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An alphabetical list of every word in the ballads, showing (and citing the source of) the few words before and after every occurrence of it in any of the ballads. To use the concordance on a Macintosh computer, its four PDF files need to be downloaded to a Windows PC, then de-compressed on a Windows PC and then copied to a Macintosh.
T. Taffy was a Welshman; Ten Green Bottles; Ten Little Indians; There Was a Crooked Man; There Was a Man in Our Town; There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Willie, in service of Earl Richard, impregnates the earl's daughter. Fearing Richard's wrath, the couple escapes to the woods, where their son is born. They name him Robin Hood (though the ballad is not considered part of the Robin Hood cycle). In a variant, the mother dies, and the earl makes the boy his heir. 103: Rose the Red and White Lily
This list (like the article List of the Child Ballads) also serves as a link to articles about the songs, which may use a very different song title. The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the ...
The terms "nursery rhyme" and "children's song" emerged in the 1820s, although this type of children's literature previously existed with different names such as Tommy Thumb Songs and Mother Goose Songs. [1] The first known book containing a collection of these texts was Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, which was published by Mary Cooper in 1744 ...
Babylon (ballad) The Baffled Knight; The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington; The Ballad of Chevy Chase; Barbara Allen (song) Battle of Harlaw; The Battle of Otterburn (ballad) The Beggar-Laddie; Adam Bell; The Bent Sae Brown; Bessy Bell and Mary Gray; Blancheflour and Jollyflorice; The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood; Bonnie Annie; The Bonnie Earl o ...
A lullaby (/ ˈ l ʌ l ə b aɪ /), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies, they are used to pass down cultural knowledge or tradition.
Closely related songs are grouped under the same Roud number. If a trusted authority gives the name of a song but not the words, it is assigned Roud number 000. [further explanation needed] The Index cross-references to the Child Ballad number, if one is available for the particular song in question.