Ancient ballads traditionally sung in New England, from the Helen Hartness Flanders ballad collection, Middlebury College. Middlebury, Vt.
Title:
Ancient ballads traditionally sung in New England, from the Helen Hartness Flanders ballad collection, Middlebury College. Middlebury, Vt.
Author:
Flanders, Helen Hartness, 1890-1972, editor.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press [1960-65]
Physical Description:
4 volumes ; 22 cm
General Note:
Melodies.
Language:
English
Contents:
v. 1, ballads 1-51.; Babylon -- (The) Bold soldier -- (The) Boy and the mantle -- (The) Broomfield Hill -- Captain Wedderburn's courtship -- (The) Cruel brother -- (The) Cruel mother -- Earl Brand -- Edward -- (The) Elfin knight -- (The) False knight upon the road -- (The) Half-hitch -- Hind horn -- King John and the bishop -- Lady Isabel and the elf-knight -- Lizie Wan -- Lord Randal -- Riddles wisely expounded -- Sir Lionel -- Saint Stephen and Herod -- (The) Twa brothers -- (The) Twa corbies -- (The) Twa sisters -- Willie's lady -- Willie's lyke-wake --; v. 2, ballads 53-93.; Barbara Allen -- (The) Cherry tree carol -- Child Maurice -- Child Waters -- Dives and Lazarus -- Fair Margaret and Sweet William -- Jack, the jolly tar -- Lamkin -- (The) Lass of Roch Royal -- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard -- Lord Lovel -- Lord Thomas and Fair Annet -- Sweet William's ghost -- (The) Unquiet grave -- (The) Wife of Usher's Well -- Young Beichan -- Young hunting -- Young Johnstone --; v. 3, ballads 95-243. (The) Baffled knight -- (The) Bailiff's daughter of Islington -- (The) Bold pedlar and Robin Hood -- (The) Bonnie Earl of Murray -- (The) Bonnie House of Airlie -- Bonnie James Campbell -- (The) Braes of Yarrow -- Captain Car, or, Edom O Gordon -- (The) Duke of Bedford -- (The) Famous flower of servingmen -- (The) Gay Goshawk -- Geordie -- Gude Wallace -- (The) Gypsy laddie -- (The) Hunting of the cheviot, or, Chevy Chase -- Huntingtower -- James Harris, or, The daemon lover -- Johnie Armstrong -- Johnny Doyle -- Johnny Scot -- King Henry the Fifth's conquest of France -- Lizie Lindsay -- Mary Hamilton -- Northumberland betrayal by Douglas -- Queen Eleanor's confession -- Robin Hood and the bishop -- Robin Hood rescuing three squires -- (The) Rose of England -- Sir Hugh, or, The Jew's daughter -- Sir James the Ross -- (The) Squire of Edinboroughtown -- Willie O Winsbury --; v. 4, ballads 250-295.; Captain Ward and the Rainbow -- (The) Coast of Barbary -- (The) Farmer's curst wife -- Get up and bar the door -- Henry Martyn -- (The) Irish lady, or, Sally from London -- John of Hazelgreen -- John Thomson and the Turk -- (The) Keach i' the creel -- (The) Mermaid -- Our goodman -- Sir Andrew Barton -- (The) Suffolk miracle -- (The) Sweet trinity, or, (The) Golden vanity -- (The) Wife wrapped in wether's skin -- (The) Yorkshire bite.
Format :
Musical Score