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Ballad Collection (page 4)

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet

British Ballad, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET. British Ballad telling the story of Lord Thomas who is in love with Fair Annet and plans to marry her

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Gil Morrice or Child Maurice

British Ballad, Gil Morrice or Child Maurice
GIL MORRICE (CHILD MAURICE) Popular British Ballad. A Lord, on hearing that his Lady is meeting a strange man in the woods

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, The Beggars daughter of Bednal Green

British Ballad, The Beggars daughter of Bednal Green
THE (BLIND) BEGGARS DAUGHTER OF BEDNAL GREEN (BETHNAL GREEN) Popular British Ballad, obtained and expanded by Thomas Percy (1729-1811)

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Sir Patrick Spens

British Ballad, Sir Patrick Spens
SIR PATRICK SPENS. Popular British Ballad of Scottish origin. Sailor, Sir Patrick receives a Royal commission from the King of Scotland to bring home the Scottish queen Margaret

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Genevieve

British Ballad, Genevieve
GENEVIEVE. British ballad by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Lord Soulis

British Ballad, Lord Soulis
LORD SOULIS. British Ballad which tells the story of William de Soulis (died c. 1320), Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, The Twa Brothers

British Ballad, The Twa Brothers
THE TWA BROTHERS. Popular British Ballad. Two brothers are wrestling when a blade that one of them is carrying mortally wounds the other

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, The Nut-Brown Mayd (Maid)

British Ballad, The Nut-Brown Mayd (Maid)
THE NUT BROWN MAYD (Maid - Maiden) Popular British Ballad by an anonymous author, praising the virtues of a devoted woman. First appearing around the 16th century

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Fause Foodrage

British Ballad, Fause Foodrage
FAUSE FOODRAGE. British ballad telling the story of the rebellious Fause Footrage

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, The Heir of Linne

British Ballad, The Heir of Linne
THE HEIR OF LINNE. British Ballad obtained and expanded by Thomas Percy (1729-1811) telling the story of the money waisting lord of Linne

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Fair Rosamond

British Ballad, Fair Rosamond
FAIR ROSAMOND (The Fate Of - The Bower Of) Legend has it that King Henry II of England (reigned 1154 - 1189) adopted Roasmond (Rosamond Clifford) as his mistress, and that

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Robin Goodfellow

British Ballad, Robin Goodfellow
ROBIN GOODFELLOW (The Mad Merry Pranks of) British ballad. More commonly known as Puck, the work of this mischievous creature is done by moonlight, and his mocking, laugh is Ho ho ho!

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Sir Lancelot du Lac

British Ballad, Sir Lancelot du Lac
SIR LANCELOT DU LAC. British ballad telling the tale of one of the greatest of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, Kempion (Kemp Owyne)

British Ballad, Kempion (Kemp Owyne)
KEMPION (Kemp Owyne) British Ballad telling the story of a woman turned into a dragon, by her stepmother, who curses her to remain so until the Kings son comes to kiss her three times

Background imageBallad Collection: British Ballad, The Children (Babes) In The Woods

British Ballad, The Children (Babes) In The Woods
THE CHILDREN IN THE WOODS (BABES IN THE WOODS) First published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in Norwich in 1595, telling the traditional childrens tale of two children in the care of their uncle

Background imageBallad Collection: Music cover for I Met Her In The Crystal Halls

Music cover for I Met Her In The Crystal Halls, a Ballad inspired by the Great Exhibition, with words by J E Carpenter (1813-1885) and music by Stephen Glover (1812-1870)

Background imageBallad Collection: Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back

Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back, a ballad with words by H Tolkien and music by G Tolkien. A lady of the Restoration period is depicted in a garden with her King Charles

Background imageBallad Collection: Ballad Seller / C17

Ballad Seller / C17
People gather round a popular ballad-seller

Background imageBallad Collection: St George / Roxburghe Wcut

St George / Roxburghe Wcut
Saint George, who is about to deprive the dragon of its head, is described in the accompanying ballad as an English knight

Background imageBallad Collection: English Ballad Singer

English Ballad Singer
London ballad singer and seller

Background imageBallad Collection: London / Cries / Ballad Sing

London / Cries / Ballad Sing
A female ballad singer

Background imageBallad Collection: Ballad Singers

Ballad Singers
Ballad singers: the man plays the violin and hobbles on his false wooden leg, while the woman sings from the ballad sheets

Background imageBallad Collection: Street Trades / Ballads

Street Trades / Ballads
A ballad singer/seller of the London streets : Buy the fair Ballads I have in my pack !



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