Campbell MSS, 1830 or earlier. ‘Old Scottish Songs collected in the
counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles.’ 2 volumes.
Collector unknown. At Marchmont House, Berwickshire.
‘Scottish Songs and Ballads,’ copied probably before 1830, by a
granddaughter of Lord Woodhouselee, mostly from print or from A. F.
Tytler’s Brown MS., but containing two or three versions of popular
ballads not found elsewhere.
Harris MS. Ballads learned by Amelia Harris in her childhood from an
old nurse in Perthshire (the last years of the 18th century); taken
down by her daughter, who has added a few of her own collecting. With
an appendix of airs. Harvard College Library.
Joseph Robertson. An interleaved and annotated copy of The New Deeside
Guide [1832] (of which J. R. was the author).
Gibb MS., 1860. Twenty-one ballads written down from the recitation of
his mother by Mr James Gibb of Joppa, representing the form in which
ballads were recited about the beginning of the century in Angus and
Mearns. Harvard College Library.
David Louden’s MS., 1873. Contains four popular ballads derived from
reciters in Haddingtonshire. Harvard College Library.
Murison MS., about 1873. Some forty pieces collected by Mrs A. F.
Murison in Old Deer, among which there are several traditional popular
ballads. Harvard College Library.
A few detached ballads collected by Dr Alexander Laing of
Newburgh-on-Tay. About 1873.
Findlay MSS. Two volumes, the first (only) containing several ballads
and many fragments gathered from recitation by Rev. William Findlay, of
Saline, Fifeshire, 1865-85. In the hands of the collector.
Macmath MS. Ballads and songs recently collected by Mr Macmath. In the
possession of the collector.
“Common Place Book filled with a collection of Old Ballads of the 17th
century,” a MS. formerly belonging to J. Payne Collier, now in the
British Museum. Contains thirty ballads written in a forged hand of the
19th century, some of the pieces being also spurious. Nos 8 =C=, 137,
168 are in this MS.
Communications, noted in their places, of a single ballad or of several
ballads, taken down or remembered by friends or correspondents in
Europe and America, and several taken down by myself. [Child MSS,
Harvard College Library.]
PRINTED SOURCES.
A Gest of Robyn Hode. Fragment without printer’s name or date, but of
the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century: the eleventh and
last piece in a volume the other contents of which are nine pieces
printed by Walter Chepman and Andrew Myllar--three of these purporting
to be printed at Edinburgh in 1508--and one other piece the printer of
which is also unascertained. Advocates’ Library, Edinburgh.
A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode, etc. Wynken de Worde, London, n. d.
(1492-1534). Library of the University of Cambridge.
Three fragments (one of which was attributed to Wynken de Worde by
Ritson). Douce, Bodleian Library.
A Mery Geste of Robyn Hoode, etc. London, Wyllyam Copland, n. d.
(1549-69). British Museum.
A Merry Iest of Robin Hood, etc. London, Printed for Edward White, n.
d. (1577-1612). Bodleian Library.
The sources of the later Robin Hood ballads may more conveniently be
entered here, than in regular course. Articles n. d. may of course
not be in strict chronological order.
Broadside copies in the Wood, Pepys, Douce, Roxburghe, and Rawlinson
collections.
Martin Parker, A True Tale of Robbin Hood. London, 1634(?). British
Museum, C. 39, a. 52.--The same. By Clark, Thackeray, and Passinger.
London, 1686. Bodleian Library.
Robin Hoods Garland; or Delightful Songs, Shewing the noble Exploits
of Robin Hood, and his Yeomendrie. With new Edditions and Emendations.
London, Printed for W. Gilbertson, at the Bible in Giltspur-street
without Newgate, 1663. (17 ballads.) Wood, Bodleian Library.
Robin Hoods Garland. Containing his merry Exploits, and the several
Fights which he, Little John, and Will. Scarlet had, upon several
occasions. Some of them never before Printed. [London,] Printed for
F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright. 1670. (16 ballads.) Douce, Bodleian
Library.
Robin Hood’s Garland. Printed by C. Dicey in Bow Church Yard, n. d.
(before 1741).[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland, without place or printer. 1749. Percy Papers,
Harvard College Library.
Robin Hood’s Garland. Printed by W. & C. Dicey, in St. Mary Aldermary
Church Yard, Bow Lane, Cheapside, and sold at the Warehouse in
Northampton, n.d. (c. 1753).[131]
The English Archer ... Robin Hood. Paisley, printed by John Neilson for
George Caldwell, Bookseller, near the Cross, 1786.[131]
The English Archer, or ... Robin Hood. York, printed by N. Nickson in
Feasegate, n. d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. Printed by L. How in Peticoat Lane, n. d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. London, J. Marshall & Co., Aldermary Churchyard,
n. d. Harvard College Library.
Robin Hood’s Garland. London. R. Marshall, in Aldermary Church Yard,
Bow Lane, n. d. Harvard College Library.
Captain Delany’s Garland. In a collection of folio sheet-ballads mostly
dated 1775. Edinburgh (?). British Museum, 1346. m. 7. (9.)
Robin Hood’s Garland. York, T. Wilson and R. Spence, n. d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. Preston, Printed and sold by W. Sergent, n.
d.[131]
Robin Hood’s Garland. Wolverhampton, Printed and sold by J. Smart, n.
d.[131]
Adventures of ... Robin Hood. Falkirk, Printed and sold by T. Johnston,
1808.[131]
The History of Robin Hood and the Beggar. Aberdeen. A. Keith
(1810-35).[131]
* * * * *
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly. Two fragments
of an edition by John Byddell. London, 1536. Library of the University
of Cambridge.
A fragment by a printer not identified, formerly in the possession of
J. Payne Collier. (No 116.)
Adambel, Clym of the cloughe, and Wyllyam of cloudesle. William
Copeland, London, n. d. (1562-69. See Arber, Transcript, V, 25).
British Museum.
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesle. London,
Printed by James Roberts, 1605.[131]
[Thomas Ravenscroft.] Deuteromelia, or, The Second Part of Musicks
Melodie or Melodius Musicke, etc. London, 1609.
[Thomas Ravenscroft.] Melismata, Musicall Phansies, fitting the Court,
Cittie, and Countrey Humours. London, 1611.
Thomas Deloney. Pleasant History of John Winchcomb, in his younger
years called Jacke of Newberie: reprint of the 9th edition, of London,
1633, by J. O. Halliwell. London, 1859.
The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, written by Master David
Hume of Godscroft. Edinburgh, 1644.
Broadsides: mostly of the second half of the 17th century.
Wood, Rawlinson, Douce collections. Bodleian Library. Here from the
originals.
Pepys collection. Magdalen College Library, Cambridge. Mostly from
the originals.
Roxburghe collection. British Museum. Here sometimes from originals,
sometimes from The Roxburghe Ballads, Ballad Society. Vols I, II,
edited by William Chappell, London, 1871-80. Vols IV-VII, edited by
J. W. Ebsworth, 1883-93.
Bagford Collection. British Museum. Here from the Bagford Ballads,
Ballad Society, edited by J. W. Ebsworth, 2 vols. Hertford, 1878.
Osterley Park Library, British Museum, c. 39, k. 6 (60). 1690(?).
Laing (Scottish) Broadsides, c. 1700. In the possession of Lord
Rosebery.
A Scottish Broadside formerly in the possession of J. Maidment, c.
1700. (No 162.) Harvard College Library.
“Ballard’s Collection” (so cited by Percy).
Pepys Penny Merriments. Magdalen College Library, Cambridge.
The King’s Pamphlets. British Museum, 669. f. 20, 55. 1657.
Wit Restord, in several select poems not formerly publisht. London,
1658 (in Facetiæ, Musarum Deliciæ, 1656, Wit Restord, 1658, and Wits
Recreations, 1640. 2 vols. London, 1817).
Wit and Drollery, Jovial Poems. Corrected and amended, with New
Additions. London, 1682.
Wit and Mirth, or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, being a collection of
the best Merry Ballads and Songs, etc., [with airs]. London. [Ed. by
Henry Playford,] four editions, London, 1699-1714, 5 vols.; [ed. by T.
D’Urfey,] 6 vols. London, I-V, 1719, VI, 1720.
True Love Requited, or, The Bayliff’s Daughter of Islington. Printed
and sold in Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Lane, “1700 or a little later.”
A Collection of Old Ballads, corrected from the best and most ancient
copies extant. With introductions historical, critical, or humorous. 3
vols. London, I, II, 1723; III, 1725.
Allan Ramsay. The Ever Green, being a collection of Scots Poems, wrote
by the ingenious before 1600. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1724.
Allan Ramsay. The Tea-Table Miscellany, or a collection of Choice
Songs, Scots and English. (Vol. I, Edinburgh, 1724; vol. II, 172-?;
vol. III, 1727. 3 vols in one, Dublin, 1729; London, 1733. 9th edition,
enlarged with a fourth volume, London, 1740. 11th edition, four volumes
in one, London, 1750. David Laing’s notes in the Musical Museum, ed.
1853, pp. 108* f., 382*, 393* f.) London, 1733, 3 vols in one; 1763, 4
vols in one.
W. Thomson. Orpheus Caledonius, or, a Collection of the best Scotch
Songs. [London, 1725.] 1 vol. fol. Orpheus Caledonius, or, a Collection
of Scots Songs. 2 vols, 8^o, London, 1733.
Gill Morrice. An Ancient Scottish Poem, 2d ed. Robert & Andrew Foulis,
1755.
Young Waters. An Ancient Scottish Poem, never before printed. Robert &
Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1755.
Edom of Gordon. An Ancient Scottish Poem, never before printed. Robert
& Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1755.
Letter of Thomas Gray, June, 1757? (Gray’s Works, ed. Gosse, II, 316.
London, 1884.)
Thomas Percy. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: consisting of Old
Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other pieces of our Earlier Poets, together
with some few of later date. 3 vols. London, 1765, 1767, 1775. 4th ed.,
1794, ostensibly edited by Percy’s nephew, with restoration of some
original readings.
Garlands, etc., of the second half of the 18th century:
The Brown Girl’s Garland. British Museum. 11621 c. 3. (10.)
The Duke of Gordon’s Garland. British Museum. 11621 c. 2. (15.) Also,
Harvard College Library.
The Glasgow Lasses Garland. British Museum. 11621 c. 3. (68.)
The Jovial Rake’s Garland. (No 104.) Bodleian Library.
Lord Roslin’s Daughter’s Garland. (No 46.)
Lovely Jenny’s Garland. (No 91.)
Sir James the Rose’s Garland. Harvard College Library.
The Rambler’s Garland. B. M. 11621 c. 4. (57.)
A chap-book of Four New Songs and a Prophecy. 1745? (Here from The
Scots Musical Museum, 1853, IV, 458.)
The Merry Cuckold and Kind Wife. Broadside. Printed and Sold at the
Printing Office in Bow Church-Yard, London.
Five Excellent New Songs. Edinburgh, 1766. B. M. 11621. b. 6. (8.)
The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter, 1775, in a collection of folio
ballads. B. M. 1346. m. 8.
Sir James the Rose, stall-tract of about 1780. Abbotsford Library.
The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter. C. McLachlan, Dumfries, 1785 (?).
Lord Douglas Tragedy, stall-copy of 1792.
[David Herd.] The Ancient and Modern Scots Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc.,
now first collected into one body from the various Miscellanies wherein
they formerly lay dispersed, containing likewise a great number of
Original Songs from Manuscripts never before published. Edinburgh, 1769.
[David Herd.] Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc.,
collected from memory, tradition and ancient authors. The second
edition. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1776.
John Pinkerton. Scottish Tragic Ballads. London, 1781.
John Pinkerton. Select Scotish Ballads. 2 vols. (vol. I, Tragic
Ballads; vol. II, Comic Ballads). London, 1783.
[Joseph Ritson.] A Select Collection of English Songs, with their
Original Airs, and a historical essay on the Origin and Progress
of National Song. 3 vols. London, 1783. (The second edition, with
Additional Songs, and occasional Notes. By Thomas Park. 3 vols. London,
1813.)
[Joseph Ritson.] “The Bishopric Garland, or Durham Minstrel. Being a
choice collection of Excellent Songs relating to the above county.
Stockton, 1784. A new edition, corrected, 1792.” Reprinted by J.
Haslewood in, Northern Garlands, edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq.
London, 1810.
[George Caw.] The Poetical Museum. Containing Songs and Poems on almost
every subject. Mostly from periodical publications. Hawick, 1784.
James Johnson. The Scots Musical Museum, in six volumes. Consisting
of Six Hundred Scots Songs, with proper Basses for the Piano Forte,
etc. Edinburgh, [1787-1803]. (Second Edition, 1839.) Third Edition,
with copious Notes and Illustrations of the Lyric Poetry and Music of
Scotland, by the late William Stenhouse, [and] with additional Notes
and Illustrations [by David Laing]. 4 vols. Edinburgh and London, 1853.
[Joseph Ritson.] Ancient Songs, from the time of King Henry the Third
to the Revolution. London, 1790. (“Printed, 1787; dated 1790; published
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Joseph Ritson. Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry: from authentic
manuscripts and old printed copies. London, 1791. 2d ed., London, 1833.
[Joseph Ritson.] “The Northumberland Garland, or Newcastle Nightingale.
A matchless collection of Famous Songs. Newcastle, 1793.” Reprinted by
J. Haslewood in, Northern Garlands, edited by the late Joseph Ritson,
Esq. London, 1810.
[Joseph Ritson.] Scotish Song. In two volumes. London, 1794.
[Joseph Ritson.] Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems,
Songs, and Ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English
Outlaw. To which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of his Life. In two
volumes. London, 1795. (Second edition, London, 1832.)
[J. Currie.] The Works of Robert Burns, with an Account of his Life,
etc. 4th ed., 4 vols. London, 1803.
John Leyden. The Complaynt of Scotland, written in 1548. With a
Preliminary Dissertation and Glossary. Edinburgh, 1801.
