The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)
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- THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS
- ADVERTISEMENT TO PART I NUMBERS 1-28
- ADVERTISEMENT TO PART II NUMBERS 29-53
- CONTENTS
- FRANCIS JAMES CHILD
- FOOTNOTES:
- 1 RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2 THE ELFIN KNIGHT
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- 3 THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD
- HARPKIN.
- A.
- B.
- 4 LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- 5 GIL BRENTON
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- G.
- H.
- 6 WILLIE'S LADY
- A
- 7 EARL BRAND
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- 8 ERLINTON
- A.
- B.
- C.
- 9 THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- 10 THE TWA SISTERS
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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- H.
- I.
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- K.
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- M.
- N.
- O.
- P.
- Q.
- R.
- S.
- T.
- U.
- 11 THE CRUEL BROTHER
- A.
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- C.
- D.
- E.
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- G.
- H.
- I.
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- 12 LORD RANDAL
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- 13 EDWARD
- A.
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- C.
- 14 BABYLON; OR, THE BONNIE BANKS O FORDIE
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- C.
- D.
- E.
- 15 LEESOME BRAND
- A.
- B.
- 16 SHEATH AND KNIFE
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- 17 HIND HORN
- A.
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- D.
- E.
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- 18 SIR LIONEL.
- A.
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- E.
- F.
- 19 KING ORFEO
- A.
- 20 THE CRUEL MOTHER.
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
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- G.
- H.
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- J.
- K.
- L.
- M.
- APPENDIX
- LADY ANNE
- 21 THE MAID AND THE PALMER
- A.
- B.
- 22 ST STEPHEN AND HEROD
- 23 JUDAS
- 24 BONNIE ANNIE
- A.
- B.
- 25 WILLIE'S LYKE-WAKE
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- 26 THE THREE RAVENS
- THE TWA CORBIES.
- 27 THE WHUMMIL BORE
- 28 BURD ELLEN AND YOUNG TAMLANE
- 29 THE BOY AND THE MANTLE
- 30 KING ARTHUR AND KING CORNWALL
- 31 THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAIN
- 32 KING HENRY
- 33 KEMPY KAY
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- G.
- 34 KEMP OWYNE
- A.
- B.
- APPENDIX
- THE LAIDLEY WORM OF SPINDLESTON HEUGHS.
- 35 ALLISON GROSS
- 36 THE LAILY WORM AND THE MACHREL OF THE SEA
- 37 THOMAS RYMER
- A.
- B.
- C.
- APPENDIX.
- THOMAS OFF ERSSELDOUNE.
- FYTT II.
- 38 THE WEE WEE MAN
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- G.
- APPENDIX.
- 39 TAM LIN
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- G.
- H.
- I.
- 40 THE QUEEN OF ELFAN'S NOURICE
- 41 HIND ETIN
- A.
- B.
- C.
- 42 CLERK COLVILL
- A.
- B.
- C.
- 43 THE BROOMFIELD HILL
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- 44 THE TWA MAGICIANS
- 45 KING JOHN AND THE BISHOP
- A.
- B.
- 46 CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP
- A.
- B.
- C.
- 47 PROUD LADY MARGARET
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- 48 YOUNG ANDREW
- 49 THE TWA BROTHERS
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- E.
- F.
- G.
- 50 THE BONNY HIND
- 51 LIZIE WAN
- A.
- B.
- 52 THE KING'S DOCHTER LADY JEAN
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
- 53 YOUNG BEICHAN
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- C.
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- E.
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- N.
- ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
- 1. Riddles Wisely Expounded.
- 2. The Elfin Knight.
- M
- 3. The Fause Knight upon the Road.
- C
- 4. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight.
- 5. Gil Brenton.
- 7. Earl Brand.
- G
- H
- I
- 9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland.
- F
- 10. The Twa Sisters.
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- 11. The Cruel Brother.
- L
- M
- N
- 12. Lord Randal.
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- 13. Edward.
- 14. Babylon; or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie.
- 15. Leesome Brand.
- 17. Hind Horn.
- I
- 20. The Cruel Mother.
- N
- 22. St Stephen and Herod.
- 25. Willie's Lyke-Wake.
- E
- 28. Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane.
- 29. The Boy and the Mantle.
- 30. King Arthur and King Cornwall.
- 31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain.
- 39. Tam Lin.
- J
- 41. Hind Etin.
- 43. The Broomfield Hill.
- 45. King John and the Bishop.
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