| PAGE |
| [Preface] | ix |
| [Introduction] | xvii |
| [Ballads in the First Series] | xliii |
| [Glossary of Ballad Commonplaces] | xlvi |
| [List of Books for Ballad Study] | lii |
| [Note on the Illustrations] | lv |
| [Footnotes] | |
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| GLASGERION | [1] |
| YOUNG BEKIE | [6] |
| OLD ROBIN OF PORTINGALE | [13] |
| LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD | [19] |
| THE BONNY BIRDY | [25] |
| FAIR ANNIE | [29] |
| THE CRUEL MOTHER | [35] |
| CHILD WATERS | [37] |
| EARL BRAND | [44] |
| The Douglas Tragedy | [49] |
| The Child of Ell | [52] |
| LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET | [54] |
| THE BROWN GIRL | [60] |
| FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM | [63] |
| LORD LOVEL | [67] |
| LADY MAISRY | [70] |
| THE CRUEL BROTHER | [76] |
| THE NUTBROWN MAID | [80] |
| FAIR JANET | [94] |
| BROWN ADAM | [100] |
| WILLIE O’ WINSBURY | [104] |
| THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAINE | [107] |
| THE BOY AND THE MANTLE | [119] |
| JOHNEY SCOT | [128] |
| LORD INGRAM AND CHIEL WYET | [135] |
| THE TWA SISTERS O’ BINNORIE | [141] |
| YOUNG WATERS | [146] |
| BARBARA ALLAN | [150] |
| THE GAY GOSHAWK | [153] |
| BROWN ROBIN | [158] |
| LADY ALICE | [163] |
| CHILD MAURICE | [165] |
| FAUSE FOOTRAGE | [172] |
| FAIR ANNIE OF ROUGH ROYAL | [179] |
| HIND HORN | [185] |
| EDWARD | [189] |
| LORD RANDAL | [193] |
| LAMKIN | [196] |
| FAIR MARY OF WALLINGTON | [201] |
| [Index of Titles] | 209 |
| [Index of First Lines] | 211 |