Walter Scott. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: consisting of
Historical and Romantic Ballads collected in the Southern Counties of
Scotland, with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
3 vols. Vols I, II, Kelso, 1802; vol. III, Edinburgh, 1803. 2d ed.,
Edinburgh, 1803; 3d, 1806; 4th, 1810. 4 vols, edited by J. G. Lockhart,
with airs. Edinburgh, 1833.
The Edinburgh Magazine, or, Literary Miscellany. Edinburgh, 1803.
The Scots Magazine, vol. LXV, 1803; vol. LXXX, 1817; vol. LXXXIX, 1822.
Edinburgh.
The Sporting Magazine, vol. XXV. London, 1805.
Robert Jamieson. Popular Ballads and Songs from Tradition, Manuscripts,
and Scarce Editions; with translations of similar pieces from the
Ancient Danish Language, and a few Originals by the Editor. 2 vols.
Edinburgh, 1806.
John Finlay. Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads, chiefly ancient.
2 vols. Edinburgh, 1808.
R. H. Cromek. Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: with Historical
and Traditional Notices relative to the manners and customs of the
Peasantry. London, 1810.
R. H. Cromek. Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern; with Critical
Observations and Biographical Notices, by Robert Burns. 2 vols. London,
1810.
Gammer Gurton’s Garland, or, The Nursery Parnassus. London, 1810.
John Bell. Rhymes of Northern Bards, being a curious collection of Old
and New Songs and Poems peculiar to the counties of Newcastle upon
Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham. Edited by John Bell, Jun. Newcastle
upon Tyne, 1812.
[John Fry.] Pieces of Ancient Poetry from unpublished manuscripts and
scarce books. Bristol, 1814.
H. Weber, R. Jamieson, W. Scott. Illustrations of Northern Antiquities,
etc. Edinburgh, 1814.
Sir Egerton Brydges. Restituta, vol. I. London, 1814.
Alexander Campbell. Albyn’s Anthology, or, a select collection of the
Melodies and Local Poetry peculiar to Scotland and the Isles, hitherto
unpublished. 2 vols. 1816, 1818.
R. H. Cromek. Reliques of Robert Burns. 4th ed. London, 1817.
James Hogg. The Jacobite Relics of Scotland, being the Songs, Airs, and
Legends of the adherents to the House of Stuart. 2 vols. Edinburgh,
1819-21.
R. A. Smith. The Scotish Minstrel, a selection from the Vocal Melodies
of Scotland, ancient and modern. 6 vols. Edinburgh, [1820-24].
John Struthers. The British Minstrel, a selection of Ballads, ancient
and modern, etc. 2 vols. London, 1822.
Robert Trotter. Lowran Castle, or, The Wild Boar of Curridoo, with
other Tales, illustrative of the Superstitions, Manners, and Customs of
Galloway. Dumfries, 1822.
[Alexander Laing.] Scarce Ancient Ballads, many never before published.
Aberdeen, 1822.
Alexander Laing. The Thistle of Scotland, a selection of Ancient
Ballads, with notes. Aberdeen, 1823.
[Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.] A Ballad Book. Edinburgh, 1823.]
Reprinted by E. Goldsmid, Edinburgh, 1883.
Davies Gilbert. Some Ancient Christmas Carols, with the Tunes to which
they were formerly sung in the West of England. Together with two
ancient Ballads, a Dialogue, etc. 2d edition. London, 1823.
William Hone. Ancient Mysteries. London, 1823.
[James Maidment.] A North Countrie Garland. Edinburgh, 1824. Reprinted
by E. Goldsmid. Edinburgh, 1884.
The Common-Place Book of Ancient and Modern Ballad and Metrical
Legendary Tales. An original selection, including many never before
published. Edinburgh, 1824.
John Mactaggart. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, or, the
original, antiquated, and natural Curiosities of the South of Scotland.
London, 1824.
David Webster. A Collection of curious Old Ballads and Miscellaneous
Poetry. Edinburgh, 1824.
The Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. XCV, Part I. London, 1825.
Peter Buchan. Gleanings of Scotch, English, and Irish scarce old
Ballads chiefly tragical and historical, etc. Peterhead, 1825.
Allan Cunningham. The Songs of Scotland, ancient and modern, with an
introduction and notes, historical and critical, etc. 4 vols. London,
1825.
Stall copies, etc., mostly of uncertain date:
The Song of Bewick and Grahame. B. M. 11621. e. 1. (4.)
Bewick and Graham’s Garland. M. Angus & Son, Newcastle.
A Jolly Book of Garlands collected by John Bell in Newcastle.
Abbotsford Library.
Curious Tracts, Scotland. B. M. 1078. m. 24. A collection made by J.
Mitchell at Aberdeen in 1828.
The Unfortunate Weaver, etc. (for No 25). Greenock, [1810]. B. M.
11621. b. 7. (43.)
Stall or chap-book copies by M. Randall & C. Randall, Stirling; John
Sinclair, Dumfries; W. Fordyce, Newcastle; T. Johnston, Falkirk; P.
Buchan, Peterhead; Aberdeen, printed for the booksellers.
Recent Broadsides of Catnach, Pitts, Such.
Peggy Irvine. Stall-copy printed by J. Morren, Cowgate, Edinburgh.
Robert Chambers. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, with illustrations,
chiefly collected from oral sources. Edinburgh, 1826, 1870.
George R. Kinloch. Ancient Scottish Ballads, recovered from tradition
and never before published, with notes, historical and explanatory, and
an appendix containing the airs of several of the ballads. London and
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[George R. Kinloch.] The Ballad Book. Edinburgh, 1827. Reprinted by E.
Goldsmid. Edinburgh, 1885.
Thomas Lyle. Ancient Ballads and Songs, chiefly from tradition,
manuscripts, and scarce works, etc. London, 1827.
William Motherwell. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern, with an historical
introduction and notes. Glasgow, 1827. (A copy with MS. entries by
Motherwell).
Peter Buchan. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland,
hitherto unpublished, with explanatory notes. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1828.
The Paisley Magazine, or, Literary and Antiquarian Miscellany. Paisley,
1828.
Robert Chambers. The Scottish Ballads, collected and illustrated.
Edinburgh, 1829.
Sir N. H. Nicolas. History of the Battle of Agincourt. 2d ed. London,
1832.
[Joseph Robertson.] The New Deeside Guide, by James Brown. Aberdeen,
[1832].
Andrew Picken. Traditionary Stories of Old Families. 2 vols. London,
1833.
William Sandys. Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, including the
most popular in the West of England, and the airs to which they are
sung, etc. London, 1833.
William Sandys. Christmastide, its history, festivities, and carols.
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Sir Cuthbert Sharpe. The Bishoprick Garland, or a collection of
Legends, Songs, Ballads, etc., belonging to the county of Durham.
London, 1834.
The Universal Songster, or, Museum of Mirth, forming the most complete,
extensive, and valuable collection of Ancient and Modern Songs in the
English language. 3 vols. London, 1834.
The Songs of England and Scotland. 2 vols. London, 1835.
Fisher’s Drawing-Room Scrap-Book. London, 1835.
[E. V. Utterson.] A Little Book of Ballads. [Printed for the Roxburghe
Club.] Newport, 1836.
J. E. Tyler. Henry of Monmouth, or, Memoirs of the Life and Character
of Henry the Fifth. 2 vols. London, 1838.
The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
London, 1839.
Sir N. H. Nicolas. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. Aldine Edition.
3 vols. London, 1839.
J. O. Halliwell. The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected principally
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Alexander Whitelaw. The Book of Scottish Song; collected and
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illustrated with historical and critical notices. Glasgow, Edinburgh,
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J. O. Halliwell. Nugæ Poeticæ. Select Pieces of Old English Popular
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[James Maidment.] A New Book of Old Ballads. Edinburgh, 1844.
T. Wright and J. O. Halliwell. Reliquiæ Antiquæ. Scraps from Ancient
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of England, taken down from oral recitation, and transcribed from
private manuscripts, rare broadsides, and scarce publications. (Vol.
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collection of Ballads, ancient, re-modelled, and original, founded on
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John Matthew Gutch. A Lytyll Geste of Robin Hode, with other Ancient
and Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this celebrated yeoman, etc. 2
vols. London, 1847.
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Thomas Hughes. The Scouring of the White Horse. Cambridge [England],
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Joshua Sylvester. A Garland of Christmas Carols, ancient and modern,
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Mary (Wilson) Gordon. Christopher North. A Memoir of John Wilson. 2
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W. Christie. Traditional Ballad Airs, arranged and harmonized, etc.,
from copies obtained in the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Moray,
etc. Edited, with the words for singing and with illustrative notes. 2
vols. Edinburgh, vol. I, 1876; vol. II, 1881.
Suffolk Notes and Queries, in The Ipswich Journal, 1877-78.
H. R. Bramley and J. Stainer, Christmas Carols, New and Old. London,
[187-?].
Folk-Lore Record. Vol. II. London, 1879.
Francis Hindes Groome. In Gipsy Tents. Edinburgh, 1880.
The Leisure Hour, February 14, 1880. London.
Walter W. Skeat. Specimens of English Literature, from the Ploughmans
Crede to the Shepherdes Calender, etc. 3d ed. Oxford, 1880.
A Ballad Book. By Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. 1823. Reprinted
with Notes and Ballads from the unpublished MSS of Charles Kirkpatrick
Sharpe, Esq., and Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Edited by the late David
Laing. Edinburgh, and London, 1880.
Aungervyle Society’s Publications. A Garland of Old Historical Ballads.
Edinburgh, 1881.
B. Harris Cowper. The Apocryphal Gospels. 5th ed. London, 1881.
J. C. Bruce and J. Stokoe. Northumbrian Minstrelsy. A collection
of the Ballads, Melodies and Small-Pipe Tunes of Northumbria.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1882.
A. Nimmo. Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1882.
G. A. Sala. ‘Sir Hugh,’ in Illustrated London News, October 21, 1882.
(Repeated in Living London, 1883.)
Charlotte Sophia Burne. Shropshire Folk-Lore, a sheaf of gleanings
edited from the collections of Georgina F. Jackson. London, 1883-6.
Wm W. Newell. Games and Songs of American Children. New York, 1883.
Edmund Venables. A Walk through Lincoln Minster. Lincoln, 1885.
W. H. Long. A Dictionary of the Isle of Wight Dialect, and of
Provincialisms used,... with illustrative anecdotes and tales, etc.
London and Newport, 1886.
Transactions of The New Shakspere Society, 1880-86. London, 1886.
A. H. Bullen. Carols and Poems from the 15th century to the present
time. London, 1886.
Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. Ed. by Alexander
Allardyce. 2 vols. Edinburgh and London, 1888.
Mrs Graham R. Tomson. Ballads of the North Countrie. London, 1888.
S. Baring-Gould and H. Fleetwood Sheppard. Songs and Ballads of the
West. A collection made from the mouths of the People. 4 parts. London,
[1889(?)-91].
The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend. Vol. III.
Newcastle-on-Tyne and London, 1889.
The Folk-Lore Journal. Vols VI, VII. London, 1888-9.
James Raine, Jr. A volume of English Miscellanies, illustrating the
history and language of the Northern Counties of England. Surtees
Society, No 85. Durham, 1890.
Blackwood’s Magazine. Vol. CXLVII. Edinburgh, 1890.
Margaret Warrender. Walks near Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1890.
Longman’s Magazine. Vol. XVII. London, 1890.
Journal of the Gypsy-Lore Society. Vol. II. London, 1890-91.
Frank Kidson. Traditional Tunes. A collection of Ballad Airs, chiefly
obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland, together with their
appropriate words from broadsides or from oral tradition. Oxford, 1891.
Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland. English County Songs,
words and music. London and New York, 1893.
County Folk-Lore. Printed Extracts. No 2. Suffolk. Collected and edited
by the Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon. Folk-Lore Society. London, 1893.
The Journal of American Folk-Lore. Vol. VII. Boston, 1894.
H. A. Kennedy. Professor Blackie: his Sayings and Doings. London, 1895.
Francis Hindes Groome. Two Suffolk Friends. Edinburgh and London, 1895.
FOOTNOTES:
[130] Mr Macmath drew up for the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society a
bibliography of Scottish Popular Ballads in Manuscript (Session 1891-2,
and a supplement, 1893-4), which may be advantageously consulted for
details, as I myself have found.
[131] Bodleian Library, Oxford.
INDEX OF PUBLISHED AIRS OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS
WITH AN APPENDIX OF SOME AIRS FROM MANUSCRIPT
The oldest book of airs here referred to is Thomson’s Orpheus
Caledonius, ed. 1733. Earlier music-books or manuscript notations were
used in great number by Chappell, Rimbault, and others, and the results
are accessible through their works as cited below. The same air will
frequently be found to have been repeated in successive publications.
Undoubtedly the cases in which the original air of the older ballads
has been preserved are but few.
Of the airs from manuscript some are very likely to have been published
already; the ascertaining of the fact would have cost considerable
labor, and was not demanded for a list which avowedly includes
repetitions from printed books. The earliest noted down are, I suppose,
the five from the Abbotsford MS. entitled “Scottish Songs,” which
appear to have been derived from William Tytler’s unrecovered Brown MS.
This lost MS. was obtained by William Tytler in 1783, and contained
fifteen ballads with the melodies as written down by Professor Scott
from Mrs Brown’s singing; of which melodies it is said: “Being then but
a mere novice in music, he added in the copy such musical notes as he
supposed might give some notion of the air, or rather lilts, to which
they were sung.” Twenty-three airs are given from the Harris Ballad-MS.
as sung by Mrs Amelia Harris to her children about 1830. Miss Jane
Harris, one of them, says that the airs are to be “orally and directly
traced from my great father’s (Rev. P. Duncan, Tibbermore) manse from
1745.” Six airs are from a MS. of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe written
on paper with a watermark of 1822. The remaining airs are very recent
communications from various duly registered sources, and were all but a
very few seemingly written down within a year or two.
