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* * * * *
ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH
BALLADS.
EDITED BY
FRANCIS JAMES CHILD.
VOLUME III.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.
M.DCCC.LX.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857 by LITTLE,
BROWN AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of
Massachusetts.
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
H.O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME THIRD.
BOOK III. (continued.)
Page
11 a. Earl Richard, (A) [Scott's version] 3
11 b. Earl Richard, [Motherwell's version] 10
11 c. Young Redin 13
11 d. Lord William 18
12 a. Prince Robert 22
12 b. Earl Robert 26
13. The Weary Coble o' Cargill 30
14. Old Robin of Portingale 34
15. Fause Foodrage 40
16. Bonnie Annie 47
17. William Guiseman 50
18 a. The Enchanted Ring 53
18 b. Bonny Bee-Ho'm 57
19 a. The Three Ravens 59
19 b. The Twa Corbies, [Scott] 61
20 a. The Dowie Dens of Yarrow 63
20 b. The Braes o' Yarrow 69
21. Sir James the Rose 73
22. Gr[ae]me and Bewick 77
23. The Lament of the Border Widow 86
24. Young Waters 88
25. Bonnie George Campbell 92
26 a. Lamkin 94
26 b. Lambert Linkin 100
27 a. The Laird of Waristoun, [Jamieson] 107
27 b. Laird of Wariestoun, [Kinloch] 110
28 a. The Queen's Marie 113
28 b. Mary Hamilton 120
29. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray 126
30. The Children in the Wood 128
31 a. Hugh of Lincoln 136
31 b. Sir Hugh 142
31 c. The Jew's Daughter 144
32 a. Sir Patrick Spence, [Percy] 147
32 b. Sir Patrick Spens, [Scott] 152