manliness of the Kentucky lads.

BUCKSKIN BOYS, 4abab 9: The above adapted to the praises of the "boys"
of Owsley County (Ky.).

GOEBEL AND TAYLOR, 4a3b4c3d, 3: Composed soon after the assassination of
Wm. Goebel, the Democratic contestant for the Governorship of Kentucky
in 1900: He is lauded, while Taylor, his opponent, is condemned as a
demagogue and conspirator, who "ought to be in purgatory or some other
unhealthy spot."

JAMES A. GARFIELD: A fragment, as follows:

Mr. James A. Garfield is dead,
Oh, Mr. James A. Garfield is dead.
I will weep like a willow,
And I'll mourn like a dove;
Mr. James A. Garfield is dead.

XI.

_Here are grouped songs whose main theme is love, subdivided as below.
Many are hardly "popular" in the strict sense: though current among the
folk, they differ from the true folk-song, or "song-ballet." On the
other hand, many bear a striking resemblance to certain of those listed
in I and II, above._

1. SONGS OF CONSTANT LOVE.

AVONIA (RED RIVER VALLEY), ii, 4a3b4c3b and 4a3b4c3b, 4: A constant
lover's song of farewell to Helen, as she leaves the vale of Avonia.

BARNEY AND KATE, 4abab, 6: Barney, maudli