The ballad book / Decorations by William Barss.
| Author/creator | Niles, John Jacob |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1961. |
| Description | xxii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Babylon (or the bonnie banks o Fordie) <U+2013> Bangum and the bo<U+2019> <U+2013> Barbara Allen <U+2013> Barb<U+2019>ry Ellen <U+2013> The bold peddler <U+2013> The bold pedlar and Robin Hood <U+2013> The bonnie banks o Fordie <U+2013> Bonny Barbara Allan <U+2013> The bonny birdy <U+2013> Bonny Farday <U+2013> Bowie, bowerie <U+2013> The braes o Yarrow <U+2013> Brandywine <U+2013> Brother<U+2019>s revenge <U+2013> The brown girl <U+2013> The bugle britches <U+2013> The cartin wife <U+2013> The cherry tree <U+2013> The cherry-tree carol <U+2013> The courting of Aramalee <U+2013> The cruel brother <U+2013> The cruel mother <U+2013> The daemon lover <U+2013> Death of Geordie <U+2013> The death of Queen Jane <U+2013> The deceived girl <U+2013> The devil<U+2019>s questions <U+2013> Dives and Lazarus <U+2013> The dreary dream <U+2013> The dying queen <U+2013> Earl Brand <U+2013> Earl Colvin <U+2013> Edward <U+2013> The elfin knight <U+2013> The English Lady Gay <U+2013> The fair flower of Northumberland <U+2013> Fair John and the seven foresters <U+2013> Fair Margaret and sweet William <U+2013> The false knight upon the road <U+2013> The farmer and the devil <U+2013> The farmer<U+2019>s curst wife <U+2013> The Fency king and the English king <U+2013> The fine lady Gay <U+2013> Geordie <U+2013> Get up and bar the door <U+2013> The golden vanity <U+2013> The good old man <U+2013> Granny and the golden ball <U+2013> The green grave <U+2013> The gypsy laddie <U+2013> The hangman <U+2013> Henry<U+2019>s tribute <U+2013> Hind horn <U+2013> The house carpenter <U+2013> In the lonely glens of Yarrow <U+2013> James Harris (the daemon lover) <U+2013> The jeweled ring <U+2013> Jimmy Randal <U+2013> John of Hazelgreen <U+2013> Johnie Cock <U+2013> Judas <U+2013> Judas and Jesus <U+2013> The king and the bishop <U+2013> King Henry Fifth<U+2019>s conquest of France <U+2013> King John and the bishop <U+2013> King William<U+2019>s son <U+2013> The knight and shepherd<U+2019>s daughter <U+2013> Lady Alice <U+2013> The lady and the gypsy <U+2013> The lady and the shepherd <U+2013> Lady Isabel and the elf-knight <U+2013> Lady Ishbel and her parrot <U+2013> Lady maisry <U+2013> Lady Margot and Love Henry <U+2013> Lady Margot and Sweet Willie <U+2013> The lady of York <U+2013> Lamfin <U+2013> Lamkin <U+2013> The lass of Roch Royal <U+2013> The little dead boys <U+2013> Little drownded girl <U+2013> Little Matthey Groves <U+2013> Little Mattie Groves <U+2013> Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard <U+2013> Lizie Wan <U+2013> Lizzie May <U+2013> Lord Bateman <U+2013> Lord Dillard and Lady Flora <U+2013> Lord Lovel <U+2013> Lord Randal <U+2013> Lord Thomas and fair Annet <U+2013> Lord Thomas and fair Eleen <U+2013> Lord Thomas and fair Ellender <U+2013> Lord William<U+2019>s death <U+2013> Lovers<U+2019> farewell <U+2013> The maid and the palmer <U+2013> The maid freed from the gallows <U+2013> The marriage of Sir Gawain <U+2013> Mary Hamilton <U+2013> The mermaid <U+2013> The murdered boy <U+2013> The murdered brother <U+2013> My father gave me an acre of ground <U+2013> Oh Judy, my Judy <U+2013> Old Bangum <U+2013> The old lord by the northern sea <U+2013> The old man and the door <U+2013> The old woman and the devil <U+2013> Our Goodman <U+2013> The pale ring <U+2013> The parsley vine <U+2013> Patrick Spenser <U+2013> Piri-miri-dictum domini <U+2013> The potter and Robin Hood <U+2013> The purple dress <U+2013> Queen Eleanor<U+2019>s confession <U+2013> The restless dead <U+2013> The resurrected sweetheart <U+2013> The riddle song <U+2013> Riddles wisely expounded <U+2013> Robber Hood<U+2019>s dyin<U+2019> <U+2013> Robin and John <U+2013> Robin Hood and Little John <U+2013> Robin Hood and the monk <U+2013> Robin Hood and the old maid <U+2013> Robin Hood and the old woman <U+2013> Robin Hood and the potter <U+2013> Robin Hood and the twenty pounds of gold <U+2013> Robin Hood rescuing three squires <U+2013> Robin Hood<U+2019>s death <U+2013> Rurey bain <U+2013> The sad courtin<U+2019> <U+2013> Seven years <U+2013> The shepherd<U+2019>s daughter and the king <U+2013> The shirt of lace <U+2013> The sinful maiden <U+2013> Sin<U+2019>s reward <U+2013> Sir Gaunie and the witch <U+2013> Sir Lionel <U+2013> Sir Patrick Spens <U+2013> The smart schoolboy <U+2013> The soldier and his lady <U+2013> The Suffolk miracle <U+2013> Sweet Maisry <U+2013> The sweet trinity <U+2013> The tattletale birdy <U+2013> The tennis balls <U+2013> Thomas and Ellen <U+2013> Three little babies <U+2013> The three ravens <U+2013> Tiranti, my love <U+2013> Trooper and maid <U+2013> The twa brothers <U+2013> The twa sisters <U+2013> Two old crows <U+2013> The unquiet grave <U+2013> The unwilling bride <U+2013> The weep-willow tree <U+2013> Who<U+2019>s goin<U+2019> to shoe your pretty little foot <U+2013> The wife of the free <U+2013> The wife of Usher<U+2019>s well <U+2013> The wife wrapt in wether<U+2019>s skin <U+2013> William and Ellen <U+2013> Willie McGee McGraw <U+2013> The wind blew up, the wind blew down <U+2013> Young Beichain <U+2013> Young Collins <U+2013> Young Hunting. |
| General note | For voice with piano or guitar. |
| General note | Each ballad accompanied by annotations concerning the ballad and the informant who originally sang the ballad for the compiler. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: p. 352-355. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Stacks | M1629.N675 B3 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |