Part I

Topography of the southern highlands

Ancestry of the highlanders

The question of origin or authorship

The quest of the folk-song

An attempt at classification of folk-songs

Songs of British origin

Native American songs

The highlander's music

The passing of the folk-song

Bibliography

Part II

Songs of British origin:The Broomfield hill, Fair Annie, The lass of Roch Royal, Prince Robert, Willie o Winsbury, Mary Hamilton, Bonnie James Campbell, The rantin laddie, Get up and bar the door, The crafty farmer, The jovial tinker, The Spanish maid, The old wife, Kate and the clothier, There was a sea captain, The jolly boatsman, Three ships came sailing in, The gowans are gay, Ryner Dyne, Pretty Polly, Slago town, To cheer the heart, Come all ye false lovers, Ranting roving lad, The soldier bride's lament, William Bluet, Native American Songs: Brave Wolfe, Floyd Frazier, Talt Hall, J.B. Marcum, The Tolliver song, The Vance song, John Henry, The yew-pine mountains, The Irish peddler, Poor Goens, Rosanna, William Baker, Hiram Hubbert, The C. & O. wreck, Pearl Bryan, The Auxville love, Sweet Jane, I'm going to join the army, Jack Combs, The black mustache, The married man, Davy Crockett, The bugaboo, The rich and rambling boy, Bob Sims, Charles J. Guiteau, Bad Tom Smith, Ellen Smith, Moonshiner, The gambler, Jacob's ladder, The ship that is passing by, We have fathers gone to heaven, Who am dat a-walkin' in de co'n?