Child Ballads
8 Volume collection of Francis Child English & Scottish Ballads, 1860 | |
| Author | Francis James Child |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Folklore ballads from Antiquity/Medieval Europe |
| Genre | Traditional/Folk Ballad |
Publication date | 1882 |
| Publication place | United States |
The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century. Their lyrics and Child's studies of them were published as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. The tunes of most of the ballads were collected and published by Bertrand Harris Bronson in and around the 1960s.
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