THE BALLAD BOOK

NEW YORK: A,S. BARNES & COMPANY, 1955 BLACK COVER WITH SILVER PRINT SPINE. LIGHT FADING SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, IN CONTENT PAGES A FEW BALLADS HAVE A MARK TO LEFT, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE. INTRODUCTION IS AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT A BALLAD IS, OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDE ENGLAND SCOTLAND AMERICAN AND OTHER VARIANTS, AMERICAN BALLADS ORIGIN OR ADOPTION. GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, LISTING AND INDEX BACK. GREAT NUMBER OF BALLADS, FOR THE LOVER OF BALLADS, MUSIC AND VERSE. NUMEROUS BALLADS REGARDING ROBIN HOOD. BALLADS ON ALL PARTS OF LIFE ITSELF. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. MacEdward Leach (1892-1967) was an American folklorist, whose work "greatly influenced the development of folklore as an academic discipline". Leach served as both Secretary-Treasurer (1943–1960) and President (1961–1962) of the American Folklore Society (AFS). He has been credited with an enormous impact on the Society, having "almost single-handedly nurtured that organization from near collapse to vigor".