Product Description: The well-known British poet here traces the development of the ballad from its earliest times down to the 20th century. Included are examples of romantic ballads, sea chanties and street ballads, as well as a long introductory essay...read more

Anxious to elude an admiring magician, a witch assumes a variety of identities

Brings together one hundred and thirty of the most memorable ballads of the English-speaking world

A collection of seventy-seven English and Scottish ballads and English and American narrative poems.

A collection of one hundred and fifty ballads from England and Scotland which were chosen for their adherence to oral tradition

Although nearly everyone has heard the name of Robin Hood, few have actually read any medieval tales about the legendary outlaw. Stephen Knight and Thomas Ohlgren set out to correct this discrepancy in their comprehensive collection of all pre-seventeenth-century Robin Hood tales. The editors include such other outlaw figures as Hereward the Wake, Eustache the Monk, and Fouke le Fitz Waryn to further contextualize the tradition of English outlaw tales. In this text the figure of Robin Hood can be viewed in historical perspective, from the early accounts in the chronicles through the ballads, plays, and romances that grew around his fame and impressed him on our fictional and historical imaginations. This edition is particularly useful for classrooms, with its extensive introductions, notes, and glosses, enabling students of any level to approach the texts in their original Middle English. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Published between 1882 and 1898, this definitive collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume IV includes Parts VII and VIII of the original set — ballads 189-265: including "Rob Roy," "Sir James the Rose," "Geordie," "The Gypsy Laddie," "The New-Slain Knight," more...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An illustrated version of the English ballad relating the murder and funeral of Cock Robin.

A brief biographical sketch of Francis Child prefaces his compilation of versions of and commentary upon English and Scottish traditional ballads