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Francis J Child: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads.




Volume 1
Ballads 1-53

672 pages

ISBN:0-9797020-1-9
(Paperback) £17.00

ISBN:0 9707020-2-7
(Hardback) £21.00


This volume includes includes The Elfin Knight (#2), The Fause Knight on the Road (#3), The Fair Flower of Northumberland (#9), The Twa Sisters (#10), Lord Randal (#12), The Cruel Mother (#20), Thomas Rymer (#37), Tam Lin (#39), The Twa Magicians (#44), Captain Wedderburn's Courtship (#46) and more, plus 60 ballad tunes drawn from Child's original sources.

Click on selected titles to see full ballad texts and versions from the living tradition.


Volume 2
Ballads 54-113

636 pages

ISBN: 0-9707020-3-5 (Paperback) £17.00

ISBN: 0-9707020-5-1 (Hardback) £21.00


This volume includes The Cherry Tree Carol (#54), Sir Patrick Spens (#58), The Unquiet Grave (#78), Bonny Barbara Allen (#84), Lamkin (#93), The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (#113) and more, plus 39 ballad tunes drawn from Child's original sources.

Volume 3
Ballads 114-188

577 pages

ISBN: 978-0-9707020-6-7 (Paperback) £17.00

ISBN: 978-0-9707020-7-4 (Hardback) £21.00


This volume includes Johnie Cock/ Johnie o Braidislee (#114), the Robin Hood cycle (#118 to #154), The Battle of Harlaw (#163), The Death of Queen Jane (#170), Mary Hamilton (#173), The Bonnie Earl o Murray (#181), Willie Macintosh (#183), and more, plus 20 ballad tunes drawn from Child's original sources.

Click on selected titles to see full ballad texts and versions from the living tradition.


Volume 4
Ballads 189-265

531 pages

ISBN: 978-0-9707020-8-1 (Paperback) £17.00

ISBN: 978-0-9707020-4-3 (Hardback) £21.00


This volume includes Hughie Grame (#191), The Bonnie House o Airlie (#199), The Gypsy Laddie (#200), Geordie (#209), Bonnie James Campbell (#210), The Braes o Yarrow (#214), Richie Story (#232), The Laird o Drum (#236), The Daemon Lover (#243), The Grey Cock (#248), Henry Martyn (#250), and more, plus 43 ballad tunes drawn from Child's original sources.

Click on selected titles to see full ballad texts and versions from the living tradition.

Volume 5
Ballads 266-305

572 pages

ISBN: 978-1-935243-15-1 (Paperback) £17.00

ISBN: 978-1-935243-16-8 (Hardback) £21.00


This volume includes Lady Diamond (#269), Get Up and Bar the Door (#275), The Farmer's Curst Wife (#278), The Jolly Beggar (#279), The Golden Vanity (#286), John of Hazelgreen (#293), and more, plus 17 ballad tunes drawn from Child's original sources. In addition, this final volume contains 325 pages of supplementary materials with fully re-indexed cross-references.

Click on selected titles to see full ballad texts and versions from the living tradition.



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