The compilation of the list of printed airs was undertaken for me by
my constant friend Mr William Walker, of Aberdeen. Some additions have
been made. Mr Walker also furnished me with several melodies from the
north of Scotland. Revision of the manuscript airs was required in some
cases to correct obvious errors of notation, and this was performed for
me by Mr W. R. Spalding, of Harvard College, who has not gone beyond
the amendment of self-evident errors of transcribers.
ABBREVIATED INDICATIONS OF BOOKS REFERRED TO
_Baring-Gould._ S. Baring-Gould, English Minstrelsie. Edinburgh, 1895-.
8 vols (7 published.)
_Baring-Gould, S._ Baring-Gould and Sheppard, Songs and Ballads of the
West. London, [1889-91]. Four parts.
_Barsanti._ Francis Barsanti, A Collection of Old Scots Tunes.
Edinburgh, [1742?].
_Bramley._ H. R. Bramley and J. Stainer, Christmas Carols, New and Old.
London, [187-?].
_Broadwood._ L. E. Broadwood and J. A. F. Maitland, English County
Songs. London, 1893.
_Bruce._ J. C. Bruce and J. Stokoe, Northumbrian Minstrelsy.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1882.
_Burne._ Charlotte Sophia Burne, Shropshire Folk-Lore. London, 1883-6.
_Campbell._ Alexander Campbell, Albyn’s Anthology. Edinburgh, 1816,
1818. 2 vols.
_Chambers._ Robert Chambers, Twelve Romantic Scottish Ballads.
Edinburgh, 1844.
_Chappell._ W. Chappell, Popular Music of the Olden Time. London,
[1855, 1859]. 2 vols.
_Christie._ W. Christie, Traditional Ballad Airs. Edinburgh, 1876,
1881. 2 vols.
_Cruikshank._ The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. London, 1839.
_Dauney._ Wm. Dauney, Ancient Scottish Melodies, from a Manuscript of
the reign of King James VI. Edinburgh, 1838.
_Gilbert._ Davies Gilbert, Some Ancient Christmas Carols, with the
tunes. London, 1823.
_Gordon._ Mrs. Gordon, Christopher North, A Memoir of John Wilson.
Edinburgh, 1862. 2 vols.
_Graham._ G. F. Graham, The Songs of Scotland. Edinburgh, [1854-56]. 3
vols.
_Husk._ Wm. Henry Husk, Songs of the Nativity. London, [187-?].
_Jewitt._ Llewellyn Jewitt, The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire. London
and Derby, 1867.
_Johnson._ James Johnson, The Scots Musical Museum. Edinburgh and
London, [1787-1803]. 6 vols.
_Journal._ Journal of American Folk-Lore. Vol. VIII. Boston and New
York, 1895.
_Kidson._ Frank Kidson, Traditional Tunes. Oxford, 1891.
_Kinloch._ G. R. Kinloch, Ancient Scottish Ballads, Appendix. London
and Edinburgh, 1827.
_Mason._ M. H. Mason, Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs. London, n. d.
[1877].
_Motherwell._ Wm. Motherwell, Minstrelsy Ancient and Modern, Appendix.
Glasgow, 1827.
_Rimbault._ Edward F. Rimbault, Musical Illustrations of Bishop Percy’s
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. London, 1850.
_Rimbault, C._ E. F. Rimbault. (Chappell’s Christmas Carols.) A
Collection of Old Christmas Carols with the tunes to which they are
sung. London, n. d.
_Rimbault, G._ E. F. Rimbault, Musical Illustrations of the Robin Hood
Ballads, in J. M. Gutch’s Robin Hood Garlands and Ballads. London,
1850. 2 vols, the second.
_Ritson, A._ [Joseph Ritson,] Ancient Songs. London, 1790.
_Ritson, E._ [Joseph Ritson,] A Select Collection of English Songs.
London, 1783. 3 vols. Cited by pages of 2d ed., 1813.
_Ritson, S._ [Joseph Ritson,] Scotish Song. London, 1794. 2 vols.
_Sandys, C. C._ W. Sandys, Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern.
London, 1833.
_Sandys, C. T._ W. Sandys, Christmastide, its history, festivals, and
carols. London, [18--?].
_Scott._ Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Edinburgh,
1833. 4 vols.
_Smith, R._ R. A. Smith, The Scotish Minstrel. Edinburgh, [1820-24]. 6
vols.
_Smith, S._ J. Stafford Smith, Musica Antiqua: a Collection of Music
from the 12th till the 18th Century. London, 1812. 2 vols.
_Sussex._ Sussex Songs, arranged by H. F. Birch Reynardson. London,
[1891?].
_Thomson, G._ George Thomson, The Select Melodies of Scotland, etc.
[1793-1841. 6 vols. fol.] London, [1822-25]. 6 vols. 8vo.
_Thomson, W._ W. Thomson, Orpheus Caledonius, or, A Collection of Scots
Songs. 2d ed. London, 1733. 2 vols.
INDEX
[The figures in the left-hand column refer to the numbers of the
ballads in this collection.]
1. Riddles Wisely Expounded.
Gilbert, 65 (=B=);
Chappell, 531 (=A=);
Mason, 31 (=E=);
Bruce, 76 (=A=).
2. The Elfin Knight.
Bruce, 79;
Kidson, 43, 172;
Broadwood, 12.
3. The Fause Knight upon the Road.
Motherwell, No 32 (=B=).
4. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight.
Smith, R., III, 92 (=C= =b=);
Motherwell, No 24 (=D= =c=);
Christie, II, 236 (=D=);
Bruce, 48 (=E=);
Burne, 652;
Kidson, 27 (=E=), 172;
Broadwood, 164 (=E=).
5. Gil Brenton.
Motherwell, No 5 (=F= =b=);
Christie, II, 10 (=D=).
7. Earl Brand.
Scott, III, 1 (=B=);
Smith, R., III, 86 (=B=);
Chambers, 17 (=B=);
Bruce, 31 (=A=).
9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland.
Motherwell, No 2 (=D=);
Kinloch, to p. 131 (=B= =b=);
Christie, II, 46 (=C=);
Bruce, 51 (=A=).
10. The Twa Sisters.
Motherwell, No 20 (=F= =b=);
Christie, I, 40 (=C=, =B=), 42 (=O=);
Bruce, 61 (=C=);
Broadwood, 118 (=R= =c=).
11. The Cruel Brother.
Gilbert, 68 (=F=);
Christie, I, 108 (=A=).
12. Lord Randal.
Johnson, No 327 (=F=);
Campbell, II, 95 (=D=);
Smith, R., III, 58 (=D=);
Chambers, 21 (=D=);
Graham, II, 74.
14. Babylon, or, the Bonnie Banks o Fordie.
Motherwell, No 26 (=A= =c=);
Kinloch, to p. 210 (=E=).
16. Sheath and Knife.
Johnson, No 461 (=C=).
17. Hind Horn.
Motherwell, No 13 (=B=);
Christie, II, 252.
18. Sir Lionel.
Christie, I, 110 (=B=).
20. The Cruel Mother.
Johnson, No 320 (=B=);
Smith, R., IV, 33 (=L=);
Kinloch, to p. 44 (=D=);
Christie, I, 104 (=F=);
I, 106 (=I=);
Burne, 651 (=Q=).
25. Willie’s Lyke-Wake.
Motherwell, No 17 (=D=);
Christie, I, 120 (=B=), 122 (=E=).
26. The Three Ravens.
Ritson, A., 155 (=a=);
Motherwell, No 12 (=b=);
Chappell, 59;
Kidson, 17.
[The Twa Corbies.
Campbell, II, 26;
Chambers, 15.]
27. The Whummil Bore.
Motherwell, No 3 (=b=).
33. Kempy Kay.
Motherwell, No 33 (=C=).
37. Thomas Rymer.
Scott, IV, 117 (=C=).
38. The Wee Wee Man.
Ritson, S., II, 139 (=A=);
Johnson, No 370 (=A=);
Smith, R., IV, 70 (=A=);
Graham, III, 64.
39. Tam Lin.
Johnson, No 411 (=A=);
Smith, R., I, 2.
41. Hind Etin.
Christie, II, 156 (=A=).
43. The Broomfield Hill.
Kinloch, to p. 195 (=D=).
45. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.
Rimbault, 73;
Chappell, 350 (=B=), 352 (=B=).
46. Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship.
Christie, II, 48 (=B=, =A=).
47. Proud Lady Margaret.
Christie, I, 28 (=B= =a=).
52. The King’s Dochter Lady Jean.
Motherwell, No 23 (=A= =b=);
Christie, I, 228 (=C=).
53. Young Beichan.
Kinloch, to p. 260 (=H=);
Cruikshank (=L=);
Christie, I, 30 (=H=);
Bruce, 64;
Burne, 651 (=L=);
Kidson, 33 (=L=);
Sussex, 43.
54. The Cherry-tree Carol.
Sandys, C. C., No 10 (=A= =a=);
Rimbault, C., 22 (=B=);
Husk, 194 (=B= =a=);
Bramley, 60 (=C=).
56. Dives and Lazarus.
Bramley, 84;
Broadwood, 102.
58. Sir Patrick Spens.
Johnson, No 482 (=A=);
Campbell, II, 62, 2 airs;
Smith, R., IV, 60 (=A= =a=);
Rimbault, 47 (=A=);
Christie, I, 6 (=H=, =I=), 8.
61. Sir Cawline.
Christie, II, 18 (King Malcolm and Sir Colvin, No 61, II, 62).
64. Fair Janet.
Graham, I, 92 (=A=).
65. Lady Maisry.
Motherwell, No 14 (=I= =a=).
68. Young Hunting.
Motherwell, No 8 (=F= =b=), No 11;
Kinloch, to p. 1 (=B=);
Chambers, 9.
69. Clerk Saunders.
Motherwell, No 16 (=A=);
Kinloch, to p. 233 (=C=);
Christie, II, 112 (=G=).
72. The Clerk’s Twa Sons o Owsenford.
Chambers, 7;
Christie, I, 212.
73. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet.
Johnson, No 535 (=A=);
Smith, R., VI, 58 (=A=);
Sandys, C. C., No 18 (=D=);
Rimbault, 94 (=D=), 112 (=A=);
Chappell, 145 (=D=);
Christie, II, 26 (=A=), 196 (=E=);
Burne, 651 (=D=);
Kidson, 40 (=D=).
74. Fair Margaret and Sweet William.
Chappell, 383 (=A= =d=).
76. The Lass of Roch Royal.
Johnson, No 5 (=I=);
Graham, I, 54.
77. Sweet William’s Ghost.
Ritson, S., II, 201 (=A=);
Johnson, No 363 (=A=);
Chambers, 11 (=A=);
Rimbault, 98 (=A=);
Christie, I, 118 (=A=).
78. The Unquiet Grave.
Burne, 651 (=F=);
Baring-Gould, S., I, 12.
79. The Wife of Usher’s Well.
Scott, III, 262 (=A=).
81. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard.
Motherwell, No 21 (M);
Rimbault, 92;
Chappell, 170 (=A=).
88. Child Maurice.
Ritson, S., II, 157 (=F= =a=);
Johnson, No 203 (=F= =a=);
Smith, R., II, 106 (=F= =a=);
Thomson, G., V, 33;
Motherwell, No 6 (=C=);
Rimbault, 96 (=F= =a=);
Christie, I, 158 (=F=).
84. Bonny Barbara Allan.
Ritson, S., II, 196 (=A= =a=);
Johnson, No 221 (=A= =a=);
Thomson, G., III, 35 (=A= =a=);
Smith, R., II, 80 (=A= =a=);
Rimbault, 98 (=B=), 99 (=A= =a=);
Chappell, 538 (=B= =d=);
Graham, II, 16 (=A=);
Christie, I, 86, 88 (=A=), 283;
Kidson, 37, 38 (three airs).
85. Lady Alice.
Mason, 46 (=C=).
88. Young Johnstone.
Motherwell, No 18 (=F=);
Chambers, 19;
Christie, I, 156 (=E=).
89. Fause Foodrage.
Christie, I, 172 (=A=).
93. Lamkin.
Smith, R., II, 94 (=P=);
Christie, I, 60 (=A=).
94. Young Waters.
Smith, R., II, 30.
95. The Maid Freed from the Gallows.
Broadwood, 112 (=K=).
96. The Gay Goshawk.
Christie, II, 124.
97. Brown Robin.
Christie, I, 136 (=B=).
99. Johnie Scot.
Motherwell, No 15 (=E=).
100. Willie o Winsbury.
Kinloch, to p. 89 (=H=).
101. Willie o Douglas Dale.
Christie, II, 32.
102. Willie and Earl Richard’s Daughter.
Christie, I, 128.
103. Rose the Red and White Lily.
Kinloch, to p. 65 (=C=).
105. The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington.
Rimbault, 100 (two airs);
Chappell, 203-4 (two airs);
Sussex, 10;
Baring-Gould, I, 50.
106. The Famous Flower of Serving-Men.
Thomson, G., IV, 39;
Smith, R., V, 73;
Rimbault, 95.
110. The Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter.
Kinloch, to p. 25 (=H=);
Rimbault, 94 (=A=);
Chappell, 127 (=A=);
Christie, I,184 (=F= =b=);
Kidson, 20.
112. The Baffled Knight.
Ritson, A., 160;
Johnson, No 477 (=D= =a=);
Rimbault, 81 (=C=);
Chappell, 63 (=A= =a=), 520 (=C=);
Bruce, 81 (=D=, see IV, 495).
114. Johnie Cock.
Motherwell, No 22 (=F=);
Chambers, 13.
116. Adam Bel, Clim of the Clough and William of Cloudesly.
Rimbault, 48.
118. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne.
Chappell, 397 (?).
119. Robin Hood and the Monk.
Chappell, 542 (?).
120. Robin Hood’s Death.
Rimbault, G., 435 (=B=).
122. Robin Hood and the Butcher.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
123. Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar.
