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Child Ballads


 

The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child. While the ballads themselves are hundreds of years old, it was only in the later 19th century that Child put them to print.

Related Topics:
Ballads - England - Scotland - Francis James Child - 19th century

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The Child Ballads deal with subjects typical to many ballads: romance, supernatural experiences, historical events, morality, riddles, murder, and folk heroes (there are an inordinate number about Robin Hood). Some of the ballads are rather bawdy.

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Introduction
The Child Ballads
Media
External links

 

 

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