Ancient songs and ballads
Subtitle: from the reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution
By: collected by Joseph Ritson.
Contributors: Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803.; Frank, Joseph, b. 1773 or 4.
Publisher: Printed for Payne and Foss, by T. Davison
Published: 1829
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Songs, English -- England -- Texts
Genres: Texts.
Notes: First published in 1790 under title: Ancient songs, from the time of King Henry the Third, to the Revolution.
Edited by the compiler's nephew, Joseph Frank, who has included ballads from Ritson's Select collection of English songs, 1783.
"Observations on the ancient English minstrels" and "Dissertation on the songs, music, and vocal and instrumental performance, of the ancient English" : v. 1, p. [i]-xcvi.