Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 91
... Ballad of Little Musgrave , and the Lady Barnard . The scene of the catastrophe in the English ballad , is laid at a place called in some copies Buckelsfordbery , in others , Bucklesford - Bury , and in Percy's folio , Bucklefield ...
... Ballad of Little Musgrave , and the Lady Barnard . The scene of the catastrophe in the English ballad , is laid at a place called in some copies Buckelsfordbery , in others , Bucklesford - Bury , and in Percy's folio , Bucklefield ...
Page 105
... ballad , both ancient and modern , are so well known , that it is unnecessary to specify them ; they may be found in every collection of Ballad Poetry which has appeared between the publication of Percy's Reliques , and Whitelaw's Book ...
... ballad , both ancient and modern , are so well known , that it is unnecessary to specify them ; they may be found in every collection of Ballad Poetry which has appeared between the publication of Percy's Reliques , and Whitelaw's Book ...
Page 152
... ballad on a similar subject . " The ballad thus alluded to by Percy is The Drunkard's Legacy , which , it may be remarked , although styled by him a modern ballad , is only so comparatively speaking ; for it must have been written long ...
... ballad on a similar subject . " The ballad thus alluded to by Percy is The Drunkard's Legacy , which , it may be remarked , although styled by him a modern ballad , is only so comparatively speaking ; for it must have been written long ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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