Child Ballads

Francis J. Child (Feb. 1, 1825 - Sept. 11, 1896) was a Harvard professor who collected tradional ballads and published the multi-volume English and Scottish Popular Ballads.

See

• Comtemplator.com
• Childballads.com
• Traditional Ballad Index
• Child Ballad Recordings

Songs I have played:

1. Bok, Muir & Trickett\ Jennifer Gentle\ All Shall Be Well Again\ Folk-Legacy
4. Riley Baugus\ Willow Tree\ Long Steel Rail\ Sugar Hill
10. Golden Ring\ Rollin' A-Rollin'\ A Gathering of Friends for Making Music\ Folk-Legacy
68. The Tallboys\ Henry Lee\ Yeah Buddy\ Self
    Martin Simpson\ Love Henry\ Kind Letters\ Topic
81. The Mrs Ackroyd Band\ A Murder Ballad\ Yelp!\ Mrs Ackroyd
84. Emmylou Harris\ Barbara Allen\ Songcatcher soundtrack (VA)\ Vanguard Zoe Speaks\ Barbry Ellen\ Birds Fly South\ Redbird
192. Kate Rusby\ The Blind Harper\ Underneath the Stars\ Compass
243. Martin Simpson\ The Demon Lover \ Special Agent\ Fledg'ling
278. Pete Seeger\ The Farmer's Curst Wife\ American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2\ Smithsonian/Folkways
     Tim O'Brien & The O'Boys\ The Farmer's Cursed Wife\ Oh Boy! O'Boy!\ Sugar Hill

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