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Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads written by Francis James Child and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic 19th-century survey offers absolute fidelity to original texts as well as invaluable commentary by Francis James Child. Volume 1 includes Parts I and II of the original set — ballads 1-53.

Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol 8 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 8 Ballads Of this description are peculiarly liable to interpolation and debasement, and there are two passages, each occurring in sev eral versions, which we may, without strain ing, set down to some plebeian improver. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Popular Ballads Classic Reprint written by Helen Child Sargent and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish Popular Ballads The Glossary is based on that in the larger work. It is not intended to furnish material for linguistic investigations, but merely to assist the reader. For obvious reasons, it has seemed best to reproduce the List of Sources entire. For other bibliographical lists the large collection may be consulted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Ballads Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-20 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 2 O master, master, then quoth hee, Lay your head downe on this stone; For I will waken you, master deere, Afore it be time to gone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 2 This ballad and the two which follow it are clearly not of the same use, and not meant for the same ears, as those which go before. They would come down by professional rather than by domestic tradition, through minstrels rather than knitters and weavers. They suit the hall better than the bower, the tavern or public square better than the cottage, and would not go to the Spinning-wheel at all. An exceedingly good piece of minstrelsy The Boy and the Mantle' is, too; much livelier than most of the numerous variations on the somewhat overhandled theme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Ballads Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 1 Book VIII. Miscellaneous Ballads, especially Humorous, Satirical. Burlesque; also some speci mens of the Moral and Scriptural, and all such pieces as had been overlooked in arranging the earlier volumes. For the Texts, the rule has been to select the most authentic Copies. And to reprint them as they stand in the collections, restoring readings that had been changed without grounds, and noting all deviations from the originals, whether those of previous editors or of this edition, in the margin. Interpolations acknowledged by the editors have generally been dropped. In two instances only have previously printed texts been superseded or greatly improved: the text of The Horn of Eng Arthur, in the first volume, was furnished from the manuscript, by J. O. Halliwell, Esq., and Adam Bel, in the fifth volume, has been amended by a recently discovered fragment of an excellent edition, kindly communicated by J. P. Collier, Esq. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol 10 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 10 P. 300. I have serious doubts whether this Offensive ballad has not been made too important; whether, not withstanding the points noted at p. 301, it is anything more than a variety of The Queen of all Sluts.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Nature in the Old English and Scottish Ballads Classic Reprint written by Alice Adele Todd and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nature in the Old English and Scottish Ballads An old English or Scottish ballad! What fairy land of romance the phrase calls up before the mind's eye! Ladies with golden hair ride on milk White steeds through the greenwood, accompanied by knights with gold and silver trappings. Trees rustle in the soflt wind and flowers bloom.on all sides, While the knight tells of his love and bears his fair maid triumphantly away from her father's hall or castle to his home under the greenwood tree or to some distant castle of his own. Such is the picture which presents itself to our thoughts. Let us see how near our imagination comes to the reality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Vol 3 written by Francis James Child and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish, Vol. 3: Ballads A fragment of this gloomy and impressive romance, (corresponding to v. 21-42, ) was published in Herd's Scottish Songs, i. 184, from which, probably, it was copied into Pinkerton's Scottish Tragic Ballads, p. 84. The entire ballad was first printed in The Border Minstrelsy, together with another piece, Lord William, containing a part of the same incidents. Of the five versions which have appeared, four are given in this place, and the remaining one in the Appendix. In the Gentleman's Magazine, 1794, Vol. 64, Part I. p. 553, there is a modern ballad of extremely perverted orthography and vicious style, (meant for ancient, ) in which the twenty lines of Herd's fragment are interwoven with an altogether different story. It is printed as authentic in Scarce "Ancient" Ballads, Aberdeen, 1822. "There are two ballads in Mr. Herd's MSS. upon the following story, in one of which the unfortunate knight is termed Young Huntin'. [See Appendix.] The best verses are selected from both copies, and some trivial alterations have been adopted from tradition." Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, iii. 184. "O Lady, rock never your young son, young, One hour langer for me; For I have a sweetheart in Garlioch Wells, I love far better than thee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Ballads Vol 7 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 7 In the twelfth year of Richard II. (1888, ) the Scots assembled an extensive army, with the intention of invading England on a grand scale, in revenge for a previous incursion made by that sovereign. But information having been received that the Northumbrians were gathering in considerable force for a counter-invasion, it was thought prudent not to attempt to carry out the original enterprise. While, therefore, the main body of the army, commanded by the Earl of Fife, the Scottish king's second son, ravaged the western borders of England, a detachment of three or four thousand chosen men, under the Earl of Douglas, penetrated by a swift march into the Bishopric of Durham, and laid waste the country with fire and sword. Returning in triumph from this inroad, Douglas passed insultingly before the gates of Newcastle, where Sir Harry Percy lay in garrison. This fiery warrior, though he could not venture to cope with forces far superior to his own, sallied out to break a lance with his hereditary foe. In a skirmish before the town he lost his spear and pennon, which Douglas swore he would plant as a trophy on the highest tower of his castle, unless it should be that very night retaken by the owner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Ballads Vol 2 of 4 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 2 of 4 King sircuulino Fair Annie, [scott] Fair Annalliothmcn] Child Bard The Childof Elle siraldinpr Sir Hugh lo The Knight, and Shepherd's Dunghm earlbichard (b) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol 5 of 5 written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 5 of 5: Part I Almeida - Garrett composed a little romance out of the story as here given, with the name Zahara for Alboazar's sister, and Gaia for Ramiro's wife, and making Ramiro cut off Gaia's head before he throws her into the water: Miragaia, ' Romanceiro, I, 181, ed. 1863. He informs us that he has interwoven in his poem some verses from popular tradi tion. A ballad of Ramiro, or at least some remnant of one, appears still to be in exist ence. Madame de Vasconcellos (1880) had heard two lines of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Ballads Vol 6 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 6 This fine old ballad was first printed in the Musical Museum(0 heard ye e'er of a silly blind Harper, p. 598). Scott inserted a different copy, equally good, in the Border Minstrelsy, i. 422, and there is another, of very ordinary merits, in Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads (The Jolly Harper), p. 37. In this the theft is done on a wager, and the booty duly restored. It is of course impossible to assign any date to this piece, but it has the genuine ring of the best days of minstrelsy. On account of its excellence, we give two versions, though they differ but slightly. O heard ye of a silly Harper, Liv'd long in Lochmaben town, How be did gang to fair England, To steal King Henry's Wanton Brown? But first lie gaed to his gude wife Wi' a' the speed that he coud thole: "This wark," quo' be, "will never work, Without a mare that has a foal." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book English and Scottish Ballads Vol 1 of 4 written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English and Scottish Ballads, Vol. 1 of 4: Eight Volumes in Four Book VI. Balladeof other Outlaws, especially Border Outlaws, of Border Forays, Feeds, due. Book vilhistorieal Ballade, or those relating to public characters or events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Vol 1 of 5 Classic Reprint written by Francis James Child and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 1 of 5 They followed these directions the king gave his verdict, the ambassador acquiesced, the minister received splendid presents. For a final trial the unfriendly king sent a long stick of wood, of equal thickness, with no knots or marks, and asked which was the under and which the upper end. N 0 one could say. The minister referred the question to his daughter. She answered, Put the stick into water the root end will sink a little, the upper end float. The experiment was tried; the king said to the ambassador, This is the upper end, this the root end, to which he assented, and great presents were again given to the minister. The adverse monarch was convinced that his only safe course was peace and con ciliation, and sent his ambassador back once more with an offering of precious jewels and of amity for the future. This termination was highly gratifying to Rabssaldschal, who said to his minister, How could you see through all these things? The minister said, It was not I, but my clever daughter-in-law. When the king learned this, he raised the young woman to the rank of his younger sister. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Romantic Scottish Ballads written by Robert Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetiy, 1765 3 David Herd's Scottish Songs, 1769 3 Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 1802 and J amieson's Popular Ballads and Songs, 1806, have been chie y the means of making us acquainted with what is believed to be the ancient traditionary ballad literature of Scotland; and this literature, from its intrinsic merits, has attained a very great fame. I advert particularly to what are. Usually called the Romantic Ballads, a class of compositions felt to contain striking beauties, almost peculiar to themselves, and consequently held as implying extraordinary poetical attributes in former generations of the people of this country. There have been many speculations about the history of these poems, all assigning them a considerable antiquity, and generally assuming that their recital was once the special business of a set of wandering conteurs or minstrels. So lately as 1858, my admired friend, Professor Aytoun, in intro ducing a collection of them, at once ample and elegant, to the world, expressed his belief that they date at least from before the Reformation, having only been modified by successive reciters, so as to modernise the language, and, in some instances, bring in the ideas of later ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."