Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, taken down from oral recitation and transcribed from private manuscripts, rare broadsides, and scarce publications. Edited by R. Bell PDF Download
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Author: Robert BELL (Author of “The Life of Canning.”.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Author: Robert BELL (Author of “The Life of Canning.”.)
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Pages : 254
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Author: James Henry Dixon
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Author: Robert Bell
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Author: Robert Bell
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465538070
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 375
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In 1846, the Percy Society issued to its members a volume entitled Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, edited by Mr. James Henry Dixon. The sources drawn upon by Mr. Dixon are intimated in the following extract from his preface:— He who, in travelling through the rural districts of England, has made the road-side inn his resting-place, who has visited the lowly dwellings of the villagers and yeomanry, and been present at their feasts and festivals, must have observed that there are certain old poems, ballads, and songs, which are favourites with the masses, and have been said and sung from generation to generation. This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern namby-pamby verse and jaunty melody, and possessing, in an historical point of view, especial value as a faithful record of the feeling, usages, and modes of life of the rural population,—had been almost wholly passed over amongst the antiquarian revivals which constitute one of the distinguishing features of the present age. While attention was successfully drawn to other forms of our early poetry, this peasant minstrelsy was scarcely touched, and might be considered unexplored ground. There was great difficulty in collecting materials which lay scattered so widely, and which could be procured in their genuine simplicity only from the people amongst whom they originated, and with whom they are as ‘familiar as household words.’ It was even still more difficult to find an editor who combined genial literary taste with the local knowledge of character, customs, and dialect, indispensable to the collation of such reliques; and thus, although their national interest was universally recognised, they were silently permitted to fall into comparative oblivion. To supply this manifest desideratum, Mr. Dixon compiled his volume for the Percy Society; and its pages, embracing only a selection from the rich stores he had gathered, abundantly exemplified that gentleman’s remarkable qualifications for the labour he had undertaken. After stating in his preface that contributions from various quarters had accumulated so largely on his hands as to compel him to omit many pieces he was desirous of preserving.
Author: Robert Bell
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Author: Robert Bell
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Various
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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The title of the book explains it all, as this anthology features poems, ballads, and songs that were common to the peasant class of England beginning from the Tudor era. Some of the titles featured include 'The Plain-Dealing Man', 'Harry the Tailor', 'The Spanish Ladies', 'Begone Dull Care', 'The Trotting Horse', and 'Tobacco'.
Author: Robert Bell
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387001533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: Robert Bell
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368301535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Reproduction of the original.
Author: James Henry Dixon
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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