Rimbault, G., 436;
Chappell, 393 (=B=), 542 (?).
124. The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield.
Chappell, 203 (?), 394 (=A=).
125. Robin Hood and Little John.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
126. Robin Hood and the Tanner.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
(Air also of 122, 125, 128, 131, 133, 142 =B=, 143, 146, 150.)
128. Robin Hood Newly Revived.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.
(Air also of Nos 122, 125, 126, 131, 133, 142 =B=, 143, 146, 150.)
Chappell, 392.
131. Robin Hood and the Ranger.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
132. The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood.
Jewitt, 3.
133. Robin Hood and the Beggar, I.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
135. Robin Hood and the Shepherd.
Rimbault, G., 435.
136. Robin Hood’s Delight.
Rimbault, G., 435.
138. Robin Hood and Allan a Dale.
Rimbault, G., 439.
140. Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires.
Rimbault, G., 438 (=B=).
141. Robin Hood rescuing Will Stutly.
Rimbault, G., 435.
142. Little John a Begging.
Rimbault, G., 433 f. (=B=);
Chappell, 392.
143. Robin Hood and the Bishop.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
144. Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford.
Chappell, 395 (=A=).
145. Robin Hood and Queen Katherine.
Rimbault, G., 435.
146. Robin Hood’s Chase.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
148. The Noble Fisherman, or, Robin Hood’s Preferment.
Rimbault, G., 436;
Chappell, 393 (?).
150. Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
Rimbault, G., 433 f.;
Chappell, 392.
155. Sir Hugh, or, The Jew’s Daughter.
Smith, S., I, 65;
Johnson, No 582 (=B=);
Motherwell, No 7 (=R=);
Rimbault, 46 (=B=);
Mason, 46 (=T=).
156. Queen Eleanor’s Confession.
Motherwell, No 27 (=F=);
Rimbault, 65 (=F=);
Chappell, 174 (=A=).
157. Gude Wallace.
Johnson, No 484 (=C=).
161. The Battle of Otterburn.
Scott, I, 368 (=C=);
Rimbault, 45 (=C=).
162. The Hunting of the Cheviot: Chevy Chase.
Ritson, E., III, 315;
Rimbault, 56;
Chappell, (see 196), 198, 199, 201;
Bruce, 2, 3, 145;
Kidson, 19.
164. King Henry Fifth’s Conquest of France.
Jewitt, 2, 3.
169. Johnie Armstrong.
Ritson, S., II, 7 (=C=);
Johnson, No 356 (=C=);
Scott, I, 416 (=C=);
Dauney, 222.
170. The Death of Queen Jane.
Kinloch, to p. 116 (=B=).
178. Captain Car, or, Edom o Gordon.
Chappell, 226 (=A=);
Christie, I, 56.
181. The Bonny Earl of Murray.
Thomson, W., II, No 4 (=A=);
Barsanti, 14;
Ritson, S., II, 29 (=A=);
Johnson, No 177 (=A=);
Smith, R., IV, 100 (=A=);
Rimbault, 68 (=A=);
Christie, I, 202 (=A=).
182. The Laird o Logie.
Motherwell, No 25 (=A=);
Christie, II, 170 (=B=).
185. Dick o the Cow.
Campbell, II, 30 (=c=);
Scott, II, 62.
186. Kinmont Willie.
Campbell, I, 78.
187. Jock o the Side.
Campbell, II, 28 (=B= =b=);
Chambers, 22 (=B=);
Bruce, 37 (=B=).
188. Archie o Cawfield.
Christie, I, 98 (=C=);
Journal, VIII, 256 (=F=).
191. Hughie Grame.
Johnson, No 303 (=B=);
Smith, R., IV, 29 (=B=);
Chambers, 24 (=B=);
Graham, II, 44(?);
Christie, II, 82 (=B=);
Bruce, 34 (=C=).
192. The Lochmaben Harper.
Johnson, No 579 (=A= =b=).
193. The Death of Parcy Reed.
Bruce, 42 (=B=).
195. Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight.
Scott, II, 140 (=B=).
196. The Fire of Frendraught.
Dauney, 218, No 4 (?);
Christie, I, 58.
199. The Bonnie House o Airlie.
Smith, R., II, 2 (=A=);
Thomson, G., I, 34;
Kinloch, to p. 100 (=D=);
Graham, II, 130 (=A= =b=);
Christie, II, 276 (=C= =d=).
200. The Gypsy Laddie.
Barsanti, 6;
Ritson, S., II, 176 (=A=);
Johnson, No 181 (=A=);
Smith, R., III, 90;
Thomson, G., IV, 35 (=A=);
Dauney, 228, No 30;
Graham, I, 114;
Burne, 652 (=H=);
Baring-Gould, S., II, 52, 54.
201. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray.
Thomson, W., I, No 2;
Thomson, G., VI, 41;
Smith, R., IV, 21;
Graham, II, 96.
203. The Baron of Brackley.
Christie, I, 20 (=C= =b=).
204. Jamie Douglas (“O waly, waly”).
Motherwell, No 9 (=O=);
Christie, II, 158;
Thomson, W., I, No 34;
Johnson, Nos 158, 446;
Ritson, S., I, 156;
Graham, I, 100;
Rimbault, 102;
Smith, R., II, 1, VI, 62;
Thomson, G., I, 19.
206. Bothwell Bridge.
Smith, R., III, 62;
Scott, II, 246;
Chambers, 26.
208. Lord Derwentwater.
Motherwell, No 4 (=A=).
209. Geordie.
Johnson, No 346 (=A=);
Smith, R., II, 68 (=A=);
Kinloch, to p. 187 (=E= =b=);
Christie, I, 52 (=J=), H, 44 (=H=);
Kidson, 25.
210. Bonnie James Campbell.
Smith, R., V, 42 (=C=).
211. Bewick and Graham.
Bruce, 25.
212. The Duke of Athole’s Nurse.
Christie, I, 80 (=F= =b=).
213. Sir James the Rose.
Christie, I, 16.
214. The Braes o Yarrow.
Scott, III, 150 (=E= =b=);
Kidson, 22 (=Q=).
215. Rare Willie Drowned in Yarrow.
Thomson, W., II, No 49 (=A=);
Ritson, S., I, 142 (=A=);
Johnson, No 525 (=A=);
Smith, R., VI, 76 (=A=);
Christie, I, 64, 66 (=E=).
216. The Mother’s Malison, or, Clyde’s Water.
Christie, II, 250 (=C=).
217. The Broom of Cowdenknows.
Thomson, W., I, No 10;
Barsanti, 13;
Ritson, S., I, 118;
Smith, R., II, 45;
Thomson, G., III, 32;
Motherwell, No 10 (=D=);
Christie, I, 126, 284;
Chappell, 461.
218. The False Lover won Back.
Christie, I, 144 (=B=).
219. The Gardener.
Kinloch, to p. 74 (=A=);
Christie, II, 206 (=B=);
Baring-Gould, S., IV, 52, No 108.
221. Katherine Jaffray.
Christie, II, 16.
225. Rob Roy.
Smith, R., I, 32 (=G=).
226. Lizie Lindsay.
Johnson, No. 434;
Smith, R., II, 100, 101;
Graham, H, 82;
Christie, II, 88;
privately printed, Brighton, 1895 (=H=).
227. Bonny Lizie Baillie.
Johnson, No 456 (=d=);
Smith, R., IV, 90 (=f=).
228. Glasgow Peggie.
Christie, I, 70 (=E=).
229. Earl Crawford.
Christie, I, 68 (=A=).
231. The Earl of Errol.
Christie, I, 206;
II, 40.
232. Richie Story.
Christie, I, 72 (=G= =d=).
233. Andrew Lammie.
Motherwell, No 28 (=C= =b=);
Christie, I, 48 (=C=).
235. The Earl of Aboyne.
Christie, I, 22 (=B= =a=).
236. The Laird o Drum.
Kinloch, to p. 199 (=A= =b=);
Christie, I, 24.
237. The Duke of Gordon’s Daughters.
Johnson, No 419 (=a=);
Smith, R., IV, 98 (=a=);
Christie, I, 2.
238. Glenlogie, or, Jean o Bethelnie.
Smith, R., IV, 78 (=I= =b=);
Christie, I, 54 (=E= =b=), 282.
239. Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie.
Christie, I, 10 (=B= =b=).
240. The Rantin Laddie.
Johnson, No 462 (=A= =a=);
Smith, R., IV, 6 (=A=);
Christie, I, 210 (=A= =b=).
241. The Baron o Leys.
Johnson, No 237 (The Linkin Ladie).
243. James Harris (The Dæmon Lover).
Motherwell, No 1 (=F=);
Christie, I, 138.
245. Young Allan.
Christie, I, 252.
247. Lady Elspat.
Christie, I, 102.
248. The Grey Cock, or, Saw you my Father?
Johnson, No 76;
Smith, R., VI, 54 (=a=);
Chappell, 731 (=b=);
Graham, I, 102 (=a=).
250. Henry Martyn.
Kidson, 30 (=B= =c=), 31 (=B= =b=);
Baring-Gould, S., III, 2.
251. Lang Johnny More.
Christie, I, 44.
252. The Kitchie Boy.
Christie, I, 14.
253. Thomas o Yonderdale.
Christie, I, 96 (=b=).
254. Lord William, or, Lord Lundy.
Motherwell, No 19 (=A=).
255. Willie’s Fatal Visit.
Christie, I, 218.
257. Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick.
Christie, II, 34 (=B=).
260. Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret.
Christie, II, 12 (=B=).
265. The Knight’s Ghost.
Christie, II, 238.
266. John Thomson and the Turk.
Christie, II, 52.
267. The Heir of Linne.
Christie, I, 112 (=B= =c=).
269. Lady Diamond.
Christie, II, 218.
270. The Earl of Mar’s Daughter.
Christie, II, 38.
271. The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward.
Chappell, 230 (=B=).
273. King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth.
Chappell, 392(?), 542(?).
274. Our Goodman.
Johnson, No 454 (=A=);
Smith, R., IV, 66 (=A=).
275. Get up and Bar the Door.
Ritson, S., I, 226 (=A= =a=);
Johnson, Nos 300 (=A= =a=), 365 (=C=);
Smith, R., I, 62 (=A=);
Thomson, G., II, 8;
Graham, II, 62 (=A= =a=);
Christie, II, 262 (=A= =a=).
276. The Friar in the Well.
Chappell, 274 (=A=).
279. The Jolly Beggar.
Thomson, W., I, 95, App. No 43;
Ritson, S., I, 168;
Johnson, No 266 (=B= =a=).
280. The Beggar Laddie.
Christie, I, 100 (=D=).
281. The Keach i the Creel.
Motherwell, No 29;
Bruce, 82 (=A=).
282. Jock the Leg and the Merry Merchant.
Christie, I, 130.
283. The Crafty Farmer.
Chappell, 554 (=c=);
Mason, 43 (=f=);
Kidson, 141 (=b=);
Baring-Gould, S., I, 38 (=c=).
284. John Dory.
Ritson, A., 164;
Chappell, 68.
286. The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity).
Gordon, II, 317 (=B= =a=);
Christie, I, 238 (=C= =c=);
Baring-Gould, S., III, 24 (=C= =d=);
Broadwood, 182 (=C=).
289. The Mermaid.
Motherwell, No 30 (=E= =b=);
Chappell, 743 (=B=).
293. John of Hazelgreen.
Kinloch, to p. 206 (=B=);
Christie, I, 124.
298. Young Peggy.
Christie, II, 20.
299. Trooper and Maid.
Christie, II, 210 (=A=).
BALLAD AIRS FROM MANUSCRIPT
3 C. THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD.
Miss M. Macmath.
[Music]
“Oh where are ye gaun,” says the fause knight up- on the road.
“I’m gaun to the schule,” says the wee boy; and still he stood.
9 G. THE FAIR FLOWER OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
Sharpe MS.
[Music]
10 Bc. THE TWA SISTERS.
Abbotsford MS. “Scottish Songs.”
[Music]
There was twa sis-ters in a bour, Ed-in-bor-ough, Ed-in-borough; There
was twa sis-ters in ae bour, Stir-ling for ay. There was
twa sis-ters in ae bour, There came a . . knight to
be their wooer, Bon-ny St. John-ston stands up-on Tay.
10 W. THE TWA SISTERS.
T. Lugten, Kelso.
[Music]
There were three la-dies play-ing at the ba,
Nor-ham, down by Nor-ham, And oot cam a knight to
view them a,’ By the bon-nie mill-dams o Nor-ham.]
10. THE TWA SISTERS.
Mrs Harris and others.
[Music]
11 C. THE CRUEL BROTHER.
Harris MS.
[Music]
12 D. Lord Randal.
Received from J. F. Campbell (of Islay). “Transcribed by G. E.
Johnstone.”
[Music]
Oh, where hae ye been, Lord
I hae been to the wild wood, mith-er
For I’m
12 P. LORD RANDAL.
Miss M. Macmath.
[Music]
Whare hae ye been a’ day. Lord Ran-dal, my son? Whare
hae ye been a’ day, my hand-some young one? I’ve been
in the wood hunt-ing, Mother, make my bed soon, For I’m
wea-ry, wea-ry hunt-ing and fain would lie down.
17 I. HIND HORN.
Miss M. Macmath.
[Music]
She gave him a gay gold ring, hey lil-le-lu and how lo lan, and
he gave her a far bet-ter thing, Wi my hey down and a he did-dle down-ie.
20 Ja. THE CRUEL MOTHER.
Mrs Harris and others.
[Music]
40. THE QUEEN OF ELFAN’S NOURICE.
W. Walker, Aberdeen.[132]
[Music]
42. CLERK COLVILL.
Abbotsford MS. “Scottish Songs.”[133]
[Music]
42. CLERK COLVILL. (Revised.)
[Music]
Clerk Col-vill and his la-dye gay
46 Be. CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN’S COURTSHIP.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
47 D. PROUD LADY MARGARET.
Harris MS.
