Manuscript B. 14. 39, Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, 13th century. Recently recovered (see V, 288). (No 23.)
Rawlinson Manuscript D. 328, 15th century (before 1445). Bodleian Library. (No 1.)
Manuscript F. f. 5. 48, Library of the University of Cambridge, c. 1450. (No 119, a.)
One leaf of Manuscript in Bagford Ballads, vol. i, art. 6, British Museum, c. 1450. (No 119, b.)
Sloane Manuscript 2593, British Museum, c. 1450. (Nos 22, 115.)
Manuscript E. e. 4. 35, Library of the University of Cambridge, C. 1500. (No 121.)
Rawlinson Manuscript C. 813, beginning of the sixteenth century. Bodleian Library. (No 111.)
Cotton Manuscript Cleopatra, C. iv., British Museum, c. 1550. (No 161, A, a.)
Manuscript Ashmole 48, Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1550, or later. (No 162.)
Manuscript in York Minster Library, 16th century. (No 167, C, IV, 503.)
Cotton Manuscript Vespasian, A. xxy, British Museum, end of 16th century. (No 178.)
Harleian Manuscript 293, leaf 52, British Museum, about 1620. (No 161 A, b.)
Percy Manuscript, British Museum, Additional Manuscripts, 27879, c. 1650.
Philiphaugh Manuscript of No 305, Edinburgh, 1689-1708 (?). Not now accessible: printed by Aytoun. A supposed transcript extant among the Philiphaugh papers is not older than 1848. (V, 191.)
Fly-leaf of a volume printed at Edinburgh, 1670. Laing Manuscripts, Div. II, 358, Library of the University of Edinburgh. (Fragment, V, 202 b.)
Elizabeth Cochrane's Songbook, Collection of Songs English and Scots, 1730(?). Harvard College Library. (Nos 5, E, I, 76; 76, A, II, 215; 144, B, III, 195; 293, A, V, 160.)
Mrs. Cockburn's Manuscript of No 305, used by Scott, and described by him as "apparently of considerable antiquity." Edinburgh. Not now accessible. (V, 191.)
Bishop Percy's papers. Manuscript copies of ballads from Rev. P. Parsons of Wye, Miss Fisher of Carlisle, Principal Robertson of Edinburgh, the Dean of Derry, George Paton of Edinburgh, Rev. Robert Lambe of Norham, Roger Halt, the Duchess Dowager of Portland, and others. In all about 33. 1766-80. Harvard College Library.
David Herd's Manuscripts, two volumes folio, the second volume duplicating a portion of the first. 1776. British Museum, Additional Manuscripts, 22311-12. (See Mr. H. L. D. Ward's Catalogue of Romances, I, 531.[foot-note])
Manuscripts of Mrs. Brown of Falkland. 1783-1801.
Sir Walter Scott's collection, Abbotsford. 1783-1830.
Glenriddell Manuscript, 1791. In vol. XI of Robert Riddell's collection of Scottish Antiquities. (There is an earlier transcript of one of the ballads in vol. VIII.) Library of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Manuscript described by Scott as the 'collection of an old lady's complete set of ballads.' In two portions, the first in 53 pages, on paper of 1805-6-7; the second in 10 pages, on paper of 1818. Contains thirty-two popular ballads and gives the titles of others known to the compiler. Obtained by Skene of Rubislaw in the north of Scotland (but obviously not so early as 1802-3 as endorsed by Scott on the cover of the Skene Manuscript), turned over to Scott by Skene, and in 1823 by Scott to C. K. Sharpe. In the possession of Mr. Macmath.
Skene Manuscript, nine separate quires, amounting in all to 125 pages, and containing thirty-six pieces. Almost all of these are found in the Old Lady's Collection, from which they appear to have been transcribed, but with misreadings and changes. 118 pages in the possession of Mr. Alexander Allardyce of Edinburgh; the remainder in the possession of Mr. Macmath.
Pitcairn's Manuscripts, 1817-25. Three volumes in the writing of Robert Pitcairn; partly from printed sources. In the possession of the representatives of Mr. James L. Mansfield, Edinburgh.
Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's Collection (besides the Old Lady's Manuscript and the Skene Manuscript). (1) < Songs,' ^d i ^ f 12mo, in Sharpe's handwriting. (2) Manuscript of 32 pages, small 4to, on paper of 1822, not in Sharpe's hand. (3) Manuscript of 12 pages, on paper of 1820, not in Sharpe's hand. (4) An independent transcript by Sharpe of the pieces entitled by Scott 'North Country Ballads.' (5) Letters from Motherwell to Sharpe, enclosing ballads. (6) Single copies of ballads, not in Sharpe's hand. All in the possession of Mr. Macmath.
Motherwell's Manuscript, 1825 and after. A folio, almost entirely in Motherwell's hand, containing, besides some pieces not indexed, 228 indexed ballads. Most of these are from the West of Scotland, but not a few were given Motherwell by Buchan and are duplicates of copies which occur in Buchan's Manuscripts In the possession of Mr. Malcolm Colquhoun Thomson, Glasgow.
Motherwell's Note-Book, c. 1826-27. A small octavo containing various memoranda referring to ballads, including the whole, or a portion, of several copies. Formerly in the possession of Mr. J. Wylie Guild.
Kinloch Manuscripts, 1826 and after. Seven volumes, the fourth being an interleaved (printed) copy of Kinloch's Ancient Scottish Ballads with additions and variations. Vols I, IE, III, VII, are almost wholly in Kinloch's hand; V, VI are mostly in the writing of James Beattie, John Hill Burton, and Joseph Robertson. Harvard College Library.
Peter Buchan's Manuscripts, about 1828. Two volumes, folio. British Museum, Additional Manuscripts, 29408-9. For a description, see Mr. Ward's Catalogue of Romances, etc., I, 537.
Mr. David Scott of Peterhead possesses a volume entirely in Buchan's writing "which contains all [the ballads] that Buchan ever collected except some 'high-kilted' ones in another volume." [The two volumes here mentioned are now in the Child Memorial Library of Harvard University. The "high-kilted" volume is entitled 'Secret Songs of Silence.']
Joseph Robertson's Manuscripts, 1829-32. Four small notebooks, one entitled 'Journal of Excursions;' another, 'Adversaria'; also an annotated copy of The New Deeside Guide [1832]. In the possession of Dr. Robertson's representatives.
John Hill Burton's Manuscripts, 1829-30. Mostly in the Kinloch collection, but his daughter, Mrs. Rodger, Aberdeen, has a small volume containing portions of two ballads.
Alexander Laing of Brechin's Manuscript, 1829-35. 'Ancient Ballads and Songs, etc., etc., from the recitation of old people; never published, 1829.' Three ballads and a fragment. Harvard College Library.
Robert White's Papers, 1829 and after. Ballads selected from his collectanea by Mr. White of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Harvard College Library.
British Museum, Additional Manuscripts, 20094. 1829. (No. 4.)
Campbell Manuscripts, 1830 or earlier. 'Old Scottish Songs collected in the counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles.' 2 volumes. Collector unknown. At Marchmont House, Berwickshire.
'Scottish Songs and Ballads,' copied probably before 1830, by a granddaughter of Lord Woodhouselee, mostly from print or from A. F. Tytler's Brown Manuscript, but containing two or three versions of popular ballads not found elsewhere.
Harris Manuscript Ballads learned by Amelia Harris in her childhood from an old nurse in Perthshire (the last years of the 18th century); taken down by her daughter, who has added a few of her own collecting. With an appendix of airs. Harvard College Library.
Joseph Robertson. An interleaved and annotated copy of The New Deeside Guide [1832] (of which J. R. was the author).
Gibb Manuscript, 1860. Twenty-one ballads written down from the recitation of his mother by Mr. James Gibb of Joppa, representing the form in which ballads were recited about the beginning of the century in Angus and Mearns. Harvard College Library.
David Louden's Manuscript, 1873. Contains four popular ballads derived from reciters in Haddington shire. Harvard College Library.
Murison Manuscript, about 1873. Some forty pieces collected by Mrs. A. F. Murison in Old Deer, among which there are several traditional popular ballads. Harvard College Library.
A few detached ballads collected by Dr. Alexander Laing of Newburgh-on-Tay. About 1873.
