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A Book of Old English Ballads

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In this selection... the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represent the range, the descriptive felicity, the dramatic power, and the genuine poetic feeling of a body of verse which is still, it is to be feared, unfamiliar to a large number of those to whom it would bring refreshment and delight. (Summary from introduction) (2 hr 34 min)

Chapters

00 - Introduction

26:25

Read by Mike Harris

01 - Chevy Chace

12:13

Read by susanfrom

02 - King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid

5:54

Read by ravenotation

03 - King Leir and his Three Daughters

7:07

Read by Michael Helgens

04 - Fair Rosamond

7:53

Read by Bridget Tallon

05 - Phillida and Corydon

1:24

Read by Patti Cunningham

06 - Fair Margaret and Sweet William

3:56

Read by Stephen Read

07 - Annan Water

2:13

Read by Patti Cunningham

08 - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington

3:03

Read by Ruth Golding

09 - Barbara Allen's Cruelty

1:52

Read by ravenotation

10 - The Douglas Tragedy

4:32

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

11 - Young Waters

3:10

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

12 - Flodden Field

2:43

Read by Michael Helgens

13 - Helen of Kirkconnell

1:49

Read by Bridget Tallon

14 - Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale

5:41

Read by Elizabeth Zaranka

15 - Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne

10:09

Read by Patti Cunningham

16 - Robin Hood's Death and Burial

4:11

Read by Peter Yearsley

17 - The Twa Corbies

1:29

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

18 - Waly, Waly, Love be Bonny

1:58

Read by Jamie

19 - The Nut-brown Maid

13:15

Read by Mike Harris

20 - The Fause Lover

2:23

Read by Kalynda

21 - The Mermaid

2:24

Read by susanfrom

22 - The Battle of Otterburn

13:24

Read by Stephen Read

23 - The Lament of the Border Widow

2:04

Read by susanfrom

24 - The Banks o' Yarrow

3:17

Read by Bridget Tallon

25 - Hugh of Lincoln

3:50

Read by drewmac

26 - Sir Patrick Spens

5:41

Read by drewmac