[Music]
53. YOUNG BEICHAN.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
58 J. SIR PATRICK SPENS.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
61. SIR COLIN.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
63 E. CHILD WATERS.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
68 C. YOUNG HUNTING.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
75. LORD LOVEL.
_As sung in Aberdeen above forty years ago._
W. Walker.
[Music]
speed, . And wished Lord Lov-el much speed.]
77. SWEET WILLIAM’S GHOST.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
84 A. BONNY BARBARA ALLAN.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
89 C. FAUSE FOODRAGE.
Harris MS.
[Music]
95 L. THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS.
Miss E. M. Backus, North Carolina.
[Music]
97 Ab. BROWN ROBIN.
Abbotsford MS. “Scottish Songs.”
[Music]
98 B. BROWN ADAM.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
99 A. JOHNIE SCOT.
Abbotsford MS., “Scottish Songs.”
[Music]
99 O. JOHNIE SCOT.
Miss M. Macmath.
[Music]
Out then spak his auld fai-ther, And a blythe auld man was he, sayin, “I’ll
send five hun-ner o my brisk young men, To bear John-ie com-pa-nie.”
100 J. WILLIE O WINSBURY
Miss M. Macmath.
[Music]
There was a lass in the north countie, And her cloth-ing it was the
green; And she’s looked ower her fa-thr’s cas-tle wa’, For to
see her fa-ther’s ships sail in, For to see her fa-ther’s ships on sea.
106. THE FAMOUS FLOWER OF SERVING-MEN.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
114 G. JOHNIE COCK.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
157 I. GUDE WALLACE.
Sharpe MS.
[Music]
161 (V, 243). THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN.
Sharpe MS.
It was a-bout the Lam-mes time When moor-land men do win their hay,
Brave Earl Doug-lass in ar-mer bright, Marchd to the Bor-der with-out de-lay.
[Music]
163. THE BATTLE OF HARLAW.
W. Walker, “from a residenter in the Garioch.”
[Music]
164. KING HENRY FIFTH’S CONQUEST OF FRANCE.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
164 (V, 245). KING HENRY FIFTH’S CONQUEST OF FRANCE.
Sharpe MS.
[Music]
169 C. JOHNIE ARMSTRONG.
Sharpe MS.
[Music]
169. JOHNIE ARMSTRONG.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
173 J. MARY HAMILTON.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
182 D. THE LAIRD O LOGIE.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
222 (V, 261). BONNY BABY LIVINGSTON.
Sharpe MS.
Bon-ny An-ny Liv-ie-ston Went out to see the play,
By came the Laird of Glen-lion And took her quite a-way.
[Music]
226 H. LIZIE LINDSAY.
_As sung by George Mitchell, Edgell Castle, Forfarshire._
W. Walker.
[Music]
228 C. GLASGOW PEGGIE.
Miss M. Macmath.
It was on a day, and a fine sum-mer’s day, When the
Low-lands they were mak-ing read-y, There I es-pied a
weel far’d lass; She was gaun to Glas-gow, and they ca’ her Peggy.
[Music]
235 E. THE EARL OF ABOYNE.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
247 b. LADY ELSPAT.
Abbotsford MS., “Scottish Songs.”
[Music]
247 b. LADY ELSPAT. (Revised.)
How brent is . . your brow, my la-dy Els-pat; How . . gold-
en yel-low is your hair! Of a’ the . . maids in . . fair . . . .
Scot-land There . . is . . none like . . la-dy Els-pat fair.]
[Music]
250 E (V, 302). ANDREW BARTIN.
Miss L. P. Haskell, South Carolina.
Three bold bro’s of mer-rie Scot-land, And three bold broth-ers were
they, And they cast lots, the one with the oth-er, t’see
Who should go rob-bing all oer the salt sea, And they cast lots, the
one with the oth-er, t’see Who sh’d go rob-bing all oer the salt sea.
[Music]
256 A. ALISON AND WILLIE.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
258 B. BROUGHTY WA’S.
Mrs Harris.
[Music]
278 B. THE FARMER’S CURST WIFE.
Miss M. Macmath.
The auld Deil cam to the man at the pleugh, Rum-chy ae de aid-ie, saying, “I
wish ye gude luck at the mak-ing o yer sheugh.” Mushy toor-in an ant tan air-a.
[Music]
281. THE KEACH I THE CREEL.
W. Walker, Aberdeen.
[Music]
286 Ba. THE SWEET TRINITY. (The Golden Vanity.)
Macmath MS.
From a copy in the handwriting of P. S. Fraser (slightly corrected).
[Music]
286 Cg. THE SWEET TRINITY. (The Golden Vanity.)
Miss M. Macmath.
There was a ship of the North Coun-trie, And the name of the ship was
the Gold-en Trin-i-tie; She was sail-ing in the Low-lands
low, low, low, She was sail-ing in the Low-Lands low.]
[Music]
299 D (V, 306). TROOPER AND MAID.
Macmath MS.
The troop-er lad cam to oor gate, And oh, but he was wea-ry; He
rap-ped at and chap-ped at, Syne called for his kind dear-y.
[Music]
FOOTNOTES:
[132] “Perhaps an improvised adaptation of a pibroch tune.”
[133] Also noted in Glenriddell’s hand in the fly-leaf at the end of
Vol. I of his copy of Herd, 1776, in the Signet Library.
W. Macmath.
INDEX OF BALLAD TITLES
English and Scottish.
The Abashed Knight, II, 480.
Abduction of Nelly Symon, V, 264.
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly (No 116),
III, 14-39, 518; IV, 496; V, 297.
III, 90, 95, 96, 121 n., 334; IV, 391, 516 n.
Adambel, Clym of the cloughe, and Wyllyam of cloudesle, III, 14.
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesle, III, 14.
Adam Bell, Clime of the Cloug[he], and William off Cloudeslee, III,
14.
Adam Bell, The Second Part of, III, 34-39.
III, 214.
Airlie (==The Earl of Errol), V, 268.
Alison and Willie (No 256), IV, 416 f.
Allan Water, or, A Lover in Captivity, IV, 184.
Allan Water, or, My Love Annie’s very Bonny, IV, 184.
Allison Gross (No 35), I, 313-5; III, 504; V, 214.
I, 315, 339 n.
Amang the blue flowers and yellow, I, 247.
Andrew Bartin, V, 302 f.
Andrew Bodee, IV, 393.
Andrew Lammie (No 233), IV, 300-8.
IV, 92.
Annan Water, IV, 184 f.
IV, 179.
Annie Livingston, IV, 231.
Archie o Cawfield (No 188), III, 484-95; IV, 516 f.
III, 476 n.
Archie of Cafield, III, 484, IV, 516.
Archie of the Cawfield, III, 484.
Armstrong and Musgrave, IV, 432.
Arthur’s Seat shall be my Bed, or, Love in Despair, IV, 105.
IV, 93.
As I went out ae May morning, IV, 332.
Auld Carle Hood, or, Earl Brand, I, 489, 491.
The Auld Harper, IV, 16.
Auld Ingram, II, 126.
II, 113 n.
Auld Matrons (No 249), IV, 391 f.
II, 406; III, 15 n.
Aye as the Gowans grow gay, I, 22.
Baby Livingstone, IV, 231.
Babylon, or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie (No 14), I, 170-7, 501; II,
499; III, 499 f.; IV, 450; V, 209, 287.
I, 121 n.
The Baffled Knight (No 112), II, 479-93; III, 518; IV, 495; V, 239
f., 296.
II, 378; III, 258 n.
The Baffled Knight, or, the Lady’s Policy, II, 479.
The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington (No 105), II, 426-8; III, 518;
V, 237.
Ballade of the Scottysche Kynge, IV, 499.
The Banished Man, I, 170.
The Banks of Italy, IV, 360.
The Banks of Omey, IV, 270.
Bar aye your bower door weel, I, 300.
Barbara Allan, II, 276.
Barbara Allen’s Cruelty, II, 276, 278.
Barbara Livingston, IV, 231.
The Baron of Brackley (No 203), IV, 79-89, 522; V, 253 f., 298.
II, 240; IV, 309 n.
The Baron of Braickly, IV, 309 n.
The Baron o Leys (No 241), IV, 355-8; V, 275.
The Baronne (Barrone) of Braikley (Braikly), IV, 79.
The Barron of Breachell, V, 253 f.
The Battle of Agincourt, V, 245.
The Battle of Alford, IV, 78.
The Battle of Balrinnes, III, 317, and n.
The Battle of Harlaw (No 163), III, 316-20; V, 245.
The Battle of Loudon Hill, IV, 105.
The Battle of Otterburn (No 161), III, 289-302, 520; IV, 499-502;
V, 243 f., 297.
III, 304, 305, 332.
The Battle of Philiphaugh (No 202), IV, 77-9.
Bauld Rankin, II, 320.
The Beautifull Shepherdesse of Arcadia, II, 457, 476 f.
The Beggar-Laddie (No 280), V, 116-20, 305.
The Beggar’s Bride, V, 116.
The Beggar’s Dawtie, V, 116.
Benorie, I, 493 f.
The Bent sae Brown (No 71), II, 170-3; III, 509; IV, 469; V, 223;
II, 167, 240.
Bertram the Bauld Archer, III, 1; IV, 495.
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray (No 201), IV, 75-77, 522; V, 253.
The Betrayed Lady, I, 111.
Bewick and Graham (No. 211), IV, 144-50, 522.
Bewick and Grahame, the Song of, IV, 144-8.
Billie Archie, III, 484.
Binnorie, I, 118, 493, 495.
Binnorie, O an Binnorie, I, 118.
The Birth of Robin Hood, II, 412.
I, 178, 182; II, 406, 411, 416.
The Bishop of Hereford’s Entertainment by Robin Hood and Little
John, etc., III, 196.
Blancheflour and Jellyflorice (No 300), V, 175 f.
The Blende Harper, etc., IV, 16.
The Blind Harper, IV, 16.
The Blind Harper of Lochmaben, IV, 16.
Bloody Lambkin, II, 513.
Blow the winds, heigh, ho! II, 479.
Blue Flowers and Yellow, I, 247.
The Blue Flowers and the Yellow, I, 247; IV, 453.
The Blynde Harpers, with the Answere, “a ballet,” IV, 16.
Bob Norice, II, 263.
Bold Burnet’s Daughter, I, 450.
Bold Dickie, III, 495.
The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood (No 132), III, 154 f.; V, 240.
III, 130, 137, 144 n., 168; V, 126.
Bold Rankin, II, 320.
Bondsey and Maisry, II, 281.
Bonnie Annie (No 24), I, 244-7; IV, 452 f.
I, 182; II, 499.
Bonnie Annie Livieston, V, 261.
Bonny Baby Livingston (No 222), IV, 231-9, 523; V, 261 f.
IV, 423.
The Bonny Banks O Fordie (No 14).
See Babylon.
Bonny Barbara Allan (No 84), II, 276-9; III, 514.
V, 166.
Bonny Bee Hom (No 92), II, 317-9; V, 229.
I, 200 f.; II, 156, 234.
The Bonny Birdy (No 82), II, 260 f.
II, 243.
The Bonny Bows o London, I, 118.
The Bonny Braes of Yarrow, IV, 160.
The Bonny Brown Girl, V, 166.
The Bonny Earl of Livingston, II, 309.
The Bonny Earl of Murray (No 181), III, 447-9; IV, 515.
IV, 44.
Bonny Foot-Boy, IV, 400.
II, 441; IV, 451 a.
Bonnie George Campbell, IV, 142.
The Bonny Hind (No 50), I, 444-7; V, 218.
I, 178, 185, 283 n.
The Bonny Hind Squire, I, 425.
The Bonnie House o Airlie (No. 199), IV, 54-60; V, 252.
IV, 161 n.
The Bonnie (Bonny) House o (of) Airlie (Airly, Airley), IV, 54.
The Bonny Hyn (Heyn), I, 444, 447.
Bonnie James Campbell (No 210), IV, 142-4.
Bonnie Jean o Bethelnie, IV, 338.
Bonnie John Campbell, IV, 142.
Bonny John Seton (No 198), IV, 51-4; V, 251 f.
Bonnie Johnie Scot, II, 377.
The Bonny Lads of Anglesey (No 220), IV, 214 f.
The Bonnie Lass o Englessies Dance, IV, 214.
The Bonnie Lass o Fyvie, V, 172.
The Bonnie Lass o the Hie Toun End, V, 153.
The Bonny Lass of Lochvoyan, or Lochroyan, II, 213.
Bonnie Lizie Baillie (No 227), IV, 266-70; V, 265.
Bonny Lizie Lindsay, IV, 255.
Bonny (Bonnie) May (==The Broom of Cowdenknows); IV, 191; (==The
Keach i the Creel), V, 121.
The Bonnie Mermaid, V, 148.
The Bonnie Milldams o Binnorie, I, 118.
Bonny Molly Stewart, II, 317 n.
Bonny Peggy, IV, 270.
Bonny Peggy Irvine, IV, 311.
Bonnie Rantin Laddie, IV, 351.
Bonnie Susie Cleland, II, 112.
The Bonnie Wee Croodlin Dow, I, 151.
Bony Catrain Jaffry, V, 260.
Bothwell, I, 62.
Bothwell Bridge (No 206), IV, 108-10.
IV, 106.
The Boy and the Mantle (No 29), I, 257-74, 507; II, 502; III, 503;
IV, 454; V, 212 f., 289.
The Braes o Yarrow (No 214), IV, 160-77, 522 f.; V, 255 f.
IV, 276.
The Braes of Yarrow, Logan’s, IV, 161, 178; Hamilton’s, IV, 163.
The Brave Earl Brand and the King of England’s Daughter, I, 88.
The Bridal Sark, I, 7.
The Bridegroom Darg, I, 7.
The Bride’s Testament, I, 141, 496.
Brig. Macintosh’s Farewell to the Highlands, or, Macintosh was a
Soldier Brave, IV, 117.
