The Gleeman

[General] [Ballads] [Romances] [Songs] [Finally]

General:

  Introduction
Introductory notes.
  Notes
Notes on using the site.

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Ballads:

1. Barbara Allen
[Notes]
Kidson (air). Percy (text). (Compare Child #84).
2. Barbara Allen [Notes] Kidson (air). 2nd version, variant on 1st. Percy (text - same as previous).
3. Bonnie Mermaid, The [Notes] Motherwell. (Compare Child #289). (Fragment only).
4. Dæmon Lover, The [Notes] Motherwell. (Compare Child #243).
5. Douglas_Tragedy, The [Notes] Scott. (Child #7B).
6. Dowie Dens of Yarrow
[Notes] Scott. (See Child #214E).
7. Fair Flower of Northumberland, The [Notes] Bruce and Stokoe. (Compare Child #9A).
8. Fair Flower of Northumberland, The [Notes] Bruce and Stokoe (air - same as previous). Child, #9A (text).
9. False Knight, The [Notes] Motherwell. (Child #3C). (Fragment only).
10. Fause Knight upon the Road, The
[Notes] Child, #3C.
11. Fause Knight upon the Road, The
[Notes] Child, #3C (air). Motherwell (text).
12. Gil Brenton (Lord Bengwill/Bingwell)
[Notes] Motherwell (air). Child, #5F (text).
13. King Henry [Notes] Child, #32.
14. Lay the Bent to the Bonny Broom [Notes] Bruce and Stokoe. (Compare Child #1A).
15. Lay the Bent to the Bonny Broom [Notes] Bruce and Stokoe (air - same as previous). Child, #1A (text).
16. Lord Bateman [Notes] Kidson. (Compare Child #53).
17. Lord Bateman [Notes] Sharp and Marson. (Compare Child #53).
18. Lord Randal (Lord Ronald) [Notes] Child, #12P.
19. Outlandish Knight, The
[Notes] Kidson. (Compare Child #4).
20. Outlandish Knight, The [Notes] Kidson. 2nd version. Air different. Text same as previous.
21. Scarborough Fair [Notes] Kidson. (Compare Child #2).
22. Scarborough Fair [Notes] Kidson. 2nd version. Air different. Text same as previous.
23. Tam Lin [Notes] Johnson. (Also Child, #39A).
24. Tam Lin [Notes] Johnson (air), Child, #39A (text). As previous with Child's corrections.
25. Thomas the Rhymer (True Thomas) [Notes] Scott. (Also Child, #37C).
26. Whittingham Fair [Notes] Bruce and Stokoe. (Also Child #2).
27. Wife of Usher's Well, The [Notes] Scott. (Also Child, #79A).


The Child ¨Cannon¨

The main ballads as listed by F. J. Child.

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Romances:

1. Taliesin [Notes] Guest.
2. Tomas Off Ersseldoune [Notes] Murray.

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Songs:

1. Brisk Young Bachelor, The [Notes] Sharp.
2. Duſty Miller [Notes] Johnson. (Source Burns).
3. Early one Morning [Notes] Baring-Gould. (Air arr. Fleetwood Sheppard).
4. In Limbo [Notes] Baring-Gould. (Air arr. Fleetwood Sheppard).
5. Jenny Nettles [Notes] Johnson.
6. John Barleycorn [Notes] Sharp and Marson.
7. John Barleycorn [Notes] Sharp. (Second Version).
8. Johnny Todd [Notes] Kidson.
9. Searching for Lambs [Notes] Sharp.
10. Stolen Child, The [Notes] Kidson.
11. What can a young laſsie do wi' an auld man [Notes] Johnson. (Source Burns).
12. Widdicombe Fair [Notes] Baring-Gould. (Air arr. Drysdale).

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Finally:

  Copyright
Copyright Information.
  Bibliography
References.

Contact details . For corrections, etc.

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