A Book of Old English Ballads: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Book of Old English Ballads by George Wharton Edwards: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 27 original MP3 tracks, 2:34:00 running time and a link to listen.
A Book of Old English Ballads, credited to George Wharton Edwards, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of A Book of Old English Ballads, by George Wharton Edwards. In this selection... the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represent the range, the descriptive felicity, the dramatic power, and the genuine poetic feeling of a body of verse which is still, it is to be feared, unfamiliar to a large number of those to whom it would bring refreshment and delight. (Summary from introduction).
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Book of Old English Ballads
- Author credits: George Wharton Edwards
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 27
- Listed recording duration: 2:34:00
Catalogue topics
- LibiVox
- English
- Scottish
- Ballads
Opening tracks: first 24 of 27
- 00 - Introduction — 26:25
- 01 - Chevy Chace — 12:13
- 02 - King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid — 5:55
- 03 - King Leir and his Three Daughters — 7:07
- 04 - Fair Rosamonde — 7:54
- 05 - Phillida and Corydon — 1:24
- 06 - Fair Margaret and Sweet William — 3:56
- 07 - Annan Water — 2:14
- 08 - The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington — 3:03
- 09 - Barbara Allen's Cruelty — 1:52
- 10 - The Douglas Tragedy — 4:33
- 11 - Young Waters — 3:11
- 12 - Flodden Field — 2:43
- 13 - Helen of Kirkconnell — 1:49
- 14 - Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale — 5:41
- 15 - Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne — 10:10
- 16 - Robin Hood's Death and Burial — 4:11
- 17 - The Twa Corbies — 1:30
- 18 - Waly, Waly, Love be Bonny — 1:59
- 19 - The Nut-brown Maid — 13:15
- 20 - The Fause Lover — 2:24
- 21 - The Mermaid — 2:24
- 22_The Battle of Otterburn — 13:25
- 23 - The Lament of the Border Widow — 2:04
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