The Broom blooms bonnie (bonie) (==Leesome Brand), I, 177.
The Broom blooms bonnie (==Sheath and Knife), I, 185; V, 210.
The Broom o the Cathery Knowes, II, 346.
The Broom of Cowdenknows (No 217), IV, 191-209, 523; V, 257 f.
I, 446; III, 451; V, 153.
The Broom of the Cowdenknowes, IV, 191.
The Broomfield Hill (No 43), I, 390-9, 508; II, 506; III, 506; IV,
459; V, 290.
I, 335; IV, 389.
Broomfield Hills, I, 390.
The Brothers-in-Arms, IV, 145.
Broughty Wa’s (No 258), IV, 423 f.
Brown Adam (No 98), II, 373-6.
V, 234.
Brown Adam the Smith, II, 373.
The Brown Bride and Lord Thomas, II, 179.
Brown Edom, II, 373.
The Brown Girl (No 295), V, 166-8.
The Brown Girl (==Lord Thomas and Fair Annet), III, 509 f.
Brown Robin (No 97), II, 368-73.
Brown Robyn and Mally, II, 368.
Brown Robyn’s Confession (No 57), II, 13-6, 510; III, 508; IV, 462
f.; V, 220, 292.
I, 245, and n., 436; II, 17.
The Buchanshire Tragedy (==Sir James the Ross), IV, 156.
Burd Alone, II, 83.
Burd Bell, IV, 417.
Burd Ellen, II, 83.
Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane (No 28), I, 256, 507; III, 503.
Burd Helen (==Fair Annie), II, 63.
Burd Helen (==Child Waters), II, 83.
I, 23 n.
Burd Hellen, or, Browghty Wa’s, IV, 428.
Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick (No 257), IV, 417-23; V, 278 f.
Burd Isbel and Sir Patrick, IV, 417.
Burning of Auchindown, III, 456.
The Burning of Frendraught, IV, 39.
The Burning o Loudon Castle, III, 423.
The Burning of the Tower of Frendraught, IV, 521 f.
The Cambrick Shirt, I, 6.
Captain Car, or, Edom o Gordon (No 178), III, 423-38, 520; IV, 513-5;
V, 247 f., 299.
IV, 44, 64.
Captain Glen, II, 16; IV, 463.
Captain Ward and the Rainbow (No 287), V, 143-5, 305.
Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship (No 46), I, 414-25; II, 507; III, 507;
IV, 459; V, 216 f., 291.
I, 1, 2 n., 3 n., 20, 426.
Captain Wederburn, V, 216.
Carle of Kelly-Burn Braes, V, 107.
The Carnal and the Crane (No 55), II, 7-10, 509 f.; III, 507; IV,
462; V, 220.
I, 233, 235.
A Carol for St. Stephen’s Day, I, 233.
The Carpenter’s Wife, IV, 360.
The Carrying-off of the Heiress of Kinady, IV, 309, and n.
Castle Ha’s Daughter, I, 450.
Catharine (Catherine) Jaffery (Janferry), IV, 216.
Catherine Johnson (Johnstone), IV, 216.
Cathrine Jaffray, IV, 216.
Charles Graeme, IV, 475 f.
Charlie MacPherson (No 234), IV, 308-10; V, 301.
The Cherry-Tree, II, 1.
The Cherry-Tree Carol (No 54), II, 1-6, 509; V, 220.
Chevy Chase, III, 303, 314.
III, 293, 317.
Chield Morice, II, 263, 274.
Chil Brenton, I, 62.
Child Brenton, I, 62.
Child Maurice (No 83), II, 263-75; III, 514; IV, 478.
II, 127, 303, 377, 378; V, 284.
Child Noryce, II, 263; IV, 478.
Child Nourice, Buchan’s MSS, II, 264.
The Child of Ell, I, 88.
Child Owlet (No 291), V, 156 f., 305.
Child Rowland to the darke tower came, fragment, V, 201.
Child Vyet, II, 126.
Child Waters (No 63), II, 83-100, 511; III, 508; IV, 463; V, 220-2.
I, 23 n., 49 n., 112 n.; II, 127, 406, 430, 458, 499; IV, 186, 423.
Chirstie Graeme, IV, 144.
Christopher White (No 108), II, 439 f.
Clark Colven, I, 371 f.
Clerk Colin, V, 215.
Clerk Colvill (No 42), I, 371-89; II, 506; III, 506; IV, 459; V, 215
f., 290.
II, 143; IV, 187; V, 284.
Clerk Colvill, or, The Mermaid, I, 371.
Clerk Sandy, II, 156; IV, 468.
Clerk Saunders (No 69), II, 156-67, 512; III, 509; IV, 468 f.; V,
223, 293.
II, 100, 167, 170, 173, 226, 240, 244, 317, 406; IV, 39, 163, 276,
415, 474; V, 91, 166.
Clerk Tamas, IV, 426.
Clerk Tamas and Fair Annie, IV, 426.
The Clerks of Owsenfoord, II, 173.
The Clerk’s Twa Sons o Owsenford (No 72), II, 173-91, 512; III,
509; IV, 469, 293.
II, 112 n., 156, 238, 264, 417.
The Clerks Two Sons of Oxenfoord, II, 173.
Clyde’s (Clide’s) Water (==The Mother’s Malison) (No 216), IV,
185-91; V, 256 f., 301.
IV, 117, 415, 471 b.
Clyde’s Water (==Young Hunting), II, 142.
The Coble o Cargill (No 242), IV, 358-60.
Cold blows the wind, III, 512.
Cold blows the wind, sweetheart, IV, 474.
The Cooper of Fife, V, 104.
Cospatrick, I, 62; V, 283 n.
A councell brave [grave] our king did hold, ballad on Agincourt,
III, 321.
The Countess of Errol, IV, 282.
Courteous King Jamie, Lewis’s ballad, I, 297.
The Courteous Knight, I, 425.
The Courtier and Country Maid, II, 483.
The Covering Blue, V, 121.
The Crafty Farmer (No 283), V, 128-31.
The Crafty Miller, V, 128.
The Crafty Ploughboy, V, 129.
The Creel, or, Bonny May, V, 121.
The Croodin Doo, I, 151; V, 209.
The Croodlin Doo, I, 151.
Crow and Pie (No 111), II, 478 f.
The Crowdin Dou, I, 498.
The Cruel Brother (No 11), I, 141-51, 496-8; II, 498; III, 499; IV,
449; V, 208, 286.
I, 66 n., 155, 383 n., 436; II, 298.
The Cruel Brother, or, the Bride’s Testament, I, 141.
The Cruel Knight, II, 288.
Cruel Lammikin, II, 320.
The Cruel Mother (No 20), I, 218-27, 504 f.; II, 500 f.; III, 502;
IV, 451; V, 211 f., 287.
I, 230.
The Cruel Sister, I, 118; IV, 447.
Cruel William, II, 83.
The Cruelty of Barbara Allen, II, 276.
The Cunning Clerk, V, 121.
The Dæmon Lover (No 243). See James Harris.
The Dainty Downby, V, 153.
Dame Oliphant, or, Willie o Douglass-dale, II, 406.
Davie Faw, IV, 61.
Dead Maid’s Land, V, 259.
Death and the Lady, II, 204.
The Death of John Seton, IV, 51.
Death of Lord Rannal, V, 209.
Death of Lord Warriston, IV, 28.
The Death of Parcy Reed (No 193), IV, 24-8, 520 f.
The Death of Queen Jane (No 170), III, 372-6; V, 245 f., 298.
The Death of the Countess of Aboyne, IV, 309 n., 311.
The Deil’s Courting, I, 6.
The Deil’s Courtship, I, 6.
Dernie Hughie, II, 480.
The Devil and the Scold, V, 305.
Devonshire’s Noble Duel with Lord Danby, in the year 1687, IV, 110.
Diabolus et Virgo, V, 283.
Dick o the Cow (No 185), III, 461-8.
III, 475 n.; IV, 1.
Dick of the Cow, An excelent Old Song cald, III, 461.
The Disconsolate Lady, II, 424.
A Discourse betwixt (between) a young Woman and the Elphin
Knight, I, 6, 20.
The Distressed Ship-Carpenter, IV, 360, 369.
Diverus and Lazarus, II, 10.
Dives and Lazarus (No 56), II, 10-12, 510; III, 507 f.; IV, 462; V,
220, 292.
Donald M’Queen’s Flight wi Lizie Menzie, V, 305 f.
Donald of the Isles (==Glasgow Peggie), IV, 270.
Donald of the Isles (==Lizie Lindsay), IV, 255.
The Douglas Tragedy, I, 88, 91, 96, 99, 489, 492; II, 170 n., 457
n.; III, 497; IV, 64, and n., 426.
Douglass Dale, II, 406.
Dowie Banks of Yarrow, IV, 160.
The Dowie Den in Yarrow, IV, 160.
The Dowie Dens, IV, 160.
The Dowy Dens, non-traditional ballad, IV, 163.
The Dowie Dens o Yarrow (==The Water o Gamrie), IV, 178.
The Dowie Dens of Yarrow, IV, 160, 522.
The Dowie Downs o Yarrow, IV, 160.
The Dowie Glens of Yarrow, IV, 160, 177 b.
The Dowy Houms o Yarrow, IV, 160.
The Dragoon and Peggy, V, 172.
The Drowned Lady, I, 118.
The Drowned Lovers, I, 372, and n., 435; II, 240; IV, 185.
Drowsy Lane, I, 300.
Drumclog (Loudon Hill) (No 205), IV, 105.
The Drunkard’s Legacy, V, 12, 19 f.
Dugall Quin (No 294), V, 165 f., 305 f.
The Duke of Athol, IV, 299.
Duke of Athole’s Gates, IV, 150.
(The) Duke (o) of Athol’s Nourice, IV, 150.
The Duke of Athole’s Nurse (No 212), IV, 150-5.
IV, 161, 178.
The Duke of Bedford, V, 298.
The Duke of Gordon’s Daughter (No 237), IV, 332-8; V, 273.
The Duke of Gordon’s Daughters, IV, 332.
The Duke of Gordon’s Three Daughters, IV, 332, 335.
Duke of Perth’s Three Daughters, I, 170.
The Duke’s Daughter’s Cruelty, II, 500, 501.
Durham Field (No 159), III, 282-7; V, 297.
III, 352.
Earl Bichet, IV, 460.
Earle Bodwell, III, 399.
Earl Bothwell (No 174), III, 399-401; V, 247.
Earl Bran, I, 88; IV, 444.
Earl Brand (No 7), I, 88-105, 489-93; II, 498; III, 497 f.; IV,
443-5; V, 207, 285 f.
I, 67, 93, 95, and n., 106, 178, 496; II, 170 n., 240; IV, 64.
Earl Crawford (No 229), IV, 276-80; V, 301.
Earl Lithgow, II, 457.
Earl Marshall, III, 257; IV, 498.
The Earl of Aboyne (No 235), IV, 311-21; V, 270-2, 301 f.
IV, 355.
Earl of Aboyne, IV, 311.
The Earl o Boyn, IV, 311.
The Earl o Bran, IV, 443 f.
The Earl of Douglas and Dame Oliphant, II, 406.
The Earl of Errol (No 231), IV, 282-91; V, 267-70.
Earl of Errol and Lady Catherine Carnegie, Ballad of Gilbert, IV,
289.
Earl of Essex, V, 145.
Earl of Hume, IV, 270.
The Earl of Mar’s Daughter (No 270), V, 38-42.
The Earl of Rosslyn’s Daughter, I, 414.
The Earl of Westmoreland (No 177), III, 416-23, V, 299.
III, 402, 408.
Earle of Westmorelande, III, 416.
The Earl of Winton’s Daughter, IV, 291.
Earl Patrick, IV, 375.
Earl Patrick and Burd Isabel, IV, 417.
Earl Patrick Graham, II, 17.
Earl Patricke Spensse, II, 17.
Earl Richard (==Young Hunting) II, 142.
Earl Richard (==The Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter), I, 67 n.; II,
457.
Earl Richard’s Daughter, IV, 400.
Earl Richard, the Queen’s Brother, II, 457.
Earl Richmond, IV, 492.
Earl Robert, II, 284.
Earl Rothes (No 297), V, 170.
Earl Walter, ballad of Mrs Hampden Pye, II, 83.
Earlington’s Daughter, IV, 445 b.
Earlistown, IV, 109.
Eastmuir King, II, 296.
The Eastmure King and the Westmure King, II, 51 n., 296.
Edinburgh castle, towne and tower, fragment, V, 202.
Edom of Achendoon, V, 247.
Edom o Gordon (Captain Car), (No 178), III, 423-38, 520; IV, 513-15;
V, 247 f.
IV, 44, 64.
Edward (No 13), I, 167-70, 501; II, 499; III, 499; V, 209, 287.
I, 143, 155, 437, 446.
The Egyptian Laddy, IV, 61.
The Elfin Knicht, I, 6.
The Elfin Knight (No 2), I, 6-20, 484 f.; II, 495 f.; III, 496; IV,
439 f.; V, 205 f., 284.
I, 23 n., 178 n., 283.
Elfrida and Sir James of Perth, IV, 156.
Elisa Bailly, V, 265.
The Enchanted Ring, II, 317.
Eppie Morrie (No 223), IV, 239 f.; V, 262.
IV, 232, 245.
Eppie Norrie, V, 262 b.
Erlinton (No 8), I, 106-11; III, 498 f.; IV, 445-7.
I, 88, and n., 93, 178.
Errol’s Place, IV, 282.
Fair Annie (No 62), II, 63-83, 511; IV, 463; V, 220.
II, 180 n.; IV, 409.
Fair Annie and Sweet Willie, II, 179.
Fair Annie of Lochroyan, II, 17, 100.
Fair Anny, II, 213.
Fair Eleanor’s Tragedy, II, 180; III, 509 b.
Fair Ellen, V, 220.
