Preface
 I should like to wish you much enjoyment in the use of this book. It represents what I believe to be some of the best versions of songs which are still in the living tradition.

Introduction
 As I roved out on a May morning
On a May morning right early
I met me love upon my way
O Lord but she was early
And she sang: Lilt-a-doodle, lilt-a-doodle
Lilt-a-doodle-dee
And-she-hidled-on-the-dee
Hidled-on-the-dee-and-she-landyThis was the verse that became the signature tune for our weekly 'As I Roved Out" sundy morning BBC radio programmes wich ran right through the 1950s.