Category
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Child Ballads
collection of 305 traditional ballads, collected by Francis James Child
Sir Lionel
figure in Arthurian legend
The Three Ravens
traditional song
Thomas the Rhymer
13th-century Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston
Guy of Gisbourne
English folklore character from Robin Hood
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
traditional English folk song; Scottish border ballad
Battle of Harlaw
1411 clan battle
The Twa Sisters
traditional song
Sir Patrick Spens
traditional song
Tam Lin
Scottish border ballad
Lord Randall
traditional song
The Maid Freed from the Gallows
folk song
Alan-a-Dale
thumb|1912 depiction of Alan-A-Dale by Louis Rhead
Alan-a-Dale (first recorded as Allen a Dale; variously spelled Allen-a-Dale, Allan-a-Dale, Allin-a-Dale, ''Allan A'Dayle'' etc.) is a figure in the Robin Hood legend. According to the stories, he was a wandering minstrel who became a member of Robin's band of outlaws, the "Merry Men".
Barbara Allen
traditional ballad
Matty Groves
traditional song
The Water Is Wide
song performed by Barbra Streisand
Sir Orfeo
Middle English narrative lay
Edward
traditional murder ballad
The Elfin Knight
traditional song
A Gest of Robyn Hode
15th to 16th-century ballad of Robin Hood
Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
child ballad, Robin Hood tale
Robin Hood's Death
traditional song
Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
traditional song
King John and the Bishop
traditional song
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
early English ballad