The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

First published 1883-1898, Francis James Child's monumental work on the ballad tradition of England and Scotland stands as a foundation document for all subsequent ballad scholarship and a resource for modern folk revivals. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads presents 305 distinct ballads, most with multiple variants, with commentary that traces the origins of the ballad stories through the literature and traditions of much of the western world. Professor Child's painstaking research ranges from ancient Greece to medieval Norway, with translations and detailed citations for all of the sources on which he draws.