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Francis James Child
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882-1898)
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Francis James Child, |
Other books of (mostly) Child Ballads
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Bertrand Harris Bronson, |
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James Kinsley (editor), |
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John Jacob Niles |
Albums of (mostly) Child Ballads
A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl:
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume I,
2 LP, Riverside RLP 12-621/622, 1956
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume II,
2 LP, Riverside RLP 12-623/624, 1956
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume III,
2 LP, Riverside RLP 12-625/626, 1956
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume IV,
2 LP, Riverside RLP 12-627/628, 1956
Note: These albums have been re-released in the 1960s as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volumes 1-8, 8 LP, Washington WLP 715 - WLP 722
Jean Ritchie:
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 1,
LP, Folkways FA 2301, 1960
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British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 2,
LP, Folkways FA 2302, 1960
Various Artists:
The Child Ballads 1
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 4),
LP, Caedmon TC1145, 1961; Topic 12T160, 1968;
CD, Rounder 1775, 2000
Various Artists:
The Child Ballads 2
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 5),
LP, Caedmon TC1146, 1961; Topic 12T161, 1968;
CD, Rounder 1776, 2000
Lucy Stewart:
Traditional Singer From Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Vol. 1 - Child Ballads,
LP, Folkways FG 3519, 1961
Ewan MacColl:
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Vol. 1—Child Ballads,
LP, Folkways FG 3509, 1961
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Vol. 2—Child Ballads,
LP, Folkways FG 3510, 1964
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Vol. 3—Child Ballads,
LP, Folkways FG 3511, 1964
A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl:
English and Scottish Folk Ballads,
LP, Topic 12T103, 1964
Various Artists:
The Muckle Sangs
(Scottish Tradition 5),
LP, Tangent TNGM 119, 1975,
CD, Greentrax CDTRAX9005, 1992
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger:
Blood & Roses Volume 1,
LP, Blackthorne ESB 79, 1979; Camsco Blackthorn CD 79; 2006
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Blood & Roses Volume 2,
LP, Blackthorne ESB 80, 1982; Camsco Blackthorn CD 80; 2006
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Blood & Roses Volume 3,
LP, Blackthorne ESB 81, 1982; Camsco Blackthorn CD 81; 2006
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Blood & Roses Volume 4,
LP, Blackthorne ESB 82, 1986; Camsco Blackthorn CD 82; 2006
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Blood & Roses Volume 5,
LP, Blackthorne ESB 83, 1986; Camsco Blackthorn CD 83; 2006
Various Artists:
Early Ballads in Ireland 1968-1985,
2 cassettes, 1985; 2 CD, An Goílín 007-8, 2015
Various Artists:
Ballads,
CD, Fellside FECD110, 1997
Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre:
Ballad Tree,
CD, Tradition Bearers LTCD1051, 2003
Katherine Campbell:
The Songs of Amelia and Jane Harris,
CD, Springthyme SPRCD 1041, 2004
Brian Peters:
Songs of Trial and Triumph,
CD, Pugwash PUG CD 007, 2008
Ewan MacColl:
Ballads: Murder·Intrigue·Love·Discord,
2 CD, Topic TSCD576D, 2009
A.L. Lloyd:
Bramble Briars and Beams of the Sun,
2 CD, Fellside FECD240, 2011
Note: These two albums are CD reissues of ballads from Lloyd and MacColl’s 1956 Riverside albums.
Rosaleen Gregory:
Sheath and Knife,
CD, Rosaleen Gregory, 2012
Rosaleen Gregory:
Serpent’s Knee,
CD, Rosaleen Gregory, 2013
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer:
Child Ballads,
CD, Wilderland WILDER 002, 2013
Helen Lindley:
Awakening the Lady,
DL EP, Helen Lindley, 3 November 2023
Texts
There used to be texts for a few Child Ballads in this place but there is not much sense in doubling the work that has been done on the net in several places. I have replaced them with links to Wikisource in the head of the individual song pages, see e.g. Child 1, Riddles Wisely Expounded.
Links
- Index of Child Ballads: a list of Child ballads featured on this website.
- A new edition of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads is available from Loomis House Press (final Volume 5 released in August 2011)
- Richard L. Matteson Jr. (Bluegrass Messengers): The 305 Child Ballads
- Dan Nedrud’s Child Ballad Database (CBDB): a list of all known recordings of Child ballads
- Lesley Nelson-Burns: A complete list of Francis J. Child ballads
- Sacred Texts: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
- Wikisource: Child’s Ballads