The Jolly Beggar — is Child ballad 279. The song s chorus inspired lines in Lord Byron s poem So, we ll go no more a roving.ynopsisA beggar comes over the hills one day, and knocks on the door of a local farmer and asks for a roof for the night. Curiously, he will… … Wikipedia
List of the Child Ballads — This list of the Child Ballads contains all the 305 ballad types in Francis James Child s collection Popular English and Scottish Ballads , collected in the 19th century, colloquially known as the Child Ballads; see this for further general… … Wikipedia
Roud Folk Song Index — The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of 300,000 references to over 21,600 songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is a combination of the Broadside Index (printed sources before… … Wikipedia
Индекс народных песен Роуда — (англ. Roud Folk Song Index) база данных из 300 000 ссылок на более чем 21 600 песен, которые были собраны в устной традиции на английском языке на всех континентах, где язык имеет распространение. Труд по систематизации был проделан… … Википедия
Richie Story — is Child ballad 232, existing in several variants. [Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads , [http://www.sacred texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch232.htm Richie Story ] ] ynopsisOf a group of sisters (three, five, or seven in different … Wikipedia
Lizie Lindsay — is Child ballad 226, existing in several variants (also known as Lizzie Lindsay or Leezie Lindsay ).ynopsisA highland Laird courts Lizie Lindsay in Edinburgh, sometimes after his mother had warned him not to hide his highland origins. Her family… … Wikipedia
Glasgow Peggie — or Glasgow Peggy is Child ballad 228, existing in several variants.ynopsisA Highlander comes to steal Peggie. In most variants, her father (and in some, her mother), declare that he might steal their animals, but not their daughter. He carries… … Wikipedia
Bonny Lizie Baillie — is Child ballad 227. Some traditions claim it recounts an actual courtship.ynopsisLizie Baillie meets a Highlander, Duncan Grahame, who courts her. She says she does not know how to work at a farm, and he promises to teach her. She will not have… … Wikipedia
Dugall Quin — is Child ballad 294. Synopsis Dugall Quin wooes Lisie Meanes, asking her how she likes him in his ragged dress; she answers that she likes him and asks how he likes her in her fine clothing; he likes her and asks her to come with him. Her father… … Wikipedia
Ballad — A ballad is a poem usually set to music; thus, it often is a story told in a song. Any myth form may be told as a ballad, such as historical accounts or fairy tales in verse form. It usually has foreshortened, alternating four stress lines (… … Wikipedia
