Francis James Child (February 1, 1825 – September 11, 1896) was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, best known today for his collection of...
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The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second...
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(1684–1740), English banker and politician Francis Child (died 1763) (1735–1763), English politician Francis James Child (1825–1896), American educator and folklorist...
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The Child Ballads is the colloquial name given to a collection of 305 ballads collected in the 19th century by Francis James Child and originally published...
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Roud. It subsumes all the previous printed sources known to Francis James Child (the Child Ballads) and includes recordings from 1900 to 1975. Until early...
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Fables of Identity: Studies in Poetic Mythology. ISBN 0-15-629730-2. Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v. 2, p. 68. Dover Publications...
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Billy Blind (section In Child Ballads)
compared" W.W. Newell, 1883 Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Gil Brenton" Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular...
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London, 1967 Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, p 91, Dover Publications, New York 1965 Francis James Child, The English...
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Sir Aldingar (category Child Ballads)
related to this article: Child's Ballads/59 Sir Aldingar (Roud 3969, Child 59) is an English-language folk song. Francis James Child collected three variants...
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the same name by Francis James Child re-arranged by the duo. They recorded the album with producer Gary Paczosa in early 2012. Child Ballads received...
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Robin Hood (section Child ballads)
one hero of the other variants is named "Brown Robin". Francis James Child indeed retitled Child ballad 102; though it was titled The Birth of Robin Hood...
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James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766) was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701...
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Clorinda survives in some later stories as an alias of Marian. Francis James Child notes that the early mentions of Friar Tuck (another May Games character)...
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James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s...
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celebrations and folktales. An example is the 305 ballads collected by Francis James Child published during the English revival in the 19th century. During...
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influential scholar of folklore and ancient languages, and a student of Francis James Child. He was an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society...
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with a Scottish ballad titled "The Elfin Knight", collected by Francis James Child as Child Ballad #2, which has been traced as far back as 1670. In this...
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Atlantic world Margaret Szasz 2007 University of Oklahoma Press Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, v 1, pp. 336–7, Dover...
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The Cherry-Tree Carol (category Child Ballads)
Midwinter album Lighten the Dark). List of the Child Ballads List of Christmas carols Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "The Cherry-Tree...
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Percy Folio (category Child Ballads)
century. It was the most important of the source documents used by Francis James Child for his 1883 collection The English and Scottish Popular Ballads...
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W. Roy MacKenzie (section Influence of Francis Child)
professors influenced by the work of Francis James Child, an American folklorist who collected what is now known as the Child Ballads. MacKenzie was the first...
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professor Francis James Child. They attempted to record and classify all the known ballads and variants in their chosen regions. Since Child died before...
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James Francis Cagney Jr. (/ˈkæɡni/; July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently...
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Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Allison Gross" Kekäläinen, Kirsti (1983). Aspects of Style and Language in Child's Collection...
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The Unquiet Grave (category Child Ballads)
that it disturbs her eternal sleep. It was collected in 1868 by Francis James Child as Child Ballad number 78. One of the more common tunes used for the ballad...
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The Bonnie Earl o' Moray (category Child Ballads)
the ballad, Francis James Child relates how Huntly, eager to prove that Moray was plotting with the Earl of Bothwell against King James VI, received...
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Sir Lionel (category Child Ballads)
Chivalry". 5 November 2020. Francis James Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Sir Lionel" Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular...
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Matty Groves (category Child Ballads)
Musgrave and Lady Barnard is one of the Child ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child. Little Musgrave (or Matty Groves, Little...
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pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution. Joe Francis was born on April 1, 1973, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Raymond and Maria Francis, the latter of whom...
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Merry Melodies for the Violin" by James S Kerr 1882 "English and Scottish Popular Ballads" by Francis James Child (1825–1896) Collection of original...
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