Findlay Manuscripts Two volumes, the first (only) containing several ballads and many fragments gathered from recitation by Eev. William Findlay, of Saline, Fifeshire, 1865-85. In the hands of the collector.
Macmath Manuscript Ballads and songs recently collected by Mr. Macmath. In the possession of the collector.
"Common Place Book filled with a collection of Old Ballads of the 17th century," a Manuscript formerly belonging to J. Payne Collier, now in the British Museum. Contains thirty ballads written in a forged hand of the 19th century, some of the pieces being also spurious. Nos 8 C, 137, 168 are in this Manuscript.
Communications, noted in their places, of a single ballad or of several ballads, taken down or remembered by friends or correspondents in Europe and America, and several taken down by myself. [Child Manuscripts, Harvard College Library.]
A Gest of Robyn Hode. Fragment without printer's name or date, but of the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century: the eleventh and last piece in a volume the other contents of which are nine pieces printed by Walter Chepman and Andrew Myllar three of these purporting to be printed at Edinburgh in 1508 and one other piece the printer of which is also unascertained. Advocates' Library, Edinburgh.
A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode, etc. Wynken de Worde, London, n. d. (1492-1534). Library of the University of Cambridge.
Three fragments (one of which was attributed to Wynken de Worde by Ritson). Douce, Bodleian Library.
A Mery Geste of Robyn Hoode, etc. London, Wyllyam Copland, n. d. (1549-69). British Museum.
A Merry Iest of Robin Hood, etc. London, Printed for Edward White, n.d. (1577-1612). Bodleian Library. The sources of the later Robin Hood ballads may more conveniently be entered here, than in regular course. Articles n.d. may of course not be in strict chronological order.
Broadside copies in the Wood, Pepys, Douce, Roxburghe, and Rawlinson collections.
Martin Parker, A True Tale of Robbin Hood. London, 1634 (?). British Museum, C. 39, a. 52. The same. By Clark, Thackeray, and Passinger. London, 1686. Bodleian Library.
Robin Hoods Garland; or Delightful Songs, Shewing the noble Exploits of Robin Hood, and bis Yeomendrie. With new Edditions and Emendations. London, Printed for W. Gilbertson, at the Bible in Giltspur-street without Newgate, 1663. (17 ballads.) Wood, Bodleian Library.
Robin Hoods Garland. Containing his merry Exploits, and the several Fights which he, Little John, and Will. Scarlet had, upon several occasions. Some of them never before Printed. [London,] Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright. 1670. (16 ballads.) Douce, Bodleian Library.
Robin Hood's Garland. Printed by C. Dicey in Bow Church Yard, n.d. (before 1741).[foot-note]
Robin Hood's Garland, without place or printer. 1749. Percy Papers, Harvard College Library.
Robin Hood's Garland. Printed by W. & C. Dicey, in St. Mary Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, Cheapside, and sold at the Warehouse in Northampton, n.d. (c. 1753).[foot-note]
The English Archer ... Robin Hood. Paisley, printed by John Neilson for George C aid well, Bookseller, near the Cross, 1786.[foot-note]
The English Archer, or ... Robin Hood. York, printed by N. Nickson in Feasegate, n.d.[foot-note]
Robin Hood's Garland. Printed by L. How in Peticoat Lane, n. d.[foot-note]
Robin Hood's Garland. London, J. Marshall & Co., Aldermary Churchyard, n.d. Harvard College Library.
Robin Hood's Garland. London. R. Marshall, in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, n.d. Harvard College Library.
Captain Delany's Garland. In a collection of folio sheet-ballads mostly dated 1775. Edinburgh (?). British Museum, 1346. m. 7. (9.)
Robin Hood's Garland. York, T. Wilson and R. Spence, n.d.[foot-note]
Robin Hood's Garland. Preston, Printed and sold by W. Sergent, n.d.[foot-note]
Robin Hood's Garland. Wolverhampton, Printed and sold by J. Smart, n.d.[foot-note]
Adventures of ... Robin Hood. Falkirk, Printed and sold by T. Johnston, 1808.[foot-note]
The History of Robin Hood and the Beggar. Aberdeen. A. Keith (1810-35).[foot-note]
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly. Two fragments of an edition by John Byddell. London, 1536. Library of the University of Cambridge.