The Fair Flower of Northumberland (No 9), I, 111-18, 493; II, 498;
III, 499; V, 207 f.
I, 49 n., 432, 456 n.; III, 351.
Fair Helen of Kirconnell, II, 429.
Fair Isabell of Rochroyall, II, 213.
Fair Janet (No 64), II, 100-11; III, 508; IV, 464-6; V, 222, 292.
I, 96; II, 113, and n., 137, 499; III, 381, 497 b.; IV, 39, 411,
471.
Fair Janet and Sweet William, II, 100.
Fair Mabel of Wallington, II, 309.
Fair Margaret (==Child Waters), II, 83.
Fair Margaret (==Proud Lady Margaret), I, 425.
Fair Margaret and Sweet William (No 74), II, 199-203; V, 224 f., 293.
I, 96; II, 156, 180, 204, 205, 214, 288.
Fair Margaret’s Misfortune (Misfortunes), II, 199, and n., 203.
Fair Mary of Wallington (No 91), II, 309-17, 513; III, 515; IV, 479
f.; V, 227-9.
II, 126 n., 127, 377.
Fair Orange Green (==Jamie Douglas), IV, 90.
A fair pretty maiden she sat on her bed, IV, 439.
The Fairy Court, I, 335.
The Fairy Knight, I, 6, 178 n.
The False Knight, I, 20, 485.
The False Knight Outwitted, I, 22.
The False Lover Won Back (No 218), IV, 209-11.
False Sir John, I, 22.
The Famous Flower of Serving-men (No 106), II, 428-32; III, 518;
IV, 492.
II, 501.
The Famous Flower of Serving-men, or, The Lady turned Serving-man,
II, 431.
The Famous Sea-Fight between Captain Ward and the Rainbow, V, 145.
The Famous Victories of Henry Fifth, III, 322 n.
The Farmer’s Curst Wife (No 278), V, 107 f., 305.
The Farmer’s Old Wife, V, 107.
Fa’se Footrage, II, 296.
Fause Foodrage (No 89), II, 296-301, 513; III, 515; IV, 479.
II, 51 n., 303; III, 430.
The Fause Knight upon the Road (No 3), I, 20-22, 485; II, 496; III,
496; IV, 440.
The Fause Lord, II, 63.
The Fause Lover, IV, 209.
Fause Sir John and May Colvin, I, 22.
Fine Flowers in the Valley, I, 218, 227.
Fine Flowers of the Valley, I, 141.
The Fire of Frendraught (No 196), IV, 39-49, 521 f.; V, 251, 300.
Flodden Ffeilde, Ffloden Ffeeld, Flowden Feilde, III, 353, 361.
Flodden Field (No 168), III, 351-62; IV, 507; V, 298.
III, 294, 332; IV, 36.
The Flower of Northumberland, I, 111.
The Flowers of Edinburgh, V, 153.
For I’ll cut my green coat a foot above my knee, fragment, V, 202.
The French Galley, V, 135.
The French Gallio (Galolee), V, 135.
Frennet Hall, non-traditional ballad, IV, 39.
The Friar, V, 100.
The Friar and Fair Maid, V, 100.
The Friar in the Well (No 276), V, 100-3.
III, 122.
The Fryar and the Maid, V, 100.
The Fryer servd in his kind, V, 100.
The Fryer well fitted, V, 100, 103.
The Gaberlunyie Man, V, 109, 115, 116.
The Gaberlunzie Laddie, or, The Beggar’s Bride, V, 116, 305.
Galla Water, IV, 270.
The Gallant Grahams, IV, 78.
The Gardener (No 219), IV, 212-14; V, 258-60.
IV, 210.
The Gardener Lad, IV, 212.
Gay Gos Hawk, IV, 483 b.
The Gay Goshawk (No 96), II, 355-67; III, 517; IV, 482-6; V, 234,
296.
I, 247; V, 6.
Geordie (No 209), IV, 123-42.
IV, 55, 351, 370.
Geordie Lukely (Lukelie), IV, 123, 127.
The George Aloe and the Sweepstake (No 285), V, 133-5.
V, 136.
George of Oxford, The Life and Death of, IV, 126, 141 f.
George Stoole, a lamentable new ditty made upon the death of a worthy
gentleman named, etc., IV, 126 f., 140 f.
A Gest of Robyn Hode (No 117), III, 39-89, 518 f.; IV, 496 f.; V,
240, 297.
I, 257 n.; II, 13; III, 16, 22, 96, 103, 108, 109, 116, and n.,
121 n., 129, 130, 159, 191, 194, 197, 220, 223, 227.
Get up and Bar the Door (No 275), V, 96-9, 281, 304.
The Ghost and Sailor, II, 234.
Gight’s Lady, IV, 123.
Gil Brenton (No 5), I, 62-81, 489; II, 498; III, 497; IV, 442 f.;
V, 207, 285.
I, 268; IV, 214, 276.
Giles Collins (Collin), III, 515; V, 225.
Giles Collins and Lady Annie, III, 514.
Giles Collins and Proud Lady Anna, II, 279.
Gill Morice, Gil Morrice, II, 263, 377.
Gillnokie, III, 363.
The Gipsey Davy, IV, 61.
The Gipsy Countess, IV, 62.
Give him flowers enow, palmer, give him flowers enow, fragment, V,
202.
Glasgerion (No 67), II, 136-42, 511 f.; III, 509; IV, 468; V, 293.
II, 101, 144; V, 220.
Glasgow Peggie (No 228), IV, 270-5; V, 266 f.
Glen Skeeny, IV, 468 a.
Glenkindie (-kindy), II, 136, 368; IV, 468.
I, 23 n.
Glenlogie, or, Jean o Bethelnie (No 238), IV, 338-46; V, 273, 302.
Glenogie, IV, 338.
God be wi the, Geordie, IV, 454.
God sen the Duc hed byddin in France, fragment, V, 202.
The Golden Ball, II, 346; V, 201, 233.
The Golden Key, II, 346.
The Golden Vanity; or, The Low Lands Low (The Sweet Trinity) (No
286), V, 135 ff., 305.
The Gordons and the Grants, IV, 49.
The Goulden Vanitie (-tee), V, 135, 305.
The Gowans sae Gay, I, 22.
Graeme and Bewick, IV, 144.
The Great Bull of Bendy-law, V, 203.
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry (No 113), II, 494; III, 518; IV,
495.
II, 496.
The Green Broomfield, I, 390 n.
Greenland, V, 148.
The Grey Cock; or, Saw you my father? (No 248), IV, 389 f.; V, 302.
IV, 415.
Gnde Earl Brand and Auld Carle Hude, I, 489 f.
Gude Wallace (No 157), III, 265-75; V, 242 f.
II, 513; III, 179, 191.
Guye of Gisborne, III, 89.
The Gypsie Loddy, IV, 61.
The Gypsy Laddie (No 200), IV, 61-74, 522; V, 252 f., 300.
IV, 266; V, 306.
The Hagg Worm, II, 503.
The Hangman’s Tree, V, 296.
Hardyknute, II, 296.
The Haughs o Crondale, III, 317 n.; IV, 78.
The Haughs o Yarrow, recent ballad, IV, 163.
Hayrlau, The Battel of the, III, 317.
He steps full statly on y^e stre[et], fragment, V, 202.
He took a sword in every hand, fragment, V, 203.
The Heir of Lin, V, 11.
The Heir of Linne (No 267), V, 11-20.
I, 455.
The Heiress of Northumberland, V, 207.
Helen, IV, 423.
Henry Martyn (No 250), IV, 393-6; V, 302.
Hero and Leander, Tragedy of, IV, 186.
Hey wi the rose and the lindie, O, I, 218.
The High Banks o Yarrow, I, 244.
The Highwayman Outwitted, V, 129.
Hind Etin (No 41), I, 360-71, 508; II, 506; III, 506; IV, 459; V,
215.
I, 340, 450, 488 a; IV, 440.
Hind Henry, II, 302.
Hind Horn (No 17), I, 187-208, 502-4, 508; II, 499 f.; III, 501 f.;
IV, 450 f.; V, 210 f., 287.
I, 255, 455, 456 n., 459; II, 317; III, 179, 188; IV, 401.
Hindhorn, I, 187.
Hobie Noble (No 189), IV, 1-4.
III, 476, and n.
Hold up, hold up your hands so high (==Maid freed from the Gallows),
IV, 482 a.
The Holy Nunnery (No 303), V, 179-81.
The Honour of a London Prentice, III, 508.
The House-Carpenter, IV, 361.
Hugh of Lincoln, III, 233.
Hugh Spencer, III, 275.
II, 377, 439.
Hugh Spencer’s Feats in France (No 158), III, 275-82; IV, 499; V,
243.
II, 441; IV, 231 b.
Hughie Graham, IV, 8.
Hughie Grame (No 191), IV, 8-15, 518-20; V, 300.
III, 367 n., 471 n.; IV, 126.
Hughie the Græme, IV, 8.
The Hunting of the Cheviot (No 162), III, 303-15; IV, 502; V, 244,
297.
III, 292 n., 295.
Huntingtower, IV, 299.
Hunttis of Chevet, III, 292 n., 303.
Hynd (Hynde) Horn, I, 187, 503.
Hynde Etin, I, 360.
I had six lovers over the sea (==Captain Wedderburn’s Courtship),
III, 507 a.
I’ll no ly neist the wa, I, 414.
I’ll wager, I’ll wager, I, 390.
I sowd the seeds of love, V, 259.
Inter Diabolus et Virgo, V, 283.
Irish Dragoons, V, 172.
Isaac-a-Bell and Hugh the Graeme, I, 208.
It’s braw sailing here, V, 259.
It was an old tale, ten thousand times told, fragment, V, 202.
It was the friar of orders gray, fragment, V, 201.
Jack, the Little Scot, II, 377.
Jacky, my son, V, 209.
James V and the Tinker, V, 73 n.
James Grant (No 197), IV, 49 f.; V, 251.
James Harris (The Dæmon Lover) (No 243), IV, 360-9, 524.
James Hately (Hatelie), IV, 370.
James Hatley (No 244), IV, 370-5.
James Herries, IV, 360.
IV, 390.
Jamie Douglas (No 204), IV, 90-105.
IV, 276.
Jamie o’ Lee, II, 441; III, 518; IV, 370.
Jamie Telfer in the fair Dodhead, V, 249.
Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead (No 190), IV, 4-8, 518; V, 249-51,
300.
Janet, II, 112.
Jean o Bethelnie (No 238). See Glenlogie.
Jean o Bethelnie’s Love for Sir G. Gordon, IV, 338.
Jellon Grame (No 90), II, 302-8, 513; III, 515; IV, 479; V, 226 f.,
295.
II, 240, 298, 368, 378, 412; IV, 35 n.
Jellon Grame and Lillie Flower, II, 302.
The Jew’s Daughter. (Sir Hugh) (No 155), III, 233.
II, 13; V, 241.
Jo Janet, II, 457.
Jock of Hazeldean, Scott’s, V, 160.
Jock o Hazelgreen, V, 159.
Jock o the Side (No 187), III, 475-84.
II, 240; III, 472 n., 485, 486; IV, 1 n.
Jock Sheep, II, 480.
Jock Sheep, or, the Maiden Outwitted, II, 480.
Jock the Leg and the Merry Merchant (No 282), V, 126-8.
The Jockey’s Lamentation, I, 7.
John a Side, III, 475.
John and William, I, 435.
John Armstrong, The Death of, III, 363.
John Arm-strongs last Good-Night, III, 382, 371; IV, 36.
John (Johnie) Blunt, V, 96.
John Dory (No 284), V, 131 f.
John Lankin, V, 295.
John o Cockielaw, IV, 495.
John of Hazelgreen (No 293), V, 159-64.
John o the Side, III, 475.
John Tamson, V, 1.
John the Little Scot, IV, 491; V, 234.
John Thomson and the Turk (No 266), V, 1-10, 279 f.
John Tomson and Jakaman his wife, A merry jest of, V, 8.
Johnie Armstrang, III, 362.
Johnie Armstrong (No 169), III, 362-72, 520; IV, 507; V, 298.
IV, 10, 80; V, 187 n.
Johnny Armstrong’s last Good-Night, III, 362, 372.
II, 276.
Johnnie Barbour, II, 398.
Johnnie Brad, III, 1.
Johnie Buneftan, II, 377.
Johnie Cock (No 114), III, 1-12; IV, 495 f.
IV, 163.
Johny Cox, III, 1.
Johnnie Faa, IV, 522.
Johnnie Faa and the Countess o Cassilis, The rare Ballad of, IV, 62.
Johnnie Faa the Gipsy Laddie, IV, 61.
Johnie of Braidisbank, III, 1; IV, 495.
Johnie of Breadislee, III, 1.
Johnie of Cockerslee, III, 1.
Johnie o Cocklesmuir, III, 1.
Johnie Scot (No 99), II, 377-98; IV, 486-91; V, 234 f.
IV, 111, 397; V, 284.
Johnston Hey and Young Caldwell, II, 288.
The Jolly Beggar (No 279), V, 109-116.
The Jolly Beggar-man, V, 109.
The Jolly Beggars, V, 109.
The Jolly Goshawk, II, 355.
The Jolly Harper, IV, 16.
The Jolly Hind Squire, I, 425.
Jolly Janet, I, 425.
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield (No 124), III, 129-132.
III, 121, 132.
Joseph was an old man, II, 1.
The Jovial Beggarman, V, 109.
The Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove, I, 208.
The Jovial Tinker and Farmer’s Daughter, V, 109.
Judas (No 23), I, 242-4; V, 288.
Kate Carnegie, IV, 282.
Katharine Jaffray (No 221), IV, 216-31, 523; V, 260 f.
Katherine Jaffarie, IV, 216.
The Keach i the Creel (No 281), V, 121-5.
Kellyburnbraes, V, 107.
Kemp Owayne, I, 306.
Kemp Owyne (No 34), I, 306-13; II, 502-5; III, 504; IV, 454; V, 213
f., 290.
