| Editor |
Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 |
| Title |
Ballad Book
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Ballads of superstition: The wee wee man. Tamlane. True Thomas. The Elfin knight. Lady Isobel and the elf-knight. Tom Thumbe. Kempion. Alison Gross. The wife of Usher's Well. A lyke-wake dirge. Proud Lady Margaret. The twa sisters o' Binnorie. The demon lover. Riddles wisely expounded -- Ballads of tradition: Sir Patrick Spens. The battle of Otterburne. The hunting of the Cheviot. Edom o' Gordon. Kinmont Willie. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury. Robin Hood rescuing the widow's three sons. Robin Hood and Allin a Dale. Robin Hood's death and burial -- Romantic and domestic ballads: Annie of Lochroyan. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet. The banks o' Yarrow. The Douglas tragedy. Fine flowers i' the valley. The gay goss-hawk. Young Redin. Willie and May Margaret. Young Beichan. Gilderoy. Bonny Barbara Allan. The gardener. Etin the forester. Lamkin. Hugh of Lincoln. Fair Annie. The Laird o' Drum. Lizie Lindsay. Katharine Janfarie. Glenlogie. Get up and bar the door. The Lawlands o' Holland. The twa corbies. Helen of Kirconnell. Waly waly. Lord Ronald. Edward, Edward.
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| Credits |
Produced by Tiffany Vergon, Dave Maddock and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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| Subject |
Ballads, English -- England -- Texts
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| Subject |
Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
7935 |
| Release Date |
Apr 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Dec 31, 2012 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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