A fragment by a printer not identified, formerly in the possession of J. Payne Collier. (No 116.)
Adambel, Clym of the cloughe, and Wyllyam of cloudesle. William Copeland, London, n.d. (1562-69. See Arber, Transcript, V, 25). British Museum.
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesle. London, Printed by James Roberts, 1605.[foot-note]
[Thomas Ravenscroft.] Deuteromelia, or, The Second Part of Musicks Melodic or Melodius Musicke, etc. London, 1609.
[Thomas Ravenscroft.] Melismata, Musicall Phansies, fitting the Court, Cittie, and Countrey Humours. London, 1611.
Thomas Deloney. Pleasant History of John Winchcomb, in his younger years called Jacke of Newberie: reprint of the 9th edition, of London, 1633, by J. 0. Halliwell. London, 1859.
The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, written by Master David Hume of Godscroft. Edinburgh, 1644.
Broadsides: mostly of the second half of the 17th century.
Wood, Rawlinson, Douce collections. Bodleian Library. Here from the originals. Pepys collection. Magdalen College Library, Cambridge. Mostly from the originals. Roxburghe collection. British Museum. Here sometimes from originals, sometimes from The Roxburghe Ballads, Ballad Society. Vols I, EC, edited by William Chappell, London, 1871-80. Vols IV-VII, edited by J. W. Ebsworth, 1883-93. Bagford Collection. British Museum. Here from the Bagford Ballads, Ballad Society, edited by J. W. Ebsworth, 2 vols. Hertford, 1878. Osterley Park Library, British Museum, c. 39, k. 6 (60). 1690(?).
Laing (Scottish) Broadsides, c. 1 700. In the possession of Lord Rosebery.
A Scottish Broadside formerly in the possession of J. Maidment, c. 1700. (No 162.) Harvard College Library.
"Ballard's Collection" (so cited by Percy). Pepys Penny Merriments. Magdalen College Library, Cambridge.
The King's Pamphlets. British Museum, 669. f. 20, 55. 1657.
Wit Restord, in several select poems not formerly publisht. London, 1658 (in Facetiae, Musarum Deliciae, 1656, Wit Restord, 1658, and Wits Recreations, 1640. 2 vols. London, 1817).
Wit and Drollery, Jovial Poems. Corrected and amended, with New Additions. London, 1682.
Wit and Mirth, or, Pills to Purge Melancholy, being a collection of the best Merry Ballads and Songs, etc., [with airs]. London. [Ed. by Henry Playford,] four editions, London, 1699-1714, 5 vols.; [ed. by T. D'Urfey,] 6 vols. London, I-V, 1719, VI, 1720.
True Love Requited, or, The Bayliff's Daughter of Islington. Printed and sold in Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Lane, "1700 or a little later."
A Collection of Old Ballads, corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical, critical, or humorous. 3 vols. London, I, n, 1723; III, 1725.
Allan Ramsay. The Ever Green, being a collection of Scots Poems, wrote by the ingenious before 1600. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1724.
Allan Ramsay. The Tea-Table Miscellany, or a collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English. (Vol. I, Edinburgh, 1724; vol. II, 172-?; vol. HI, 1727. 3 vols in one, Dublin, 1729; London, 1733. 9th edition, enlarged with a fourth volume, London, 1 740. llth edition, four volumes in one, London, 1750. David Laing's notes in the Musical Museum, ed. 1853, pp. 108* f., 382* 393* f.) London, 1733, 3 vols in one; 1763, 4 vols in one.
W. Thomson. Orpheus Caledonius, or, a Collection of the best Scotch Songs. [London, 1725.] 1 vol. fol. Orpheus Caledonius, or, a Collection of Scots Songs. 2 vols, 8, London, 1733.
Gill Morrice. An Ancient Scottish Poem, 2d ed. Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1755.
Young Waters. An Ancient Scottish Poem, never before printed. Robert & Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1755.
Edom of Gordon. An Ancient Scottish Poem, never before printed. Robert & Andrew Foulis, Glasgow, 1755.
Letter of Thomas Gray, June, 1757? (Gray's Works, ed. Gosse, II, 316. London, 1884.)
