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Francis James Child
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882-1898)

Links

• The Carthy/Watersons Child page: a list of all the Child ballads they have recorded.
• A new edition of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads is now available from Loomis House Press (Vol. 3 of 5 released in 2005)
• Digital searchable CD-ROM: publisher's site
• Lesley Nelson-Burns: A complete list of Francis J. Child ballads
• Sacred Texts: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
• Cathy Lynn Preston, David Stampe: The Child Ballads

Texts

Texts of those Child ballads (The English and Scottish Popular Ballads) which have been recorded by Martin Carthy and/or the Watersons and Eliza Carthy:

• Child #1: Riddles Wisely Expounded [not recorded, but related to the next]
• Child #2: The Elfin Knight
• Child #3: The Fause Knight on the Road
• Child #4: Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight
• Child #6: Willie's Lady
• Child #15: Leesome Brand
• Child #16: Sheath and Knife
• Child #21: The Maid and the Palmer
• Child #22: St Stephen and Herod
• Child #24: Bonnie Annie
• Child #32: King Henry
• Child #33: Kempy Kay
• Child #48: Young Andrew
• Child #50: The Bonny Hind
• Child #55: The Carnal and the Crane - kindly provided by Malcolm Douglas
• Child #58: Sir Patrick Spens - kindly provided by Malcolm Douglas