The English And Scottish Ballads

A collection of traditional English Folk songs and ballads collected & compiled by Prof Francis James Child.

[1825-1896] Complete text of Volume 1 of the 1860 version.

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Professor Francis James Child ballads collection was published in two versions, the first, a eight volume set, and later a modified version on five volumes. This is volume one of the eight volume set published in 1860.

This is another of my scan and OCR products so please excuse the few weirdnesses you will find.


The Francis Child Ballads, 1860 8 volume set Volume 1 Content Index.
Deduct 100 from the page numbers show to get the original book page number.

Title Page
Copyright notice
Contents List
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Preface
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Child-Ballads-v1 - 0010
List Of The Principal Collections
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1.The Boy and the Mantle - 0103
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2.The Horn of King Arthur - 0117
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3.The Marriage of Sir Gawaine - 0128
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4.King Arthur's Death - 0140
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6. The Legend of King Arthur - 0150
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6.Sir Lancelot du Lake - 0155
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7.The Legend of Sir Guy - 0161
8.St. George and the Dragon - 0162
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9.The Seven Champions of Christendom - 0183
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10 a. Thomas of Ersseldoune - 0195
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10 b. Thomas the Rhymer - 0209
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11.The Young Tamlane - 0214
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12.The Wee Wee Man - 0226
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13.The Elfin Knight - 0228
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14 a. The Broomfield Hill - 0231
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14b. Lord John - 0234
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15a. Kempion - 0237
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15 b. Kemp Owyne - 0243
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16. King Henry - 0247
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17 a. Cospatrick - 0252
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17 b. Bothwell - 0258
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18.Willie's Ladye - 0262
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19.Alison Gross - 0268
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20.The Earl of Mar's Daughter - 0271
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21 a. Young Akin - 0279
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21 b. Young Hastings the Groom - 0289
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22. Clerk Colvill, or, The Mermaid - 0292
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23 a. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight - 0295
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23b. The Water O'Wearie's Well - 0298
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24a. The Daemon Lover - 0301
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24 b. James Herries - 0305
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25.The Knight's Ghost - 0310
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26.The Wife of Usher's Well - 0313
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27.The Suffolk Miracle - 0317
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28.Sir Roland - 0323
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Fragment of the Ballad of King Arthur and the King of Cornwall - 0331
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Fragment of Child Rowland and Burd Ellen - 0345
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Eosmer Hafmand, or, The Merman Eosmer - 0353
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Tam-a-Line - 0358
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Tom Linn - 0367
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-Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane - 0371
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Als Y yod on ay Mounday - 0373
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The Elphin Knight - 0377
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The Laidley Worm of Spindlestonheugh - 0381
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Lord Dingwall - 0388
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Fragment of Hynde Etin - 0394
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Sir Oluf and the Elf-King's Daughter - 0398
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Fragment of the Dasmon Lover - 0402
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Constantine and Arete - 0404
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Translation of the Same - 0407
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The Hawthorn Tree - 0411
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St. Stephen and Herod - 0415
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Glossary - 0419
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