
audiobook
Uniform with this Volume - POPULAR BALLADS OF THE OLDEN TIME - First Series. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry.
Second Series. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth.
PREFACE
BALLADS IN THE THIRD SERIES
THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT
THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN
JOHNIE ARMSTRONG
THE BRAES OF YARROW
THE TWA BROTHERS
THE OUTLYER BOLD
This volume gathers a vibrant chorus of Scottish and Border ballads, each piece revived from seventeenth‑century manuscripts and carefully rendered in modern spelling. The editor’s scholarly notes and a handy map guide listeners through the tangled geography of rivers, cities, and borderlands, while preserving the lively, sometimes rough‑hewn cadence that made these songs beloved in taverns and hearths alike.
Among the selections are tales of daring knights, tragic lovers, and mysterious miracles, all filtered through the popular imagination of their age. Listeners will hear the clashing of swords, the whisper of secret vows, and the bawdy humor of merrymakers, each vignette offering a glimpse of the social pulse that once echoed across Scotland’s hills and moors.
Presented as an accessible, dramatized anthology, the collection invites anyone with a taste for folklore, history, or simply a good story to step into a world where poetry and legend walk hand in hand.
Full title
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (212K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Louise Hope, Paul Murray and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2007-02-19
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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