The Oxford Book of Ballads

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. 1. Thomas the Rhymer
  3. 2. Tam Lin
  4. 3. Sir Cawline
  5. 4. Sir Aldingar
  6. 5. Cospatrick
  7. 6. Willy’s Lady
  8. 7. The Queen of Elfland’s Nourice
  9. 8. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight
  10. 9. The Riddling Knight
  11. 10. May Colvin
  12. 11. The Wee Wee Man
  13. 12. Alison Gross
  14. 13. Kemp Owyne
  15. 14. The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea
  16. 15. King Orfeo A Shetland Ballad
  17. 16. King Henry
  18. 17. The Boy and the Mantle A Ballad of King Arthur’s Court
  19. 18. King Arthur and King Cornwall A Fragment
  20. 19. The Marriage of Sir Gawain [ A Fragment ]
  21. 20. Bonnie Annie
  22. 21. Brown Robyn’s Confession
  23. 22. The Cruel Mother
  24. 23. Binnorie
  25. 24. The Broomfield Hill
  26. 25. Earl Mar’s Daughter
  27. 26. Proud Lady Margaret
  28. 27. Clerk Saunders
  29. 28. The Daemon Lover
  30. 29. Clerk Colven
  31. 30. Young Hunting
  32. 31. The Great Silkie of Sule Skerrie
  33. 32. The Wife of Usher’s Well
  34. 33. A Lyke-Wake Dirge
  35. 34. The Unquiet Grave
  36. 35. Hynd Horn
  37. 36. Hynd Etin
  38. 37. Erlinton
  39. 38. Earl Brand
  40. 39. The Douglas Tragedy
  41. 40. Glasgerion
  42. 41. King Estmere
  43. 42. Fair Annie
  44. 43. The Lass of Lochroyan
  45. 44. Young Bekie
  46. 45. Young Beichan ( Another version of the foregoing )
  47. 46. Childe Waters
  48. 47. Childe Maurice
  49. 48. Brown Adam
  50. 49. Jellon Grame
  51. 50. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
  52. 51. Lord Ingram and Childe Vyet
  53. 52. Fair Janet
  54. 53. Old Robin of Portingale
  55. 54. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
  56. 55. Rose the Red and White Lily
  57. 56. Leesome Brand or, The Sheath and the Knife
  58. 57. Babylon or, The Bonnie Banks o’ Fordie
  59. 58. Prince Robert
  60. 59. Young Andrew
  61. 60. The Gay Goshawk
  62. 61. Willie’s Lyke-Wake
  63. 62. Fair Margaret and Sweet William
  64. 63. The Twa Brothers
  65. 64. The Cruel Brother
  66. 65. Edward, Edward
  67. 66. Lord Randal
  68. 67. The Twa Corbies (Scottish Version)
  69. 68. The Three Ravens
  70. 69. The Nut-Brown Maid
  71. 70. Fause Foodrage
  72. 71. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
  73. 72. Young John
  74. 73. Lady Maisry
  75. 74. Bonny Bee Ho’m
  76. 75. Sir Patrick Spens
  77. 76. The Lord of Lorn
  78. 77. Edom o’ Gordon
  79. 78. Lamkin
  80. 79. Hugh of Lincoln and The Jew’s Daughter
  81. 80. The Heir of Linne
  82. 81. Fair Mary of Wallington
  83. 82. Young Waters
  84. 83. The Queen’s Marie
  85. 84. The Outlaw Murray
  86. 85. Glenlogie
  87. 86. Lady Elspat
  88. 87. Jamie Douglas
  89. 88. Katharine Johnstone
  90. 89. Johnie Armstrong
  91. 90. Clyde Water
  92. 91. Young Benjie
  93. 92. Annan Water
  94. 93. Rare Willy drowned in Yarrow
  95. 94. The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter
  96. 95. The Bonny Earl of Murray
  97. 96. Bonny George Campbell
  98. 97. Judas
  99. 98. St. Stephen and King Herod
  100. 99. The Maid and the Palmer
  101. 100. The Falcon
  102. 101. The Cherry-Tree Carol
  103. 102. The Carnal and the Crane
  104. 103. Jolly Wat
  105. 104. I Saw Three Ships
  106. 105. The Twelve Good Joys
  107. 106. The Angel Gabriel
  108. 107. The Three Kings
  109. 108. The Innocents
  110. 109. Dives and Lazarus
  111. 110. The Holy Well
  112. 111. The Seven Virgins
  113. 112. Robyn and Gandelyn
  114. 113. The Birth of Robin Hood
  115. 114. Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley
  116. 115. A Little Geste of Robin Hood and his Meiny
  117. 116. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
  118. 117. Robin Hood and the Monk
  119. 118. Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar
  120. 119. Robin Hood and the Butcher
  121. 120. Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
  122. 121. Robin Hood and Alan a Dale
  123. 122. Robin Hood and the Widow’s Three Sons
  124. 123. Robin Hood’s Golden Prize
  125. 124. The Noble Fisherman or Robin Hood’s Preferment
  126. 125. The Death of Robin Hood
  127. 126. Durham Field
  128. 127. The Battle of Otterburn
  129. 128. Chevy Chase
  130. 129. Northumberland Betrayed by Douglas
  131. 130. Sir Andrew Barton
  132. 131. The ‘George-Aloe’
  133. 132. The ‘Golden Vanity’
  134. 133. John Dory
  135. 134. Willie Macintosh
  136. 135. The Bonnie House o’ Airlie
  137. 136. Johnnie of Cockerslee
  138. 137. Kinmont Willie
  139. 138. Jock o’ the Side
  140. 139. Hobbie Noble
  141. 140. Archie of Cawfield
  142. 141. Jamie Telfer in the Fair Dodhead
  143. 142. Dick o’ the Cow
  144. 143. Hughie the Graeme
  145. 144. The Lochmaben Harper
  146. 145. The Fire of Frendraught
  147. 146. The Death of Parcy Reed
  148. 147. Baby Livingston
  149. 148. The Gypsy Countess
  150. 149. The Baron of Brackley
  151. 150. The Dowie Houms of Yarrow
  152. 151. Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight
  153. 152. Helen of Kirconnell
  154. 153. The Lament of the Border Widow
  155. 154. Lady Alice
  156. 155. Lord Lovel
  157. 156. The Trees So High
  158. 157. The Brown Girl
  159. 158. Barbara Allan’s Cruelty
  160. 159. The Gardener
  161. 160. The Lowlands o’ Holland
  162. 161. The Spanish Lady’s Love
  163. 162. The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington
  164. 163. The Blind Beggar’s Daughter of Bednall-Green
  165. 164. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman A Broadside Version of ‘Young Beichan’
  166. 165. Mary Ambree
  167. 166. The Lady turned Serving-Man
  168. 167. The Simple Ploughboy
  169. 168. Cawsand Bay
  170. 169. The Greenland Fishery
  171. 170. The Old Cloak
  172. 171. Widdicombe Fair
  173. 172. Get up and Bar the Door
  174. 173. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
  175. 174. The Children in the Wood
  176. 175. The Suffolk Miracle
  177. 176. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray

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