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The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire: Transcribed from Private Manuscripts, Rare Broadsides, and Scarce Publications; with Notes and a Glossary

by Christopher James Davison Ingledew

Level C1 · AdvancedPoetry57 chapters
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About this book

Discover a rich collection of Yorkshire's ballads and songs, drawn from rare manuscripts and broadsides, capturing tales from historic battles to legendary abbeys, all preserved with notes and a glossary to illuminate their timeless charm.

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Contents

57 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFACE.
03THE DIRGE OF OFFA.
04ATHELGIVA.
05THE BATTLE OF CUTON MOORE.
06ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE.
07THE JOLLY PINDER OF WAKEFIELD;
08THE NOBLE FISHERMAN;
09ROBIN HOOD AND THE CURTALL FRYER OF FOUNTAINS ABBEY.
10THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD'S ENTERTAINMENT BY ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN, IN MERRY BARNSDALE.
11ROBIN HOOD'S DEATH AND BURIAL.
12HISTORY OF SIR JOHN ELAND, OF ELAND, AND HIS ANTAGONISTS.

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