The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 3 of 5: The Child Ballads (Forgotten Books) - Softcover

Brown, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605062855 ISBN 13: 9781605062853

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2007

Synopsis

Book Description:

"The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late 19th century. The collection was published as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads between 1882 and 1898 by Houghton Mifflin in 10 Volumes. The ballads vary in age; for instance, a version of "A Gest of Robyn Hode" was printed in the late 15th or early 16th century, and the manuscript of "Judas" dates to the 13th century. The majority of the ballads, however, date to the 17th and 18th century; although some probably have very ancient influences, only a handful can be definitively traced to before 1600. Moreover, few of the tunes collected are as old as the words. While many of them had been individually printed, e.g. as broadsides, Child's collection was far more comprehensive than any previous collection of ballads in English. (However, there were comprehensive ballad collections in other languages, like the Danish collection Danmarks gamle Folkeviser, which Child referred to in his comments.)

One Child number may cover several ballads, which Child considered variants of the same story, although they may differ in many ways (as in "James Hatley"). Conversely, ballads classified separately may contain turns of phrase, and even entire verses, that are identical.

The Child Ballads deal with subjects typical to many ballads: romance, supernatural experiences, historical events, morality, riddles, murder, and folk heroes. On one extreme, some recount identifiable historical people, in known events. On the other, some differ from fairy tales solely by their being songs and in verse; some have been recast in prose form as fairy tales. A large part of the collections is about Robin Hood; some are about King Arthur. A few of the ballads are rather bawdy." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; Willie O Winesberry; Willie O Couglas Dale; Willie And Earl Richard's Daughter; Rose The Red And White Lily; Prince Heathen; The Bailiff's Daughter Of Islington; The Famous Flower Of Serving Men; Will Steward And John; Christopher White; Tom Potts; The Knight And The Shepherd's Daughter; Crow And Pie; Blow Away The Morning Dew; The Great Silkie Of Sule Skerry; Johnie Cock; Robyn And Gandeleyn; Adam Bell, Clim Of The Clough And William Of Cloudesly; The Gest Of Robyn Hode; Robin Hood And Guy Of Gisborne; Robin Hood And The Monk; Robin Hood's Death; Robin Hood And The Potter; Robin Hood And The Butcher; Robin Hood And The Curtal Friar; The Jolly Pindar Of Wakefield; Robin Hood And Little John; Robin Hood And The Tanner; Robin Hood And The Tinker; Robin Hood And The Newly Revived; Robin Hood And The Prince Of Aragon; Robin Hood And The Scotchman; Robin Hood And The Ranger; The Bold Pedlar And Robin Hood; Robin Hood And The Beggar, I; Robin Hood And The Beggar, ii; Robin Hood And The Shepherd; Robin Hood's Delight; Robin Hood And The Pedlars; Robin Hood And Allen A Dale; Robin Hood's Progress To Nottingham; Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires; Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly; Little John A Begging; Robin Hood And The Bishop; Robin Hood And The Bishop Of Hereford; Robin Hood And Queen Katherine; Robin Hood's Chase; Robin Hood's Golden Prize; The Noble Fisherman Or Robin Hood's Preferment; Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valor And Marriage; Robin Hood And Maid Marian; The King's Disguise, And Friendship With Robin Hood; Robin Hood And The Golden Arrow; Robin Hood And The Valiant Knight; A True Tale Of Robin Hood; Sir Hugh, Or The Jew's Daughter; Queen Eleanor's Confession; Gude Wallace; High Spencer's Feats In France; Durham Field; The Knight Of Liddesdale; The Battle Of Otterburn

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About the Author:

"Francis James Child (February 1, 1825–September 11, 1896) was an American scholar, educationist, and folklorist, who collected what came to be known as the Child Ballads.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended Boston Latin School and graduated from Harvard in 1846, topping his class in all subjects. He was tutor in mathematics in 1846-1848; and in 1848 was transferred to a tutorship in history, political economy and English literature. After two years of study in Europe, in 1851 he succeeded Edward T. Channing as Boylston professor of rhetoric, oratory and elocution." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1605062855
• ISBN 13: 9781605062853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 521