Thomas Percy. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other pieces of our Earlier Poets, together with some few of later date. 3 vols. London, 1765, 1767, 1775. 4th ed., 1794, ostensibly edited by Percy's nephew, with restoration of some original readings.
Garlands, etc., of the second half of the 18th century:
[David Herd.] The Ancient and Modern Scots Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc., now first collected into one body from the various Miscellanies wherein they formerly lay dispersed, containing likewise a great number of Original Songs from Manuscripts never before published. Edinburgh, 1769.
[David Herd.] Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, etc., collected from memory, tradition and ancient authors. The second edition. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1776.
John Pinkerton. Scottish Tragic Ballads. London, 1781.
John Pinkerton. Select Scotish Ballads. 2 vols. (vol. I, Tragic Ballads; vol. II, Comic Ballads). London, 1783.
[Joseph Ritson.] A Select Collection of English Songs, with their Original Airs, and a historical essay on the Origin and Progress of National Song. 3 vols. London, 1783. (The second edition, with Additional Songs, and occasional Notes. By Thomas Park. 3 vols. London, 1813.)
[Joseph Ritson.] "The Bishopric Garland, or Durham Minstrel. Being a choice collection of Excellent Songs relating to the above county. Stockton, 1784. A new edition, corrected, 1792." Reprinted by J. Haslewood in, Northern Garlands, edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq. London, 1810.
[George Caw.] The Poetical Museum. Containing Songs and Poems on almost every subject. Mostly from periodical publications. Hawick, 1784.
James Johnson. The Scots Musical Museum, in six volumes. Consisting of Six Hundred Scots Songs, with proper Basses for the Piano Forte, etc. Edinburgh, [1787-1803]. (Second Edition, 1839.) Third Edition, with copious Notes and Illustrations of the Lyric Poetry and Music of Scotland, by the late William Stenhouse, [and] with additional Notes and Illustrations [by David Laing]. 4 vols. Edinburgh and London, 1853.
[Joseph Ritson.] Ancient Songs, from the time of King Henry the Third to the Revolution. London, 1790. ("Printed, 1787; dated 1790; published 1792." Second Edition. Ancient Songs and Ballads from the Reign of King Henry the Second to the Revolution. Collected by Joseph Ritson, Esq. 2 vols. London, 1829.)
Joseph Ritson. Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry: from authentic manuscripts and old printed copies. London, 1791. 2d ed., London, 1833.
[Joseph Ritson.] "The Northumberland Garland, or Newcastle Nightingale. A matchless collection of Famous Songs. Newcastle, 1793." Reprinted by J. Haslewood in, Northern Garlands, edited by the late Joseph Ritson, Esq. London, 1810.
[Joseph Ritson.] Scotish Song. In two volumes. London, 1794.
[Joseph Ritson.] Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English Outlaw. To which are prefixed Historical Anecdotes of his Life. In two volumes. London, 1 795. (Second edition, London, 1832.)
[J. Currie.] The Works of Robert Burns, with an Account of his Life, etc. 4th ed., 4 vols. London, 1803.
John Leyden. The Complaynt of Scotland, written in 1548. With a Preliminary Dissertation and Glossary. Edinburgh, 1801.
Walter Scott. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland, with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. 3 vols. Vols I, II, Kelso, 1802; vol. III, Edinburgh, 1803. 2d ed., Edinburgh, 1803; 3d, 1806; 4th, 1810. 4 vols, edited by J. G. Lockhart, with airs. Edinburgh, 1833.
The Edinburgh Magazine, or, Literary Miscellany. Edinburgh, 1803.
The Scots Magazine, vol. LXV, 1803; vol. LXXX, 1817; vol. LXXXIX, 1822. Edinburgh.
The Sporting Magazine, vol. XXV. London, 1805.
Robert Jamieson. Popular Ballads and Songs from Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce Editions; with translations of similar pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a few Originals by the Editor. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1806.
John Finlay. Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads, chiefly ancient. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1808.
R.H. Cromek. Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: with Historical and Traditional Notices relative to the manners and customs of the Peasantry. London, 1810.
