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  1. "Sir Patrick Spens
    Sir Patrick Spens
    "Sir Patrick Spens" is one of the most popular of the Child Ballads , and is of Scottish origin.-Historicity:The events of the ballad are similar to, and may chronicle, an actual event: the bringing home of the Scottish queen Margaret, Maid of Norway across the North Sea in 1290...

    " 3:53
  2. "The Butcher and the Tailor's Wife
    The Butcher and the Tailor's Wife
    "The Butcher and the Tailor's Wife" also known as Benjamin Bowmaneer is a traditional English folk song.It dates from the mid-17th century and existing in several versions, for example The Tailor's Breeches, The Tailor and the Louse and the Bold Trooper...

    " 1:51
  3. "The Duke of Marlborough" 4:04
  4. "Annan Water" 7:04
  5. "The Noble Lord Hawkins" 2:12
  6. "Don't You Be Foolish, Pray" 1:31
  7. "The Outlandish Knight
    Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
    "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight" is the English common name representative of a very large class of European ballads. The subject matter is frequently associated with the genre of the Halewyn legends circulating in Europe...

    " 4:11
  8. "Reynard the Fox" 2:17
  9. "Little Musgrave
    Matty Groves
    "Matty Groves" is an English folk ballad that describes an adulterous tryst between a man and a woman that is ended when the woman's husband discovers and kills them. It dates to at least the 17th century, and is one of the Child Ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child...

    " 6:11
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