The ballad book
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Folk-songs, American; American Ballads
Description: Each ballad accompanied by annotations concerning the ballad and the informant who originally sang the ballad for the compiler.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-355).
Table of contents: title: Riddles Wisely Expounded (Child No. 1): The devil's questions ; The riddle song ; Piri-miri-dictum Domini; title: The Elfin Knight (Child No. 2): My father gave me an acre of ground ; The parsley vine ; The shirt of lace; title: The False Knight Upon the Road (Child No. 3): The smart schoolboy; title: Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight (Child No. 4): Lady Ishbel and her parrot ; King William's son ; The courting of Aramalee; title: Earl Brand (Child No. 7): Lord William's death ; William and Ellen ; Brandywine; title: The Fair Flower of Northumberland (Child No. 9): The deceived girl ; The sinful maiden ; Sin's reward; title: The Twa Sisters (Child No. 10): The old lord by the northern sea ; Bowie, bowerie ; The little drownded girl; title: The Cruel Brother (Child No. 11): Brother's revenge; title: Lord Randal (Child No. 12): Jimmy Randal ; Tiranti, my love; title: Edward (Child No. 13): The murdered brother; title: Babylon, or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie (Child No. 14): Bonny Farday; title: Hind Horn (Child No. 17): The pale ring ; The jeweled ring; title: Sir Lionel (Child No. 18): Old Bangum ; Rurey Bain ; Bangum and the bo'; title: The Cruel Mother (Child No. 20): Three little babies ; The lady of York; title: The Maid and the Palmer (Child No. 21): Seven years; title: Judas (Child No. 23): Judas ; Judas and Jesus ; Oh Judy, my Judy; title: The Three Ravens (Child No. 26): Lovers' farewell ; Willie McGee McGaw ; Two old crows; title: The Marriage of Sir Gawain (Child No. 31): Sir Gaunie and the witch; title: King John and the Bishop (Child No. 45): The king and the bishop; title: The Twa Brothers (Child No. 49): The murdered boy; title: Lizie Wan (Child No. 51): Lizzie May; title: Young Beichan (Child No. 53): Lord Bateman; title: The Cherry Tree Carol (Child No. 54): The Cherry tree; title: Dives and Lazarus (Child No. 56): Dives and Lazarus; title: Sir Patrick Spens (Child No. 58): Patrick Spenser; title: Lady Maisry (Child No. 65): Sweet Maisry ; Lord Dillard and Lady Flora; title: Young Hunting (Child No. 68): Lady Margot and Love Henry; title: Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (Child No. 73): Lord Thomas and fair Ellender ; Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen ; Thomas and Ellen; title: Fair Margaret and Sweet William (Child No. 74): Lady Margot and sweet Willie; title: Lord Lovel (Child No. 75): Lord Lovel; title: The Lass of Roch Royal (Child No. 76): Who's goin' to shoe your pretty little foot; title: The Unquiet Grave (Child No. 78): The wind blew up, the wind blew down ; The resurrected sweetheart ; The green grave, or the restless dead; title: The Wife of Usher2s Well (Child No. 79): The little dead boys ; The wife of the free ; The fine lady gay ; The cartin wife; title: Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Child No. 81): Little Mattie Groves ; Little Matthey Groves; title: The Bonny Birdy (Child No. 82): The tattletale bird; title: Bonny Barbara Allan (Child No. 84): Barb'ry Ellen ; Barbara Allen; title: Lady Alice (Child No. 85): Earl Colvin ; Young Collins; title: Lamkin (Child No. 93): Lamfin; title: The Maid Freed From the Gallows (Child No. 95): The hangman ; Granny and the golden ball; title: The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter (Child No. 110): The shepherd's daughter and the king; title: Johnie Cock (Child No. 114): Fair John and the seven foresters; title: Robin Hood and the Monk (Child No. 119): Robin Hood and the twenty pounds of gold; title: Robin Hood's Death (Child No. 120): Robber Hood's dyin'; title: Robin Hood and the Potter (Child No. 121): The potter and Robin Hood; title: Robin Hood and Little John (Child No. 125): Robin and John; title: The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood (Child No. 132): The bold peddler; title: Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires (Child No. 140): Robin Hood and the old maid ; Robin Hood and the old woman; title: Queen Eleanor's Confession (Child No. 156): The dying queen; title: King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France (Child No. 164): The fancy king and the English king ; Henry's tribute ; The tennis balls; title: The Death of Queen Jane (Child No. 170): The death of Queen Jane; title: Mary Hamilton (Child No. 173): Mary Hamilton ; The purple dress; title: The Gypsy Laddie (Child No. 200): The lady and the gypsy; title: Geordie (Child No. 209): The death of Geordie; title: The braes o Yarrow (Child No. 214): The lady and the shepherd ; The dreary dream ; In the lonely glens of Yarrow; title: James Harris (The Daemon Lover) (Child No. 243): The house carpenter; title: The Suffolk Miracle (Child No. 272): The sad courtin'; title: Our Goodman (Child No. 274): The good old man; title: Get Up and Bar the Door (Child No. 275): The old man and the door; title: The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin (Child No. 277): The unwilling bride; title: The Farmer's Curst Wife (Child No. 278): The old woman and the devil ; The farmer and the devil; title: The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity) (Child No. 286):The weep-willow tree; title: The Mermaid (Child No. 289): The mermaid; title: John of Hazelgreen (Child No. 293): John of Hazelgreen; title: The Brown Girl (Child No. 295): The English Lady Gay; title: Trooper and the Maid (Child No. 299): The bugle britches ; The soldier and his lady.