The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 2 (of 5)

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THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS

EDITED BY FRANCIS JAMES CHILD
IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME II
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
Manufactured in the United States of America