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The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century. Their lyrics and Child's studies of them were published as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. The tunes of most of the ballads were collected and published by Bertrand Harris Bronson in and around the 1960s.
Willie's Lady is Child ballad number 6 and Roud #220. The earliest known copy of the ballad is from a recitation transcribed in 1783.
"Kemp Owyne" or "Kempion" is a traditional English-language folk ballad.
"Willie's Lyke-Wake" is an English-language folk song.
Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet is an English-language folk song.
"Robin Hood and Queen Katherine" is an English folk song about Robin Hood. The ballad "Robin Hood's Chase" functions as a sequel to it.
Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford is Child ballad 144.
"The Knight and the Shepherd’s Daughter" is an English ballad, collected by Francis James Child as Child Ballad 110 and listed as number 67 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight is an English-language folk ballad. It is based on the actions of John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell, who killed Sir James Johnstone in 1608 as the culmination of a family feud. He fled to France and was sentenced to death in his absence, returning in secret five years later. He was apprehended and beheaded at Edinburgh on 21 May 1613.
"Christopher White" is an English-language folk ballad.
"St. Stephen and Herod" is a traditional English Christmas carol. It depicts the martyrdom of Saint Stephen as occurring, with wild anachronism, under Herod the Great, and claims that that was the reason for St. Stephen's Day being the day after Christmas.
Little John A Begging is an English folk song about Robin Hood. It exists in two variants, one fragmentary.
"Judas" is one of the oldest surviving English folk ballads, dating back to at least the 13th century. Francis Child numbered it No. 23 in his collection.
Clerk Saunders is an English-language folk song, likely originating somewhere in England or Scotland. It exists in several variants.
Fair Mary of Wallington or Fair Lady of Wallington is a tradtional English-language folk ballad. Francis James Child lists at least seven variants of the ballad. The first variant is titled "Fair Mary of Wallington", while another variant is titled "The Bonny Early of Livingston".
Lady Diamond is an English-language folk song, existing in several variants. The story is derived from that of Ghismonda and Guiscardo from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.
Will Stewart and John is an English-language folk song, catalogued as Roud 3973 and Child 107.
The Suffolk Miracle is Child ballad 272 and is listed as #246 in the Roud Folk Song Index. Versions of the ballad have been collected from traditional singers in England, Ireland and North America. The song is also known as "The Holland Handkerchief" and sometimes as "The Lover's Ghost".
Young Peggy is an English-language folk song.
References
- ↑ "Alphabetical index to Child Ballads" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- 1 2 Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G. (2012). "Earl Rothes". Folklore The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. California State University, Fresno . Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- 1 2 Child, Francis James, ed. (1890). Earl Rothes. Vol. III Part 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. p. 170. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Child, Francis James (1890). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
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