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Book of Old English Ballads

Name: Book of Old English Ballads
Author: George Wharton Edwards

George Wharton Edwards

Read by Mike Harris, susanfrom, ravenotation, Michael Helgens, Bridget Tallon, Patti Cunningham, Stephen Read, Ruth Golding, Leonard Wilson (1930-2024), Elizabeth Zaranka, Peter Yearsley, Jamie, Kalynda and drewmac · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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00 - Introduction (26:25)
01 - Chevy Chace (12:13)
02 - King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid (5:54)
03 - King Leir and his Three Daughters (7:07)
04 - Fair Rosamond (7:53)
05 - Phillida and Corydon (1:24)
06 - Fair Margaret and Sweet William (3:56)
07 - Annan Water (2:13)
08 - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington (3:03)
09 - Barbara Allen's Cruelty (1:52)
10 - The Douglas Tragedy (4:32)
11 - Young Waters (3:10)
12 - Flodden Field (2:43)
13 - Helen of Kirkconnell (1:49)
14 - Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale (5:41)
15 - Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne (10:09)
16 - Robin Hood's Death and Burial (4:11)
17 - The Twa Corbies (1:29)
18 - Waly, Waly, Love be Bonny (1:58)
19 - The Nut-brown Maid (13:15)
20 - The Fause Lover (2:23)
21 - The Mermaid (2:24)
22 - The Battle of Otterburn (13:24)
23 - The Lament of the Border Widow (2:04)
24 - The Banks o' Yarrow (3:17)
25 - Hugh of Lincoln (3:50)
26 - Sir Patrick Spens (5:41)