| FRANCIS JAMES CHILD - THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS, VOL. 2: BALLADS 54-113 corrected second edition prepared by Mark Heiman & Laura Saxton Heiman Completed in 1898, Child's work remains the most comprehensive collection of ballads in the English language. Compiling every variant of every ballad known at the time, he introduces the texts with discussions of the history and origins of each, and traces related ballads and folk tales through dozens of languages and cultures. This volume contains parts III & IV of the original and is corrected according to Prof. Child's instructions & supplemented with tunes from his original sources. Hardcover, 625 pp.
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