English and Scottish ballads
by Francis James Child
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"These volumes have been compiled from the numerous collections of Ballads printed since the beginning of the last century. They contain all but two or three of the ancient ballads of England and Scotland, and nearly all those ballads which, in either country, have been gathered from oral tradition,--whether ancient or not."
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Bibliography, English Ballads, Scots Ballads, ancient ballads, Scots Folk songs, English ballads and songs, Scottish ballads and songs, English Folk songsTimes
BOOK I. contains Ballads involving Superstitions, BOOK II. Tragic Love-ballads., BOOK III. other Tragic Ballads., BOOK IV. Love-ballads not Tragic., BOOK V. Ballads of Robin Hood, BOOK VI. Ballads of other Outlaws, BOOK VII. Historical Ballads, BOOK VIII. Miscellaneous Ballads, and compeers., his followersShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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"List of the principal collections of English and Scottish ballads and songs": v. 1, p. [xvii]-xxxv. "...Titles of the principal collections of ballad-poetry in other languages, referred to in these volumes": v. 1, p. xxxvi-xxxvii.
Fore-runner of the editor's much more extensive work. "The English and Scottish popular ballads," issued in ten parts, 1882-1898.
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