Francis James Child (February 1, 1825 – September 11, 1896) was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, best known today for his collection of...
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The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second...
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(1684–1740), English banker and politician Francis Child (died 1763) (1735–1763), English politician Francis James Child (1825–1896), American educator and folklorist...
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The Child Ballads is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child and originally published...
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Billy Blind (section In Child Ballads)
compared" W.W. Newell, 1883 Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Gil Brenton" Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular...
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Roud. It subsumes all the previous printed sources known to Francis James Child (the Child Ballads) and includes recordings from 1900 to 1975. Until early...
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Fables of Identity: Studies in Poetic Mythology. ISBN 0-15-629730-2. Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v. 2, p. 68. Dover Publications...
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influential scholar of folklore and ancient languages, and a student of Francis James Child. He was an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society...
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James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs and the King over the Water by Jacobites, was the son...
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London, 1967 Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 91, Dover Publications, New York 1965 Francis James Child, The English...
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the same name by Francis James Child re-arranged by the duo. They recorded the album with producer Gary Paczosa in early 2012. Child Ballads received...
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celebrations and folktales. An example is the 305 ballads collected by Francis James Child published during the English revival in the 19th century. During...
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Sir Aldingar (category Child Ballads)
original text related to this article: Child's Ballads/59 Sir Aldingar is Child ballad 59. Francis James Child collected three variants, two fragmentary...
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Robin Hood (section Child ballads)
one hero of the other variants is named "Brown Robin". Francis James Child indeed retitled Child ballad 102; though it was titled The Birth of Robin Hood...
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James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker and studio executive. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting...
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James Francis Cagney Jr. (/ˈkæɡni/; July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently...
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Shepherd's Daughter". Young Hunting Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Child Waters" Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular...
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"Finns" was also repeated by Francis James Child in his annotation to ballad 113, "The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry". The child with a sore on her feet reveals...
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The Twa Magicians (category Child Ballads)
Noctes Ambrosianae #40. It was later published as number 44 of Francis James Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads. During the 20th century, versions...
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The Unquiet Grave (category Child Ballads)
that it disturbs her eternal sleep. It was collected in 1868 by Francis James Child as Child Ballad number 78. One of the more common tunes used for the ballad...
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with a Scottish ballad titled "The Elfin Knight", collected by Francis James Child as Child Ballad #2, which has been traced as far back as 1670. In this...
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Mary of Modena (redirect from Mary, queen consort of James II and VII)
the child was spurious; if not, James II's Catholic dynasty would have been perpetuated. Popular opinion alleged that the child, named James Francis Edward...
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Riddles Wisely Expounded (category Child Ballads)
to it in 1719. The title "Riddles Wisely Expounded" was given by Francis James Child and seems derived from the seventeenth century broadside version...
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Matty Groves (category Child Ballads)
Musgrave and Lady Barnard is one of the Child ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child. Little Musgrave (or Matty Groves, Little...
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Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Allison Gross" Kekäläinen, Kirsti (1983). Aspects of Style and Language in Child's Collection...
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Atlantic world Margaret Szasz 2007 University of Oklahoma Press Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, pp. 336–7, Dover...
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the present. What is civilization?. New York: Harper. pp. 43–46. Francis James Child (20 November 2014). The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Cambridge...
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professor Francis James Child. They attempted to record and classify all the known ballads and variants in their chosen regions. Since Child died before...
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Edward (ballad) (category Child Ballads)
traditional murder ballad existing in several variants, categorised by Francis James Child as Child Ballad number 13 and listed as number 200 in the Roud Folk Song...
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W. Roy MacKenzie (section Influence of Francis Child)
professors influenced by the work of Francis James Child, an American folklorist who collected what is now known as the Child Ballads. MacKenzie was the first...
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