A Book of Old English Ballads
by George Wharton EDWARDS (1859 - 1950)
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).
Listen next episodes of
A Book of Old English Ballads:
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