| Description |
xxii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Note |
For voice with piano or guitar. |
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Each ballad accompanied by annotations concerning the ballad and the informant who originally sang the ballad for the compiler. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 352-355. |
| Contents |
Babylon, or, The bonnie banks o Fordie -- Bangum and the bo' -- Barbara Allen -- Barb'ry Ellen -- The bold peddler -- The bold pedlar and Robin Hood -- The bonnie banks o Fordie -- Bonny Barbara Allan -- The bonny birdy -- Bonny Farday -- Bowie, bowerie -- The braes o Yarrow -- Brandywine -- Brother's revenge -- The brown girl -- The bugle britches -- The cartin wife -- The cherry tree -- The cherry-tree carol -- The courting of Aramalee -- The cruel brother -- The cruel mother -- The daemon lover -- Death of Geordie -- The death of Queen Jane -- The deceivèd girl -- The devil's questions -- Dives and Lazarus -- The dreary dream -- The dying queen -- Earl Brand -- Earl Colvin -- Edward -- The elfin knight -- The English lady gay -- The fair flower of Northumberland -- Fair John and the seven foresters -- Fair Margaret and Sweet William -- The false knight upon the road -- The farmer and the devil -- The farmer's curst wife -- The Fency king and the English king -- The fine lady gay -- Geordie -- Get up and bar the door -- The Golden Vanity -- The good old man -- Granny and the golden ball -- The green grave -- The gypsy laddie -- The hangman -- Henry's tribute -- Hind Horn -- The house carpenter -- In the lonely glens of Yarrow -- James Harris (the daemon lover) -- The jeweled ring -- Jimmy Randal -- John of Hazelgreen -- Johnie Cock -- Judas -- Judas and Jesus -- The king and the bishop -- King Henry Fifth's conquest of France -- King John and the bishop -- King William's son -- The knight and shepherd's daughter -- Lady Alice -- The lady and the gypsy -- The lady and the shepherd -- Lady Isabel and the elf-knight -- Lady Ishbel and her parrot -- Lady Maisry -- Lady Margot and Love Henry -- Lady Margot and Sweet Willie -- The lady of York -- Lamfin -- Lamkin -- The lass of Roch Royal -- The little dead boys -- Little drownded girl -- Little Matthey Groves -- Little Mattie Groves -- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard -- Lizie Wan -- Lizzie May -- Lord Bateman -- Lord Dillard and Lady Flora -- Lord Lovel -- Lord Randal -- Lord Thomas and fair Annet -- Lord Thomas and fair Ellen -- Lord Thomas and fair Ellender -- Lord William's death -- Lovers' farewell -- The maid and the palmer -- The maid freed from the gallows -- The marriage of Sir Gawain -- Mary Hamilton -- The mermaid -- The murdered boy -- The murdered brother -- My father gave me an acre of ground -- Oh Judy, my Judy -- Old Bangum -- The old lord by the northern sea -- The old man and the door -- The old woman and the devil -- Our Goodman -- The pale ring -- The parsley vine -- Patrick Spenser -- Piri-miri-dictum Domini -- The potter and Robin Hood -- The purple dress -- Queen Eleanor's confession -- The restless dead -- The resurrected sweetheart -- The riddle song -- Riddles wisely expounded -- Robber Hood's dyin' -- Robin and John -- Robin Hood and Little John -- Robin Hood and the monk -- Robin Hood and the old maid -- Robin Hood and the old woman -- Robin Hood and the potter -- Robin Hood and the twenty pounds of gold -- Robin Hood rescuing three squires -- Robin Hood's death -- Rurey Bain -- The sad courtin' -- Seven years -- The shepherd's daughter and the king -- The shirt of lace -- The sinful maiden -- Sin's reward -- Sir Gaunie and the witch -- Sir Lionel -- Sir Patrick Spens -- The smart schoolboy -- The soldier and his lady -- The Suffolk miracle -- Sweet Maisry -- The Sweet Trinity -- The tattletale birdy -- The tennis balls -- Thomas and Ellen -- Three little babies -- The three ravens -- Tiranti, my love -- Trooper and maid -- The twa brothers -- The twa sisters -- Two old crows -- The unquiet grave -- The unwilling bride -- The weep-willow tree -- Who's goin' to shoe your pretty little foot -- The wife of the free -- The wife of Usher's Well -- The wife wrapt in wether's skin -- William and Ellen -- Willie McGee McGraw -- The wind blew up, the wind blew down -- Young Beichain -- Young Collins -- Young Hunting. |
| Subject |
Ballads, English -- Southern States.
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Folk songs, English -- Southern States.
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Folk music -- Southern States.
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| Added Author |
Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. Compiler.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. Ballad book. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1961 (OCoLC)569942792 |
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Online version: Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. Ballad book. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1961 (OCoLC)607099000 |
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Online version: Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980. Ballad book. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1961 (OCoLC)616527169 |
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