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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