Published between 1882 and 1898, this definitive collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume 5 includes Parts IX and X of the original set — ballads 266-305 — plus a 3000-item bibliography, indexes, glossary, musical selections and an essay by Walter Morris Hart. Unabridged republication of the works originally published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, between 1882 and 1898.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 1 by Francis James Child This classic 19th-century survey offers absolute fidelity to original texts as well as invaluable commentary by Francis James Child. Volume 1 includes Parts I and II of the original set — ballads 1-53.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 2 by Francis James Child This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume II includes Parts III & IV of the original set — ballads 54–113.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 3 by Francis James Child This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume III includes Parts V and VI of the original set — ballads 114–188.
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 4 by Francis James Child This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume IV includes Parts VII and VIII of the original set — ballads 189-265.
One Hundred English Folksongs by Cecil J. Sharp Border ballads, folksongs, collected from all over Great Britain. Lord Bateman, Henry Martin, The Green Wedding, many others. Text, music, and piano accompaniment.
Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia by Helen Creighton Features 150 authentic songs of love, the sea, of battle; humorous songs, nursery songs, Irish songs, many more. Unlike other collections, it includes both the words and music for every song.
