The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882-1898)

Francis James Child

Links to collections elsewhere

Reinhard Zierke's index at mainlynorfolk.info.
Dan Nedrud's list of all of the recordings
Lesley Nelson's list of the Child ballads
A Child Ballads database
The Child Ballads Project: all the recordings
The Sacred Texts site: the 1860 version
Facsimile of the 1860 edition at University of Michigan
Heritage Muse version on DC-ROM
The Traditional Ballad Index at Fresno - not only Child

My own early files from 2001

Complete Child: all of the words of all the songs
Performances of the Child ballads
Titles (only) of the Child ballads
Folk Songs of Britain Volume 4: The Child Ballads 1 (2-95)

Complete texts

Complete texts of some of the Child ballads (The English and Scottish Popular Ballads)

Child #1: Riddles Wisely Expounded
Child #2: The Elfin Knight (this file includes Child's notes preceding the transcriptions)
Child #3: The Fause Knight on the Road
Child #4: Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight
Child #6: Willie's Lady (this file includes Child's notes preceding the transcriptions)
Child #15: Leesome Brand
Child #16: Sheath and Knife
Child #21: The Maid and the Palmer
Child #24: Bonnie Annie
Child #32: King Henry
Child #33: Kempy Kay
Child #55: The Carnal and the Crane - kindly provided by Malcolm Douglas
Child #58: Sir Patrick Spens - kindly provided by Malcolm Douglas


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