The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 5 (of 5)
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- SHAKSPERE
- BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER
- KING EDELBRODE
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- 1. Riddles Wisely Expounded.
- 2. The Elfin Knight.
- 4. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight.
- 5. Gil Brenton.
- 7. Earl Brand.
- 9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland.
- 10. The Twa Sisters.
- 11. The Cruel Brother.
- 12. Lord Randal.
- 13. Edward.
- 14. Babylon, or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie.
- 15. Leesome Brand.
- 16. Sheath and Knife.
- 17. Hind Horn.
- 20. The Cruel Mother.
- 22. St Stephen and Herod.
- 25. Willie’s Lyke-Wake.
- 26. The Three Ravens.
- 27. The Whummil Bore.
- 29. The Boy and the Mantle.
- 31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain.
- 33. Kempy Kay.
- 34. Kemp Owyne.
- 36. The Laily Worm and the Mackrel of the Sea.
- 39. Tam Lin.
- 40. The Queen of Elfan’s Nourice.
- 41. Hind Etin.
- 42. Clerk Colvill.
- 44. The Twa Magicians.
- 46. Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship.
- 49. The Twa Brothers.
- 50. The Bonny Hind.
- 53. Young Beichan.
- 57. Brown Robyn’s Confession.
- 58. Sir Patrick Spens.
- 63. Child Waters.
- 65. Lady Maisry.
- 66. Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet.
- 68. Young Hunting.
- 69. Clerk Saunders.
- 71. The Bent sae Brown.
- 73. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet.
- 74. Fair Margaret and Sweet William.
- 75. Lord Lovel.
- 76. The Lass of Roch Royal.
- 78. The Unquiet Grave.
- 80. Old Robin of Portingale.
- 85. Lady Alice.
- 90. Jellon Grame.
- 91. Fair Mary of Wallington.
- 92. Bonny Bee Horn.
- 93. Lamkin.
- 95. The Maid freed from the Gallows.
- 96. The Gay Goshawk.
- 99. Johnie Scot.
- 101. Willie o Douglas Dale.
- 105. The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington.
- 107. Will Stewart and John.
- 112. The Baffled Knight.
- 117. A Gest of Robyn Hode.
- 132. The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood.
- 156. Queen Eleanor’s Confession.
- 157. Gude Wallace.
- 158. Hugh Spencer’s Feats in France.
- 161. The Battle of Otterburn.
- 162. The Hunting of the Cheviot.
- 164. King Henry Fifth’s Conquest of France.
- 167. Sir Andrew Barton.
- 170. The Death of Queen Jane.
- 173. Mary Hamilton.
- 178. Captain Car, or, Edom o Gordon.
- 190. Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead.
- 196. The Fire of Frendraught.
- 197. James Grant.
- 198. Bonny John Seton.
- 199. The Bonnie House o Airlie.
- 200. The Gypsy Laddie.
- 201. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray.
- 203. The Baron of Brackley.
- 208. Lord Derwentwater.
- 314. The Braes o Yarrow.
- 215. Rare Willie drowned in Yarrow, or, The Water o Gamrie.
- 216. The Mother’s Malison, or, Clyde’s Water.
- 217. The Broom of Cowdenknows.
- 219. The Gardener.
- 221. Katharine Jaffray.
- 222. Bonny Baby Livington.
- 223. Eppie Morrie.
- 254.
- 226. Lizie Lindsay.
- 227. Bonny Lizie Baillie.
- 228. Glasgow Peggie.
- 231. The Earl of Errol.
- 232. Richie Story.
- 235. The Earl of Aboyne.
- 236. The Laird o Drum.
- 237. The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter.
- 238. Glenlogie, or, Jean o Bethelnie.
- 239. Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie.
- 240. The Rantin Laddie.
- 241. The Baron o Leys.
- 245. Young Allan.
- 246. Redesdale and Wise William.
- 252. The Kitchie Boy.
- 257. Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick.
- 259. Lord Thomas Stuart.
- 266. John Thomson and the Turk.
- 271. The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward.
- 275. Get up and bar the Door.
- Trivial Corrections of Spelling.
- Supplementary.
- 1. Riddles Wisely Expounded.
- 2. The Elfin Knight.
- 4. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight.
- 7. Earl Brand.
- 10. The Twa Sisters.
- 11. The Cruel Brother.
- 12. Lord Randal.
- 13. Edward.
