The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

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THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS


EDITED BY FRANCIS JAMES CHILD
IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME I
NEW YORK DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

This Dover edition, first published in 1965, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, as follows:
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 65-24347