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Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads and Songs

Volume 2

E B Lyle editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Scottish Text Society

Published:1st Jan '96

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The collection of one of the most active and interesting of Scotland’s ballad collectors Crawfurd’s collection sought out those texts that were preserved through oral rather than written tradition and this imparts a particular distinction to his corpus. Versions of famous ballads featured in these volumes include “The Cruel Mother”, “The Three Ravens”, and “The Wee Wee Man”.

ISBN: 9781897976111

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 606g

304 pages