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The Book of Old English Ballads

by George Wharton Edwards

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Chevy Chace
  3. 3King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid
  4. 4King Leir and His Three Daughters
  5. 5Fair Rosamond
  6. 6Phillida and Corydon
  7. 7Fair Margaret and Sweet William
  8. 8Annan Water
  9. 9The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington
  10. 10Barbara Allen’s Cruelty
  11. 11The Douglas Tragedy
  12. 12Young Waters
  13. 13Flodden Field
  14. 14Helen of Kirkconnell
  15. 15Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale
  16. 16Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
  17. 17Robin Hood’s Death and Burial
  18. 18The Twa Corbies
  19. 19Waly, Waly, Love Be Bonny
  20. 20The Nut-brown Maid
  21. 21The Fause Lover
  22. 22The Mermaid
  23. 23The Battle of Otterburn
  24. 24The Lament of the Border Widow
  25. 25The Banks o’ Yarrow
  26. 26Hugh of Lincoln
  27. 27Sir Patrick Spens

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