I, 315 f.
Kempion, I, 306.
Kempy Kane, I, 300.
Kempy Kay (Kaye) (No 33), I, 300-6; V, 213, 289.
Kertonha, or, The Fairy Court, I, 335.
King Alfred and the Shepherd, III, 165; V, 73.
King and Shepperd, V, 73 n.
A King and a Shepherd, A merry songe of, V, 73 n.
King and Tanner, V, 68.
The King and the Bishop, I, 404; IV, 459 b.
The King and the Forrester, V, 74, and n.
The King and the Tanner, V, 68.
The Kinge and the Tanner, A merie songe of, V, 67 f.
The King and the Tinkler, V, 73 n.
King Arthur and King Cornwall (No 30), I, 274-88, 507; II, 502; III,
503.
I, 67; II, 240.
King Edelbrode, V, 203.
King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth, Percy’s ballad, V,
68, and n.
King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth (No 273), V, 67-87,
303.
King Estmere (No 60), II, 49-55, 510 f.; III, 508; IV, 463.
II, 57; III, 18 n.
King Henry (No 32), I, 297-300; II, 502; IV, 454; V, 289.
I, 292, 301.
King Henry the Fifth’s Conquest of France (No 164), III, 320-6; V,
245.
King James and Brown (No 180), III, 442-6.
III, 400.
King James and the Tinker (Tinkler), V, 73, and n.
King James the First and the Tinker (Fortunate Tinker), V, 73 n.
Kinge John and Bishoppe, I, 403.
King John and the Abbot, Percy’s ballad, I, 404.
King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, I, 403.
I, 1.
King John and the Bishop (No 45), I, 403-14, 508; II, 506 f.; IV,
459; V, 216, 291.
King Knapperty, I, 300.
King Malcolm and Sir Colvin, II, 62.
The King of Fairies, I, 496 f.
The King of Scots and Andrew Browne, III, 445.
King Orfeo (No 19), I, 215-17, 504; II, 500; III, 502; IV, 451; V,
211.
I, 339.
King William and his Forrester, V, 74 n.
King William going a hunting, V, 74 n.
The King’s Disguise and Friendship with Robin Hood (No 151), III,
220-2.
III, 133 n.
The King’s Dochter Lady Jean (No 62), I, 450-4.
Kinmont Willie (No 186), III, 469-74; IV, 516.
II, 127, 240; III, 463; V, 187 n.
The Kitchen-boyes Songe, A ballett, V, 34.
The Kitchie-Boy (No 252), IV, 400-8; V, 277 f.
IV, 451; V, 11 n., 34.
The Knicht o Archerdale, I, 425.
The Knight and Lady, II, 479.
The Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter (No 110), II, 457-77; IV, 492-4;
V, 237-9.
I, 67, 292, 340, 446; II, 84, 170 n., 399; III, 265 n.; IV, 423.
Knight and a fair virgin, ballad, or “sonnet” of a, I, 292.
The Knight and the Chief’s Daughter, II, 497.
The Knight in Jesuite, V, 34 n.
The Knight of Liddesdale (No 160), III, 288.
The Knight’s Ghost (No 265), IV, 437 f.
Knip Knap, V, 213.
The Lads of Wamphray (No 184), III, 458-60, 520.
IV, 34.
Lady Alice (No 85), II, 279 f.; III, 514 f.; V, 225 f.
Lady Anne, recent ballad, I, 218 n., 227.
Lady Barbara Erskine’s Lament, IV, 91 n.
Lady Daisy (Dayisie), V, 29.
Lady Diamond (No 269), V, 29-38, 303.
II, 244.
Lady Diamond, the King’s Daughter, V, 29.
Lady Douglas and Blackwood, IV, 90.
Lady Elspat (No 247), IV, 387 f.
Lady Isabel (No 261), IV, 429-31.
I, 432; IV, 426.
Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight (No 4), I, 22-62, 485-9; II, 496-8;
III, 496 f.; IV, 440-2; V, 206 f., 285.
I, 13, 112 n., 113, 123 n., 432.
The Lady Isabella’s Tragedy, V, 34, and n., 203.
Lady Jane (==Fair Annie), II, 63.
The Lady Jane (==The Death of Queen Jane), III, 372.
Lady Maiserye, V, 222 a.
Lady Maisry (No 65), II, 112-26; III, 508; IV, 466-8; V, 222 f., 292.
II, 100, 103, 204, 264, 309 n., 406; IV, 339 n.; V, 34.
Lady Maisry (==The Maid freed from the Gallows), II, 346.
Lady Maisry (==Mary Hamilton), III, 379.
Lady Margaret (==Earl Brand), I, 88.
Lady Margaret (==Child Waters), II, 83.
Lady Margaret has bound her silken snood, fragment, V, 203.
Lady Margerie (==Jellon Grame), II, 302.
Lady Margery, II, 112; IV, 466.
Lady Marjory, II, 112.
Lady Mary Ann, I, 226.
Lady Mazery, II, 309.
Lady Ouncebell, II, 204.
The Lady of Arngosk (No 224), IV, 241-3.
IV, 232.
The Lady of Livenston, V, 227.
The Lady turnd Serving-Man, II, 429 n.
The Ladye o the Drum, IV, 322.
The Lady’s Policy, or, The Baffled Knight, II, 479.
The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs, I, 308, 311, 316; II, 502-5.
The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea (No 36), I, 315 f.; V,
214 f., 290.
The Laird of Blackwood, IV, 90, 525 b.
The Laird o Drum (No 236), IV, 322-32; V, 272 f.
The Laird of Geight (Gigh), or Gae, IV, 123.
Laird of Gight, IV, 123.
The Laird of Kellary, V, 172.
The Laird o Keltie, V, 153.
The Laird of Knotington, IV, 191.
The Laird of Laminton, IV, 216.
Laird o Leys, IV, 355.
The Laird o Linne, V, 11.
The Laird o Livingstone, II, 309.
The Laird of Lochinvar, IV, 191.
Laird o Lochnie, IV, 191.
The Laird O Logie (No 182), III, 449-56, 520; IV, 515 f.; V, 299 f.
The Laird o Logie, or, May Margaret, III, 449.
(The) Laird of Ochiltree, IV, 191, 515.
The Laird o Ochiltree Wa’s, IV, 191.
The Laird of Roslin’s Daughter, I, 414.
The Laird o the Dainty Downby, V, 153.
The Laird o the Drum, IV, 322.
The Laird of Wariston (No 194), IV, 28-33.
III, 381.
(The) Laird of Waristoun (Wariestoun), IV, 28.
Lairde Rowlande, or Ronalde, V, 208.
Lambert Linkin, II, 320.
Lambkin, II, 320.
The Lament of the Border Widow, II, 429, 430.
Lament of the Queen’s Marie, IV, 509.
The Lamentation of Quene Jane, III, 372.
The Lamenting Lady, etc., II, 68 n.
Lamerlinkin, II, 320.
Lamkin (No 93), II, 320-42, 513 f.; III, 515; IV, 480 f.; V, 229-31,
295.
I, 201; II, 243.
Lammikin, II, 320.
Lang Johnny Moir, IV, 396.
Lang Johnny More (No 251), IV, 396-400, 524.
II, 378.
The Lard of Drum, V, 272.
The Lass of Aughrim, II, 213.
The Lass of Lochroyan, II, 213; IV, 471.
The Lass of Ocram, III, 510 f.
The Lass of Philorth, IV, 309 n., 347.
The Lass of Roch Royal (No 76), II, 213-26; III, 510-12; IV, 471-4;
V, 225, 294.
II, 288; IV, 186.
The Leaves of Lind, I, 63.
Leesome Brand (No 15), I, 177-84, 501 f.; II, 499; III, 500; IV, 450;
V, 209, 287.
I, 33 n., 66, 90 n., 92; II, 101 n., 406, 412, 416; III, 501.
Leezie Lindsay, IV, 255.
The Life and Death of George of Oxford, IV, 141.
The Life and Death of Sir Hugh of the Grime, IV, 8.
The Linkin Ladie, IV, 355.
Little Harry Hughes and the Duke’s Daughter, III, 233.
Little John a Begging (No 142), III, 188-90.
Little John and the Four Beggers, III, 188.
III, 133.
The Little Man, I, 329.
Little Mousgrove and the Lady Barnet, II, 242, 259.
Little Musgrave (Massgrove), II, 242.
Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (No 81), II, 242-60, 513; IV, 476-8;
V, 225.
II 137,158, 240, 260, 264.
Little Musgrave and the Lady Barnard, II, 242.
Little Mushiegrove, II, 242.
Little Sir Grove, II, 242.
Little Sir William, V, 241.
Little wee toorin dow, I, 498, 500; IV, 450.
Lizie (Lizae) Baillie, IV, 266.
Lizie Lindsay (No 226), IV, 255-66, 524; V, 264 f.
II, 84; V, 116.
Lizie Wan (No 51), I, 447-9.
I, 167, 168, 437, 446.
The Loch o the Loanie, I, 504.
Loch-in-var, IV, 216.
Lochinvar, Scott’s ballad, IV, 218.
The Lochmaben Harper (No 192), IV, 16-23; V, 300.
Logan Water, or, A Lover in Captivity, IV, 184 n.
The Long-armed Duke, IV, 110.
Long Lankyn, II, 320; V, 295.
Long Lonkin (Longkin), II, 320.
Lord Aboyne, IV, 351.
Lord and Lady Errol, IV, 282.
Lord Arnwaters, IV, 115.
Lord Bangwell, I, 63.
Lord Barnabas’ Lady, II, 242.
Lord Barnaby, II, 242.
Lord Barnard, II, 242.
Lord Barnett and Little Musgrave, II, 242.
Lord Bateman, II, 508.
I, 455 n.
Lord Bateman, The Loving Ballad of, I, 454.
Lord Beichan and Susie Pye, I, 454.
Lord Beichim, V, 218.
Lord Bengwill, I, 62 f.
Lord Brangwill, I, 62 f.
Lord Darlington, II, 309.
Lord Delamare (Delaware), IV, 110.
Lord Delamere (No 207), IV, 110-15.
Lord Derntwater, IV, 115.
Lord Derwentwater (No 208), IV, 115-23, 522; V, 254 f.
IV, 466.
Lord Derwentwater’s Death, IV, 115.
Lord Dingwall, I, 63 f.
Lord Donald, I, 151.
Lord Douglas, I, 88.
Lord Douglas, or, The Laird of Blackwood, IV, 90.
Lord Douglas’ Tragedy, I, 489 b, 492; IV, 445 b.
Lord Dunwaters, IV, 115.
Lord Garrick, IV, 61.
Lord Gregory, II, 213.
Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet (No 66), II, 126-36, 511; III, 508 f.; V,
223, 292.
II, 157 n., 264.
Lord Ingram and Childe (Viat) Vyet, II, 126.
Lord Ingram and Gil Viett, II, 126.
Lord Jamie Douglas, IV, 90.
I, 437.
Lord John (==The Elfin Knight), I, 6.
Lord John (==The Broomfield Hill), I, 390.
Lord John (==Johnie Scot), II, 377.
Lord John (==Young Hunting), II, 142.
Lord John and Bird Ellen, II, 83.
Lord Johnnie Scott (Scot), II, 377, 397.
Lord John’s Murder, II, 288.
Lord Lavel, II, 204.
Lord Livingston (No 262), IV, 431-3.
II, 156.
Lord Lovel (No 75), II, 204-13, 512; III, 510; IV, 471; V, 225, 294.
I, 96; II, 200, 214, 279.
Lord Lundy (Lord William) (No 254), IV, 411-415.
Lord Maxwell’s Goodnight, IV, 34.
Lord Maxwell’s Last Goodnight (No 195), IV, 34-8; V, 251.
Lord of Learne, V, 42.
I, 455 n.; II, 510.
The Lord of Lorn and the False Steward (No 271), V, 42-58, 280 f.
V, 295.
The Lord of Lorn and the Fals Steward, A pretty ballad of, V, 42.
Lord of Lorne, V, 42.
The Lord of Lorne and the False Steward, V, 42.
Lord Randal (No 12), I, 151-66, 498-501; II, 498 f.; III, 499; IV,
449 f.; V, 208 f., 286.
I, 168, 496.
Lord Rannal, I, 498.
Lord Revel, II, 204.
Lord Robert and Mary Florence, II, 284.
Lord Ronald, my son, I, 151, 498 f.
I, 143.
Lord Roslin’s Daughter, I, 414.
Lord Salton and Auchanachie, IV, 347.
Lord Saltoun and Annachie, IV, 347.
Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie (No 239), IV, 347-50; V, 273 f.
Lord Saunders, II, 156.
Lord Soulis, Leyden’s ballad, V, 1 n.
Lord Thomas (==Lord Thomas and Fair Annet), II, 197.
Lord Thomas (==Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret), IV, 426.
Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (No 73), II, 179-99, 512; III, 509 f.;
IV, 469-71; V, 223 f., 293.
I, 54 n., 96; II, 65, 126 n., 200, 204, 240, 244, 288; III, 381;
IV, 409; V, 166.
Lord Thomas and Fair Annie, II, 63.
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor (Eleanor), II, 179 f., 195; III, 509;
IV, 471; V, 166.
Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret (No 260), IV, 426-9.
Lord Thomas of Winesberrie (Winsberry, Wynnesbury), II, 398; III,
517.
Lord Thomas of Winesberry and the King’s Daughter, II, 398.
Lord Thomas of Winsbury (Wynnesbury), II, 398; III, 517 b.
Lord Thomas Stuart (No 259), IV, 425 f.; V, 279.
Lord Travell, II, 204.
Lord Wa’yates and Auld Ingram, II, 126.
Lord William (==Fair Janet), II, 100.
Lord William (==Young Hunting), II, 142.
Lord William (==Lord Lundy), IV, 411.
Lord William, or, Lord Lundy (No 254), IV, 411-15.
IV, 218.
Lord Willie Douglas, II, 406.