INDEX OF FIRST LINES
- A fair girl was sitting in the greenwood shade, [80]
- A Man there came, whence none could tell, [347]
- Ah, what can ail thee, wretched wight, [91]
- And mony ane sings o’ grass, o’ grass, [290]
- And now, to be brief, let’s pass over the rest, [173]
- As I was walking all alane, [114]
- At eve last Midsummer, no sleep I sought, [254]
- Bonny Kilmeny gaed up the glen, [101]
- Brian O’Linn was a gentleman born, [160]
- Earl March looked on his dying child, [203]
- Ettrick Forest is a fair forest, [301]
- Fair Margret was a young ladye, [62]
- “Get up, our Anna dear, from the weary spinning-wheel,” [87]
- Give me my Scallop-shell of Quiet, [351]
- God prosper long our noble King, [21]
- He mounted his steed of the water clear, [97]
- Her arms across her breast she laid, [214]
- Her mother died when she was young, [122]
- “If thou canst answer me questions three,” [208]
- In elder time there was of yore, [176]
- In London was young Beichan born, [237]
- In Royal Courts my Soul hath slept, [353]
- In Scarlet Town, where I was bound, [201]
- It was a tall young Oysterman, [164]
- It was Earl Haldan’s daughter, [58]
- It was intill a pleasant time, [115]
- It was the time when lilies blow, [59]
- I will tell you of ane wondrous tale, [138]
- Listen, now, both great and simple, [70]
- Lord Lovel he stood at his castle gate, [204]
- Merry it is in the good greenwood, [81]
- My good blade carves the casques of men, [348]
- Near the King’s Court was a young child born, [231]
- Now, as fame does report, a young Duke keeps a Court, [169]
- O bonny Baby Livingston, [224]
- “O I forbid ye, maidens a’,” [255]
- “O Mary, go and call the cattle home,” [190]
- “O waly, waly, my gay goss-hawk,” [218]
- “O wha will shoe my fu fair foot,” [191]
- “O where have you been, my long, long love,” [7]
- Of Edenhall, the youthful Lord, [135]
- Oh! heard ye yon pibroch sound sad in the gale, [212]
- Oh! who rides by night thro’ the woodland so wild, [86]
- Oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the West, [215]
- On either side the river lie, [124]
- On Jura’s heath how sweetly swell, [10]
- On New Year’s Day, as I heard say, [162]
- On yonder hill a castle stands, [244]
- One Friday morn when we set sail, [2]
- She said, “This narrow chamber is not for me the place,” [74]
- “Speak! speak! thou fearful guest!” [270]
- Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell, I humbly crave, [356]
- The Baron of Smaylho’me rose with day, [279]
- The Baron of Thirlwall came from the wars, [47]
- The good Lord Douglas paced the deck, [333]
- The King is gone from Bambrough Castle, [148]
- The king sits in Dunfermline town, [3]
- The moonbeam glints on tower and hill, [32]
- The reavers of Eskdale were mounted for weir, [20]
- There came a ghost to Margret’s door, [276]
- There lived a sage in days of yore, [158]
- There lived a wife at Usher’s Well, [263]
- There was a maid, richly arrayd, [209]
- There were three sailors of Bristol city, [159]
- There were two sisters sat in a bour, [196]
- Three Kings came riding from far away, [357]
- True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, [93]
- Up the streets of Aberdeen, [341]
- Whan he cam to his ain luve’s bouir, [265]
- What Danger is the Pilgrim in, [332]
- “What fairings will ye that I bring,” [131]
- When Flora ’gins to deck the fields, [314]
- When Robin Hood came into merry Sherwood, [297]
- When Robin Hood was about twenty years old, [291]
- Who is it that sits in the kitchen and weeps, [167]
- Who would true Valour see, [355]
- You beautious ladies, great and small, [65]
INDEX OF TITLES AND AUTHORS
With references from titles of other ballad-versions
- Alice Brand, [81]
- Allingham, Touchstone, [347]
- Annie Livingston, see [Bonny Baby Livingston], [224]
- Annie of Loch Royan, see [Fair Anny of Roch-royal], [191]
- Aytoun, Heart of the Bruce, [333]
- Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg, [32]
- Ballad of the Oysterman, [164]
- Barbara Allen’s Cruelty, [201]
- Barclay of Ury, [341]
- Beggar-Maid, [214]
- Beichan and Susie Pye, see [Young Beichan and Susie Pye], [237]
- Belle Dame sans Merci, see [La Belle Dame sans Merci], [91]
- Belted Will, [47]
- Binnorie, see [The Cruel Sister], [196]
- Birth o’ Robin Hood, [290]
- Blancheflour and Jellyflorice, [209]
- Bonnie Milldams o’ Binnorie, see [The Cruel Sister], [196]
- Bonny Baby Livingston, [224]
- Bonny Barbara Allan, see [Cruelty of Barbara Allen], [201]