- 14. Babylon, or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie.
- 15. Leesome Brand.
- 17. Hind Horn.
- 20. The Cruel Mother.
- 21. The Maid and the Palmer.
- 22. St. Stephen and Herod.
- 23. Judas.
- 29. The Boy and the Mantle.
- 31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain.
- 32. King Henry.
- 33. Kempy Kay.
- 34. Kemp Owyne.
- 37. Thomas Rymer.
- 39. Tam Lin.
- 40. The Queen of Elfan’s Nourice.
- 42. Clerk Colville.
- 43. The Broomfield Hill.
- 44. The Twa Magicians.
- 45. King John and the Bishop.
- 46. Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship.
- 47. Proud Lady Margaret.
- 49. The Twa Brothers.
- 53. Young Beichan.
- 56. Dives and Lazarus.
- 57. Brown Robyn’s Confession.
- 64. Fair Janet.
- 65. Lady Maisry.
- 66. Lord Ingram and Child Wyet.
- 69. Clerk Saunders.
- 72. The Clerk’s Twa Sons o Owsenford.
- 73. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet.
- 74. Fair Margaret and Sweet William.
- 75. Lord Lovel.
- 77. Sweet William’s Ghost.
- 78. The Unquiet Grave.
- 79. The Wife of Usher’s Well.
- 80. Old Robin of Portingale.
- 87. Prince Robert.
- 90. Jellon Grame.
- 95. The Maid freed from the Gallows.
- 96. The Gay Goshawk.
- 104. Prince Heathen.
- 112. The Baffled Knight.
- 117. A Gest of Robyn Hode.
- 120. Robin Hood’s Death.
- 125. Robin Hood and Little John.
- 156. Queen Eleanor’s Confession.
- 159. Durham Field.
- 162. The Hunting of the Cheviot.
- 168. Flodden Field.
- 169. Johnie Armstrong.
- 170. The Death of Queen Jane.
- 173. Mary Hamilton.
- 177. The Earl of Westmoreland.
- 182. The Laird o Logie.
- 190. Jamie Telfer.
- 196. The Fire of Frendraught.
- 200. The Gypsy Laddie.
- 234. Charlie MacPherson.
- 235. The Earl of Aboyne.
- 238. Glenlogie, or, Jean o Bethelnie.
- 250. Henry Martyn.
- 269. Lady Diamond.
- 272. The Suffolk Miracle.
- 274. Our Goodman.
- 275. Get up and bar the Door.
- 277. The Wife Wrapt in Wether’s Skin.
- 278. The Farmer’s Curst Wife.
- 280. The Beggar-Laddie.
- 286. The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity).
- 287. Captain Ward and the Rainbow.
- 291. Child Owlet.
- 294. Dugall Quin.
- 299. Trooper and Maid.
- 305. The Outlaw Murray.
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- GLOSSARY
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- MANUSCRIPTS.
- PRINTED SOURCES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX OF PUBLISHED AIRS OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS
- ABBREVIATED INDICATIONS OF BOOKS REFERRED TO
- INDEX
- 3 C. THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD.
- 10 Bc. THE TWA SISTERS.
- 10 W. THE TWA SISTERS.
- 12 P. LORD RANDAL.
- 17 I. HIND HORN.
- 99 O. JOHNIE SCOT.
- 100 J. WILLIE O WINSBURY
- 161 (V, 243). THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN.
- 228 C. GLASGOW PEGGIE.
- 247 b. LADY ELSPAT. (Revised.)
- 250 E (V, 302). ANDREW BARTIN.
- 278 B. THE FARMER’S CURST WIFE.
- 286 Cg. THE SWEET TRINITY. (The Golden Vanity.)
- 299 D (V, 306). TROOPER AND MAID.
- English and Scottish.
- Catalan.
- Albanian.
- Breton.
- Danish.
- Dutch, Flemish and Frisian.
- Esthonian.
- Färöe.
- Finnish.
- Flemish. See Dutch. French and Provençal.
- German.
- Italian.
- Lettish.
- Lithuanian.
- Magyar.
- Norwegian.
- Portuguese and Galician.
- Roumanian.
- Slavic.
- Spanish.
- Swedish.
- INDEX OF MATTERS AND LITERATURE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- TO BE CORRECTED IN THE PRINT
- Trivial Corrections of Spelling.
- PROFESSOR CHILD AND THE BALLAD
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- VI.
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