IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...

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Started on his quest some forty years ago by Professor George Lyman Kittredge of Harvard, JOHN A. LOMAX, of Dallas, Texas, has carried into the second generation, through the skillful assistance of ...

“Come all ye fair and tender ladies, / Be careful how you court your men.” These are the words that open many old ballads, some of which end very badly for the women involved. The ballads vary, but ...

The sale and distribution of popular songs was completely different in the 17th century but there are still some elements which remain within today's music industry right across the continent ...

Journal of American Folklore, the quarterly journal of the American Folklore Society since the Society's founding in 1888, publishes scholarly articles, essays, notes, and commentaries directed to a ...

Another record of entrancing, spectral folk and English ballads. Save this story Save this story Marissa Nadler's 2004 album Ballads of Living and Dying was a burnished gem of entrancing, spectral ...

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