- Bonny Kilmeny, see [Kilmeny], [101]
- Brian O’Linn, [160]
- Bunyan, The Pilgrim, [332]
- Bunyan, True Valour, [355]
- Campbell, Glenara, [212]
- Campbell, Song,—Earl March Looked on his Dying Child, [203]
- Chevy-Chase, see [More Modern Ballad of Chevy-Chase], [21]
- Child of Elle, [244]
- Cinder King, [167]
- Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy, [70]
- Cruel Sister, [196]
- Cruelty of Barbara Allen, see [Barbara Allen’s Cruelty], [201]
- Dæmon Lover, [7]
- Dicky of Ballyman, [162]
- Earl Haldan’s Daughter, [58]
- Earl March Looked on his Dying Child, [203]
- Earl of Mar’s Daughter, [115]
- Ercildoune, Thomas of, see [Thomas the Rhymer], [93]
- Erl-King, [86]
- Ettrick Shepherd, Kilmeny, [101]
- Ettrick Shepherd, May of the Moril Glen, [138]
- Eve of St. John, [279]
- Fair Anny of Roch-royal (same as Annie of Loch Royan), [191]
- Fairy Tempter, [80]
- Fairy Thorn, [87]
- Famous Flower of Serving-Men, [65]
- Ferguson, Fairy Thorn, [87]
- Frolicksome Duke; or, The Tinker’s Good Fortune, [169]
- Galloway Raid, [20]
- Gay, The Spell, [254]
- Gay Goss-Hawk, [218]
- Glenara, [212]
- Goethe, Erl-King, [86]
- Greeting of Kynast, [74]
- Grizzy Cochrane’s Ride, see [Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy], [70]
- Heart of the Bruce, [333]
- Herbert, Peace, [356]
- Hind Horn, see [Hynd Horn], [231]
- Hogg, Kilmeny, [101]
- Hogg, May of the Moril Glen, [138]
- Holmes, Ballad of the Oysterman, [164]
- Hunting of the Cheviot, see [More Modern Ballad of Chevy-Chase], [21]
- Hynd Horn, [231]
- Jolly Goss-Hawk, see [Gay Goss-Hawk], [218]
- Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci, [91]
- Kelpie of Corrievreckan, [97]
- Kemp Owyne (same as Kempion), [122]
- Kilmeny, [101]
- King Alfred and the Shepherd, [176]
- King James the First and the Tinkler, [173]
- Kingsley, Earl Haldan’s Daughter, [58]
- Kingsley, Sands of Dee, [190]
- Kynast, see [Greeting of Kynast], [74]
- La Belle Dame sans Merci, [91]
- Lady Clare, [59]
- Lady of Shalott, [124]
- Lady Turned Serving-Man, see [Famous Flower of Serving-Men], [65]
- Laidley Worm o’ Spindleston-Heughs, [148]
- Lass of Lochroyan, see [Fair Anny of Roch-royal], [191]
- Leyden, Mermaid, [10]
- Little Billee, [159]
- Lochinvar, [215]
- Longfellow (from Uhland), Luck of Edenhall, [135]
- Longfellow, Skeleton in Armour, [270]
- Longfellow, Three Kings, [357]
- Lord Beichan, see [Young Beichan and Susie Pye], [237]
- Lord Lovel, [204]
- Lover, Fairy Tempter, [80]
- Lowell, Singing Leaves, [131]
- Luck of Edenhall, [135]
- Mackay, Kelpie of Corrievreckan, [97]
- May of the Moril Glen, [138]
- Meikle-Mouthed Meg, see [Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg], [32]
- Mermaid, [10]
- More Modern Ballad of Chevy-Chase, [21]
- Noble Riddle, [208]
- Outlaw Murray, see [Song of the Outlaw Murray], [301]
- Oysterman, Ballad of, [164]
- Peace, [356]
- Pilgrim, [332]
- Pilgrimage, [351]
- Proud Lady Margaret, [62]
- Raleigh, Pilgrimage, [351]
- Robin Hood and Clorinda, [297]
- Robin Hood and Little John, [291]
- Royal Court, [353]
- Rückert, Greeting of Kynast, [74]
- Sands of Dee, [190]
- Scott, Alice Brand, [81]
- Scott, Eve of St. John, [279]
- Scott, Lochinvar, [215]
- Sheldon, Belted Will, [47]
- Singing Leaves, [131]
- Sir Galahad, [348]
- Sir Patrick Spens, [3]
- Sir Roland, [265]
- Skeleton in Armour, [270]
- Skipper Patrick, see [Sir Patrick Spens], [3]
- Song: Earl March Looked on his Dying Child, [203]
- Song of the Outlaw Murray, [301]
- Spell, [254]
- Stormy Winds do Blow, [2]
- Sweet William’s Ghost, [276]
- Tamlane (or Tamlin), see [Young Tamlane], [255]
- Tennyson, Beggar-Maid, [214]
- Tennyson, Lady Clare, [59]
- Tennyson, Lady of Shalott, [124]
- Tennyson, Sir Galahad, [348]
- Thackeray, Little Billee, [159]
- Thackeray, Tragic Story, [158]
- Thomas the Rhymer (or Thomas of Ercildoune), [93]
- Three Kings, [357]
- Tinker’s Good Fortune, see [The Frolicksome Duke], [169]
- Touchstone, [347]
- Tragic Story, [158]
- True Thomas, see [Thomas the Rhymer], [93]
- True Valour, [355]
- Twa Sisters, see [The Cruel Sister], [196]
- Uhland, Luck of Edenhall, [135]
- Valentine and Ursine, [314]
- Wee Wee Man, [114]
- Whittier, Barclay of Ury, [341]
- Wife of Usher’s Well, [263]
- Young Beichan and Susie Pye, [237]
- Young Bondwell, see [Young Beichan and Susie Pye], [237]
- Young Hynd Horn, see [Hynd Horn], [231].
- Young Lochinvar, see [Lochinvar], [215]
- Young Tamlane, [255]