The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-22


All natans, with any degree or civilization. have Dad
ter ballads Pus'cn tell as that The Greek. vh-u al
tsol- Gang m oeo'ur short poeu before meat. ~
would say ace, snd Ear IT, for tueir and
evpn among tue 4ouan. ~h1 sidesuuts or shs
p"-uc e-"en,." tb-re a baaa literature IL we may
truss 81 Nebuh-, and Sacauley MS expnsitor" All tho
modern nautus navs bar ballads rrsm their soy
which Utre the ruos memostals Of public aud pri
transactions huadreos o. years ,eiore tas art printing
osocve-~d ballad or oalIs, as il was orig naly
Gyed 10 the E"slsh sOogua, dsGoed t. be popular
:ons o. ror sisy sung the arrests but has nov ca
scIes whch are npired by song In Germany especial
w. In tanoe Span, paly England, Ireland and Ss,tvud,
former country IL said by pesns critic TIA; "the
ballad has Dcsn nowhere completely nasuralzsd as Ia
ADD .ra s.oss Of an,,ousy 7, o,mnmes 10 ,nd"rfsi
degree too roleh renueDen' Pecuia- to advanced
s.te Of civilization, With The simplicity ana nature OF tho
older aameus OF peculiar uanton. Almost all tue
gsest poets Of Germ7W have occasionally descended
from the ssverer soors Of more eAoor ste composition
TO tina deossemet Of ballad vritug aod tho consequence
that Fisher In this speoias OF literature than all
Europe (Span excep,ed) put together" We have nNw
St 20 wusc-scme o. ss,oh are very bssusirul-n nun
Der than shur.and We aware OF any
other similar ccrctioa In any other language which Will
the earliest oal.d pses.srved In our language is the
"Cuckoo Song" written Ia the reign Of Heavy III -
Sumsr ID icumer in Cuccu, cuccu;
GrowsH ssd and bIewsta Ne swak sau MAYER NJ.
And spr.gth the VIDE M.
Sag ouoou.
Ave o,ses srer lamb.
Loutb af,er cslve Gu,
Brluc steF.eth
Buckle ver,eth,
Murie sing cuccu.
Rendered into msssru Eogsh. II reads thus:-"Sum.
mer - come in; loud sings the cuckoo; tue
seed grows, aud the mead blows, ana the WOOD
spriogs Tha eve beats sgser the lamb, aud the calf
lows AFTER the cow the bullock starts; the buck ver's
Ger h:,Ssrs in .as icrpl %erry sings tns oucsoo;
early famous exerc.ssd roIiny influence
oser tho nnns OF the people tost wh.n Ed yard re
ducec their country su econ he To ,uxt necessary
TO destroy their bis power. This ira
ditoD0r is sucn only is subject OF Of Gray's
me eIeean, an odes Oar readers csnno.
have forgotten Sno lines commencing Win the donunoa
tivn--
Ruin seize thee, ruthless k'ng
Confusion on thy banners Sa,tl
Tue earliest Erslsh printed scog is said to DO
the downfall ~ rnonas Lord crom veil in la5o, and the
fret noted oect;on tat OF Samuel Pecys secretary
OF tbe Admiralty under Charles II and James H.
sis rs o. than two thousand specimens pasted in
I've folio volumes tn VII ch the learned Seiden
tributor, snd stich let to the Peoysan orsry in
Masoalen Cosee In the Asnoncle library At oxford /.
sno,hes collection, In.de by tue cssprased Anthony
WOOD, in the 1870 and ;ccre preserved toa
shelves OF toe Acrqusraa Society in n aud the
British Museum nuuorous gou Ies OF poi'csl and other
baa,s and mary also IN private hsacs In Eug'ard. 70
tbs m,ierias which CON ,ose bw ceebrstea DIX the
"Reques OF Anc,rpt EsgHh Poetry 60 his pre- atosy
ballad bistor, o. his country II IL no, intention
oscuss the merits OF those woeh .sve hus
como down 70 N from tusse trtercstus
those OF mofern origin Nc read "Cnsvg Chase
without being moved. a. Sir Philip Ssdcey said hs was,
By the sound OF toe trumpet the story Of Robin Hood
Of Shes wood Forest,
Wher shaWes been sheere aud shradds full fayre
Anc leaves beta large ana lcngc,
Or the ROMANTIC ballad Of the "'ct Broune Mad"
tho cruelty IL "Bs,bs-a Allen, iusead any OF those
ce,ebfa'ed DOM positions. " thou, q lively iufersst
Scotland % also distinguished by Il, bslsds Largs col
bosiops are preserved OF thu most popuar specuaens
an6 tho greatest Of its poets, and uovelsts have
themselves u
Their pshoe their cowev apd "a N connection
so nc ,oss o. inc e MOO o. 70"
lectors ives sir Waiter s,ou sho MT only did iustce 10
the sshoos hs Border m'nstresy out inspired
by " the coBpcstion OF the nnest romAncee
slowed uprn the world.