R.H. Cromek. Select Scottish Songs, Ancient and Modern; with Critical Observations and Biographical Notices, by Robert Burns. 2 vols. London, 1810.
Gammer Gurton's Garland, or, The Nursery Parnassus. London, 1810.
John Bell. Rhymes of Northern Bards, being a curious collection of Old and New Songs and Poems peculiar to the counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham. Edited by John Bell, Jun. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1812.
[John Fry.] Pieces of Ancient Poetry from unpublished manuscripts and scarce books. Bristol, 1814.
H. Weber, R. Jamieson, W. Scott. Illustrations of Northern Antiquities, etc. Edinburgh, 1814.
Sir Egerton Brydges. Restituta, vol. I. London. 1814.
Alexander Campbell. Albyn's Anthology, or, a select collection of the Melodies and Local Poetry peculiar to Scotland and the Isles, hitherto unpublished. 2 vols. 1816, 1818.
R.H. Cromek. Reliques of Robert Burns. 4th ed. London, 1817.
James Hogg. The Jacobite Relics of Scotland, being the Songs, Airs, and Legends of the adherents to the House of Stuart. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1819-21.
R.A. Smith. The Scotish Minstrel, a selection from the Vocal Melodies of Scotland, ancient and modern. 6 vols. Edinburgh, [1820-24].
John Struthers. The British Minstrel, a selection of Ballads, ancient and modern, etc. 2 vols. London, 1822.
Robert Trotter. Lowran Castle, or, The Wild Boar of Curridoo, with other Tales, illustrative of the Superstitions, Manners, and Customs of Galloway. Dumfries, 1822.
[Alexander Laing.] Scarce Ancient Ballads, many never before published. Aberdeen, 1822.
Alexander Laing. The Thistle of Scotland, a selection of Ancient Ballads, with notes. Aberdeen, 1823. [Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.] A Ballad Book. Edinburgh, 1823.] Reprinted by E. Goldsmid, Edinburgh, 1883.
Davies Gilbert. Some Ancient Christmas Carols, with the Tunes to which they were formerly sung in the West of England. Together with two ancient Ballads, a Dialogue, etc. 2d edition. London, 1823.
William Hone. Ancient Mysteries. London, 1823.
[James Maidment.] A North Countrie Garland. Edinburgh, 1824. Reprinted by E. Goldsmid. Edinburgh, 1884.
The Common-Place Book of Ancient and Modern Ballad and Metrical Legendary Tales. An original selection, including many never before published. Edinburgh, 1824.
John Mactaggart. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, or, the original, antiquated, and natural Curiosities of the South of Scotland. London, 1824.
David Webster. A Collection of curious Old Ballads and Miscellaneous Poetry. Edinburgh, 1824. The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. XCV, Part I. London, 1825.
Peter Buchan. Gleanings of Scotch, English, and Irish scarce old Ballads chiefly tragical and historical, etc. Peterhead, 1825.
Allan Cunningham. The Songs of Scotland, ancient and modern, with an introduction and notes, historical and critical, etc. 4 vols. London, 1825.
Stall copies, etc., mostly of uncertain date:
Robert Chambers. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland, with illustrations, chiefly collected from oral sources. Edinburgh, 1826, 1870.
George R. Kinloch. Ancient Scottish Ballads, recovered from tradition and never before published, with notes, historical and explanatory, and an appendix containing the airs of several of the ballads. London and Edinburgh, 1827.
[George R. Kinloch.] The Ballad Book. Edinburgh, 1827. Reprinted by E. Goldsmid. Edinburgh, 1885.
Thomas Lyle. Ancient Ballads and Songs, chiefly from tradition, manuscripts, and scarce works, etc. London, 1827.
William Motherwell. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern, with an historical introduction and notes. Glasgow, 1827. (A copy with Manuscript entries by Motherwell).
Peter Buchan. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, hitherto unpublished, with explanatory notes. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1828.
The Paisley Magazine, or, Literary and Antiquarian Miscellany. Paisley, 1828.
Robert Chambers. The Scottish Ballads, collected and illustrated. Edinburgh, 1829.
Sir N.H. Nicolas. History of the Battle of Agincourt. 2d ed. London, 1832.
[Joseph Robertson.] The New Deeside Guide, by James Brown. Aberdeen, [1832].
