English and Scottish Ballads, Volume VIII

BOOK VIII.

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1. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury 3

2. Captain Wedderburn's Courtship 11

3. Lay the Bent to the Bonny Broom 18

4. King Edward Fourth and the Tanner of Tamworth 21

5. The King and the Miller of Mansfield 32

6. Gernutus, the Jew of Venice 45

7. The Frolicksome Duke, or, The Tinker's Good Fortune 54

8 a. The Heir of Linne. [Percy.] 60

8 b. The Heir of Linne. [Traditional version] 70

9. The Wandering Jew 76

10. Proud Lady Margaret 83

11. Reedisdale and Wise William 87

12 a. Geordie. [Musical Museum.] 92

12 b. Geordie. [Kinloch.] 96

13. The Gaberlunzie Man 98

14. The Turnament of Totenham 101

15. The Wyf of Auchtirmuchty 116

16. The Friar in the Well 122

17. Get up and bar the Door 125

18. The Dragon of Wantley 128

APPENDIX.

Kempy Kaye. [Sharpe.] 139

Kempy Kaye. [Kinloch.] 141

The Jovial Hunter of Bromsgrove 144

The Bludy Serk 147

The Wanton Wife of Bath 152

The Gentleman in Thracia 158

Sir Richard Whittington's Advancement 165

Catskin's Garland, or, The Wandering young Gentlewoman 172

The Taming of a Shrew 182

Titus Andronicus's Complaint 188

John Dory 194

Sir Eglamore 196

Jephthah, Judge of Israel 198

Samson 201

Queen Dido, or, The Wandering Prince of Troy 207

George Barnwell 213

The Duke of Athol's Nurse. [Buchan.] 228

The Duke of Athol's Nourice. [Kinloch.] 231

The Hireman Chiel 233

Armstrong and Musgrave 243

Fair Margaret of Craignargat 249

Richie Storie 255

The Farmer's Old Wife 257

The Duel of Wharton and Stuart 259

Saddle to Rags 265

The Fause Knight upon the Road 269

Gifts from over Sea 271

The Courteous Knight 272

The Northern Lord and Cruel Jew 277

Gight's Lady 285

GLOSSARY 293

INDEX 303