Tbose Of readers vi, wish 10 be thoroughly &C.
quaineo With sLoeI Scossn ubsirelsy aud the modern
marops OF the ancient ballad vii do to tarn 70 the
introduction in his work already TO, the "Mnsrel
~ Of the Scottish Border IL wouic be piece Of pre-
suEptoc In Auy American writer mpt aoy additional
UtrHicn c that subject ripkertou, Fniay aud jamie
sos MAJ Also be consut,d Tue best works IN References
already alluded considered 10 be the "At Dapiscne
Hecen leher, !" "Bsladen' and .Msrchen"
So TIE rnh bal 90, ipmorA'-d By the music OF Caro-
lar and renewed With exquisite beauty by rnomas Moore
has made ~ way int, every heart.
The SYsnkrde-N may be ne 70 many Of readers
pcsscss mutudes Of thsse simple songs IL seem
strange ben We consider hoe universal Is their love OF
or sos II ,nsf s cse
Of the best IL hat preserved the huory
Of TIE civil wazs Of Granada ard It has been beautifully
uazslAec;-
Gentle river gentle rlyeri
10 thy Iesms ave ssiued With gore;
Nsny crave anc robe csptsio,
Floats along lay wilos'd shore.
rhe spassh ballad generally cast 10 the trochsc
measure the foot ,nsstiDG OF ipg aud short ssIsbe
While the kns,sh more ncinss to ,hs amoc, where the
foot oomIos-d q long All short sylAte, tae Arst
short and the last long
AlNge collection Of Spanish ballads was made In the
sixteenth oeniurythe" cshc,cpero Romenc-s;" very
many are preserved 10 tic works Of Fernando do
Casulio ana Grimm enc Derpiox
Tho French Olaf high antiquity for their ornons aud
thslr OF ,he no,th ard ire troubscours OF Pro
vence the latter noursbos moe, 10 the twelfth aud tair
tenth Ssn.urss code privilege. ADD honor; exist
roes those NJ tros'ar end honstreiei, wihou. per
ccvirg the iphuopce ihsv exercised their times Re
Gently French writer has collected togeiosr What -
termed the hawker literature or France but II tbroxs
but M light 90 our subject though gives much curious
information the coportsge other classes Of produc
uo1s. Is curious fact. tina. long years ago Fren,h
writer OF The Of ueuscef do Qucrlon propassd TO
write the hsiory Of bin country " means Of eh,oaoo
just now Singular collection Of pis chansons with
RANGED music, such has handed sn Ter agcs in
home OF the French. note by Eur walter Scott, ap.
penced 10 HE romance OF Anne " Gcrstoin 10 quito
authoritative 90 Tie e,ion ofthe early French
We have thus brky helped our rcadsrs on thor way
70 further examination cf the histcry OF our subor
should The, fssl dssroas 81 palsulns ~ ou. . our
pest We do NOD vsh 70 lamber thu article with au.ho
The question hov far ballad writing and singing hsvc
nHueoced nations still undetermined iodscd 4, boon
but very little discussed. furnish . frsah
yelled region for phos rphics mind and hope
day N zee explored We well know, In general way,
and Ia many individual instances hos songs OF certain
character have Affected the public mind and wakoued oil
IN sympathes Those Of the troubadours illustrate the
condition Of socsy in France the Jacobe of Scot
lard did moro for the srsd stuars thAa hey did
Tor themselves Many critical perods In Eegilsh his.
tory MARRIED BY e6usion OF bitter biting ballads
AID In own times the soaes ef Dbza are said 70
bsve Gsned many battle at against the French.
rhs Irish day. bossd band and foot 10 Essas1
copscle hemseves With chaantns The siorss Of "Brisa
the Brave" Durins the NapoleorIc OF germaay
the population were ncrvcd 20 fury py the
sssgs Of such - Korner, and the uRapz des
vscbes" will bring tears, 10 said, even nov 10 the
OF the ebsent swias hcrsnan aud tines been
prohibed among he bands OF Swiss regiments o. auty
In foreign countries. me effects Of The Mar sease and
"ca Ira" well known
In the basiy prepased article have NOT, perlrsps
done full Justice the American nepta bAlai which,
AZ Ina dostk Iies 49,