The Singing Tradition of Child's Popular Ballads (Abridgement) PDF
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THE SINGING TRADITION OF CHILD'S POPULAR BALLADS "What will a Child learn sooner than a Song?" Alexander Pope, To Augustus, 205 "1 thin\ that there must be a place in the soul all made of tunes of long ago ... I \now not what are the words But they sing in my soul of the things our Fathers loved." Charles Ives, Song XLIII (1917) THE SINGING TRADITION OF CHILD'S POPULAR BALLADS EDITED BY BERTRAND HARRIS BRONSON PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 1976 Copyright © 1976 by Princeton University Press All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data will be found on the last printed page of this book Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey CONTENTS PREFACE í ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION xi 1. RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED 3 2. THE ELFIN KNIGHT 7 3. THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD 13 4. LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT 15 5. GIL BRENTON 24 7. EARL BRAND 27 9. THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND 32 10. THE TWO SISTERS 34 11. THE CRUEL BROTHER 43 12. LORD RANDAL 46 12. APPENDIX BILLIE BOY 55 13. EDWARD 58 14. BABYLON 61 16. SHEATH AND KNIFE 64 17. HIND HORN 65 18. SIR LIONEL 70 19. KING ORFEO 75 20. THE CRUEL MOTHER 76 21. THE MAID AND THE PALMER 83 24. BONNIE ANNIE 86 25. WILLIE'S LYKE-WAKE 88 26. THE THREE RAVENS 90 32. KING HENRY 94 34. KEMPION 96 37. THOMAS RYMER 97 39. TAM LIN 99 40. THE QUEEN OF ELFAN'S NOURICE 103 41. HIND ETIN 104 42. CLERK COLVIL 107 43. THE BROOMFIELD HILL 109 44. THE TWA MAGICIANS 114 45. KING JOHN AND THE BISHOP 116 46. CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN'S COURTSHIP 120 46. APPENDIX RIDDLE SONG 124 47. PROUD LADY MARGARET 127 49. THE TWO BROTHERS 129 51. LIZIE WAN 134 52. THE KING'S DOCHTER LADY JEAN 136 53. YOUNG BEICHAN 138 54. THE CHERRY TREE CAROL 151 55. THE CARNAL AND THE CRANE 154 56. DIVES AND LAZARUS 156 58. SIR PATRICK SPENS 159 61. SIR CAWLINE 162 62. FAIR ANNIE 164 63. CHILD WATERS 166 64. FAIR JANET 169 65. LADY MAISRY 171 68. YOUNG HUNTING 174 69. CLERK SAUNDERS 179 73. LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELEANOR 181 74. FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM 189 75. LORD LOVEL 193 76. THE LASS OF ROCH ROYAL 197 77. SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST 002 78. THE UNQUIET GRAVE 203 79. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL 602 [ VH ] 81. LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD 012 83. CHILD MAURICE 216 84. BONNY BARBARA ALLEN 221 85. GEORGE COLLINS (LADY ALICE) 229 86. YOUNG BENJIE 232 88. YOUNG JOHNSTONE 234 92. APPENDIX THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND 237 93. LAMKIN 240 95. THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS 245 99. JOHNIE SCOT 250 100. WILLIE O WINSBURY 253 105. THE BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON 256 106. THE FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVING MEN 260 110. THE KNIGHT AND THE SHEPHERD’S DAUGHTER 264 112. THE BAFFLED KNIGHT 268 113. THE GREAT SILKIE OF SULE SKERRY 271 114. JOHNIE COCK 272 120. ROBIN HOOD’S DEATH 275 125. ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN 277 126. ROBIN HOOD AND THE TANNER 279 132. THE BOLD PEDLAR AND ROBIN HOOD 283 139. ROBIN HOOD’S PROGRESS TO NOTTINGHAM 287 140. ROBIN HOOD RESCUING THREE SQUIRES 288 141. ROBIN HOOD RESCUING WILL STUTLY 290 144. ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD 292 155. SIR HUGH, OR, THE JEW’S DAUGHTER 294 156. QUEEN ELEANOR’S CONFESSION 299 157. GUDE WALLACE 301 161. THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN 303 162. THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT 305 163. THE BATTLE OF HARLAW 308 164. KING HENRY FIFTH’S CONQUEST OF FRANCE 311 167. SIR ANDREW BARTON 312 169. JOHNIE ARMSTRONG 315 170. THE DEATH OF QUEEN JANE 318 173. MARY HAMILTON 320 178. CAPTAIN CAR, OR EDOM O GORDON 323 181. THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY 325 182. THE LAIRD O LOGIE 327 185. DICK O THE COW 329 187. JOCK O THE SIDE 332 188. ARCHIE O CAWFIELD 335
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