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Francis James Child collected the words to over 300 British folk ballads. Illustration by Arthur Rackham of Child Ballad 26, "The Twa Corbies"Child's collection was not the first of its kind; there had been many less scholarly collections of English and Scottish ballads, particularly from Bishop Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) onwards. [4]
The Child Ballads is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child and originally published in ten volumes between 1882 and 1898 under the title The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. [1] [2]
Francis James Child (February 1, 1825 – September 11, 1896) was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, best known today for his collection of English and Scottish ballads now known as the Child Ballads. Child was Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory at Harvard University, where he produced influential editions of English poetry.
Francis James Child describes additional examples from the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Russia, and Slovenia, several of which feature a man being ransomed by a woman. [ 24 ] The theme of delaying one's execution while awaiting rescue by relatives appears with a similar structure in the 1697 classic fairy tale " Bluebeard " by Charles Perrault [ 42 ...
The Two Sisters (folk song) " The Two Sisters " (also known by the Scots title " The Twa Sisters ") is a traditional murder ballad, dating at least as far back as the mid 17th century. The song recounts the tale of a girl drowned by her jealous sister. At least 21 English variants exist under several names, including " Minnorie " or " Binnorie ...
The Unquiet Grave. " The Unquiet Grave " is an Irish / English folk song in which a young man's grief over the death of his true love is so deep that it disturbs her eternal sleep. It was collected in 1868 by Francis James Child as Child Ballad number 78. [1] One of the more common tunes used for the ballad is the same as that used for the ...
King Estmere leaves, the King of Spain attacks, and the daughter sent a page after King Estmere to warn him of her danger. Adler is the son of a magician-woman and enchants King Estmere into the shape of a harper and himself into his boy. They infiltrate the castle, Alder kills the King of Spain, and the two fight off all his men.
Fair Mary of Wallington. Fair Mary of Wallington or Fair Lady of Wallington (Roud 59, Child 91) is a tradtional English-language folk ballad. [1] Francis James Child lists at least seven variants of the ballad. [2] The first variant is titled "Fair Mary of Wallington", while another variant (variant C) is titled "The Bonny Early of Livingston".