Andrew Picken. Traditionary Stories of Old Families. 2 vols. London, 1833.
William Sandys. Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, including the most popular in the West of England, and the airs to which they are sung, etc. London, 1833.
William Sandys. Christmastide, its history, festivities, and carols. London, [18—].
Sir Cuthbert Sharpe. The Bishoprick Garland, or a collection of Legends, Songs, Ballads, etc., belonging to the county of Durham. London, 1834.
The Universal Songster, or, Museum of Mirth, forming the most complete, extensive, and valuable collection of Ancient and Modern Songs in the English language. 3 vols. London, 1834.
The Songs of England and Scotland. 2 vols. London, 1835.
Fisher's Drawing-Room Scrap-Book. London, 1835.
[E.V. Utterson.] A Little Book of Ballads. [Printed for the Roxburghe Club.] Newport, 1836.
J.E, Tyler. Henry of Monmouth, or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry the Fifth. 2 vols. London, 1838.
The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London, 1839.
Sir N.H. Nicolas. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. Aldine Edition. 3 vols. London, 1839.
J. O. Halliwell. The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected principally from oral tradition. London, 1842 (Vol. IV of the Percy Society Publications). 4th ed., 1846; 5th ed., 1853.
Alexander Whitelaw. The Book of Scottish Song; collected and illustrated with historical and critical notices, etc. (Glasgow, 1844.) Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, 1855.
Alexander Whitelaw. The Book of Scottish Ballads; collected and illustrated with historical and critical notices. Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London. [1844] 1845.
J.O. Halliwell. Nugae Poeticae. Select Pieces of Old English Popular Poetry, illustrating the manners and arts of the fifteenth century. London, 1844.
R. Chambers. Twelve Romantic Scottish Ballads, with the original airs. Edinburgh, 1844.
[James Maidment.] A New Book of Old Ballads. Edinburgh, 1844.
T. Wright and J.O. Halliwell. Reliquiae Antiquae. Scraps from Ancient Manuscripts. 2 vols. London, 1845.
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. V. Edinburgh and London, 1845.
James Henry Dixon. Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads. (Vol. XVII of the Percy Society Publications.) London, 1845.
James Henry Dixon. Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, taken down from oral recitation, and transcribed from private manuscripts, rare broadsides, and scarce publications. (Vol. XVII of the Percy Society Publications.) London, 1846.
M.A. Richardson. The Borderer's Table Book, or, Gatherings of the Local History and Romance of the English and Scottish Border. 8 vols. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London, 1846.
James Paterson and Charles Gray. The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire, illustrated with sketches historical, traditional, narrative, and biographical. 2 series. Ayr, 1846, 1847.
Frederick Sheldon. The Minstrelsy of the English Border, being a collection of Ballads, ancient, remodelled, and original, founded on well known Border legends. London, 1847.
John Matthew Gutch. A Lytyll Geste of Robin Hode, with other Ancient and Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this celebrated yeoman, etc. 2 vols. London, 1847.
The Scottish Journal. Vol. II, 1848.
The Edinburgh Topographical, Traditional, and Antiquarian Magazine. [Sept.-Dec. 1848.] Edinburgh, 1849.
J.O. Halliwell. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales; a sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England. London, 1849.
J.O. Halliwell. Ballads and Poems respecting Hugh of Lincoln. Brixton Hill, 1849.
Abraham Hume. Sir Hugh of Lincoln, or, an examination of a curious tradition respecting the Jews, with a notice of the Popular Poetry connected with it. London, 1849.
Notes and Queries. London, 1850 -.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. I, 1852.
J.S. Moore. The Pictorial Book of Ancient Ballad Poetry of Great Britain, historical, traditional, and romantic, etc. London, 1853.
John Miller. Fly-Leaves, or Scraps and Sketches, literary, biographical, and miscellaneous. The Second Series. London, 1855.
William Chappell. Popular Music of the Olden Time. A collection of Ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance Tunes, illustrative of the National Music of England, etc. 2 vols. London, [1855-59].
Jabez Allies. The British, Roman, and Saxon Antiquities and Folk-lore of Worcestershire. 2d ed. London, "1856" [1852?].
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