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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 4 of 5: The Child Ballads (Forgotten Books)
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol 4 of 5 The Child Ballads - Forgotten Books Author:Francis James Child Book Description: — "The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late 19th century. The collection was published as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads between 1882 and 1898 by Houghton Mifflin in 10 Volumes. The ballads vary in age; ... more »for instance, a version of "A Gest of Robyn Hode" was printed in the late 15th or early 16th century, and the manuscript of "Judas" dates to the 13th century. The majority of the ballads, however, date to the 17th and 18th century; although some probably have very ancient influences, only a handful can be definitively traced to before 1600. Moreover, few of the tunes collected are as old as the words. While many of them had been individually printed, e.g. as broadsides, Child's collection was far more comprehensive than any previous collection of ballads in English. (However, there were comprehensive ballad collections in other languages, like the Danish collection Danmarks gamle Folkeviser, which Child referred to in his comments.)
One Child number may cover several ballads, which Child considered variants of the same story, although they may differ in many ways (as in "James Hatley"). Conversely, ballads classified separately may contain turns of phrase, and even entire verses, that are identical.
The Child Ballads deal with subjects typical to many ballads: romance, supernatural experiences, historical events, morality, riddles, murder, and folk heroes. On one extreme, some recount identifiable historical people, in known events. On the other, some differ from fairy tales solely by their being songs and in verse; some have been recast in prose form as fairy tales. A large part of the collections is about Robin Hood; some are about King Arthur. A few of the ballads are rather bawdy." (Quote from wikipedia.org)
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; The Hunting Of The Cheviot; The Battle Of Harlaw; King Henry Fifth's Conquest Of France; Sir John Butler; The Rose Of England; Andrew Bartin; Flodden Field; Johnie Armstrong; The Death Of Queen Jane; Thomas Cromwell; Musselburgh Field; Mary Hamilton; Earl Bothwell; The Rising In The North; Northumberland Betrayed By Douglas; The Earl Of Westmoreland; Captain Car, Or, Edom O Gordon; Rookhope Ryde; King James And Brown; The Bonnie Earl O' Moray; The Laird Of Logie; Willie Macintosh; The Lads Of Wamphray; Dick O The Cow; Kinmont Willie; Jock O The Side; Archie O Cawfield; Hobie Noble; Jamie Telfer Of The Fair Dodhead; Hughie Graham; The Lochmaben Harper; The Death Of Parcy Reed; The Laird Of Wariston; Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight; The Fire Of Frendruahgt; James Grant; Bonny John Seton; Bonnie House O' Airlie; The Gypsy Laddie; Bessy Bell And Mary Gray; The Battle Of Philiphaugh; The Baron Of Brackley; Jamie Douglas; Loudon Hill, Or Dromclog; Bothwell Bridge; Lord Delamere; Lord Dernwentwater; Geordie; Bonnie James Campbell; Bewick And Graham; The Duke Of Athole's Nurse; Sir James The Rose; The Braes O Yarrow; Rare Willie Drowned In Yarrow, Or, The Water O Gamrie; The Mother's Malison, Or, Clyde's Water; The Broom Of Cowdenknows; The False Lover Won Back; The Gardener; The Bonny Lass Of Anglesley; Katherine Jafray; Bonny Baby Livingston; Epie Morrie; The Lady Of Arngosk; Rob Roy
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