Book of Old English Ballads
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132
1896
English
- 00 - Introduction
- 01 - Chevy Chace
- 02 - King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid
- 03 - King Leir and his Three Daughters
- 04 - Fair Rosamond
- 05 - Phillida and Corydon
- 06 - Fair Margaret and Sweet William
- 07 - Annan Water
- 08 - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
- 09 - Barbara Allen's Cruelty
- 10 - The Douglas Tragedy
- 11 - Young Waters
- 12 - Flodden Field
- 13 - Helen of Kirkconnell
- 14 - Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale
- 15 - Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
- 16 - Robin Hood's Death and Burial
- 17 - The Twa Corbies
- 18 - Waly, Waly, Love be Bonny
- 19 - The Nut-brown Maid
- 20 - The Fause Lover
- 21 - The Mermaid
- 22 - The Battle of Otterburn
- 23 - The Lament of the Border Widow
- 24 - The Banks o' Yarrow
- 25 - Hugh of Lincoln
- 26 - Sir Patrick Spens
In this selection... the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represent the range, the descriptive felicity, the dramatic power, and the genuine poetic feeling of a body of verse which is still, it is to be feared, unfamiliar to a large number of those to whom it would bring refreshment and delight. (Summary from introduction)
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