Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Some British Ballads
Several of the Ballads in this book are based on the great work of Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, permission to use which was generously accorded by the publishers, Messrs. Houghton, Miffiin and Company, of Boston, to whom the grateful thanks.
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