The second series of Sidgwick’s Popular Ballads of the Olden Time gathers the supernatural and the comic. Fairy abductions, revenants and miracles, from Thomas Rymer to the tale of the ghostly lover who carries a wife away to sea, sit beside the rough humour of the old mirthful ballads, each with a short editorial note and glossary.
An inviting gateway to the Child ballads for readers of folk song and the supernatural. Download the free EPUB.