The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Omtale

Originally published 1882–98, this monumental ten-part work by Harvard scholar Francis James Child (1825–96) contains the text and variants of 305 ballads, with detailed commentary and critical apparatus. Volume 5, Part 2 (1898) contains additions and corrections, a glossary of archaic terms, a list of sources, musical scores, indexes, and a bibliography.