The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 1 by Francis James Child

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 1

Francis James Child

544 pages first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction history music poetry informative slow-paced
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The rich field of English balladry was virgin territory before Francis James Child entered it. The few published ballad editions that existed were unreliable, filled with unacknowledged editorial changes and distortions of the original manuscripts...

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