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A Book of Old English Ballads

by George Wharton EDWARDS (1859 - 1950)

06 - Fair Margaret and Sweet William

In this selection... the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represent the range, the descriptive felicity, the dramatic power, and the genuine poetic feeling of a body of verse which is still, it is to be feared, unfamiliar to a large number of those to whom it would bring refreshment and delight. (Summary from introduction).

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Listen next episodes of A Book of Old English Ballads:
07 - Annan Water , 08 - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington , 09 - Barbara Allen's Cruelty , 10 - The Douglas Tragedy , 11 - Young Waters , 12 - Flodden Field , 13 - Helen of Kirkconnell , 14 - Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale , 15 - Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne , 16 - Robin Hood's Death and Burial , 17 - The Twa Corbies , 18 - Waly, Waly, Love be Bonny , 19 - The Nut-brown Maid , 20 - The Fause Lover , 21 - The Mermaid , 22 - The Battle of Otterburn , 23 - The Lament of the Border Widow , 24 - The Banks o' Yarrow , 25 - Hugh of Lincoln , 26 - Sir Patrick Spens