Ballads

Lyrics to English ballads from various sources from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

Broadside Ballads Online presents a digital collection of English printed ballad-she ets from between the 16th and 20th centuries, linked to other resources for the study of the English ballad tradition.

Francis J. Child's five volume work, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882-1898), is considered by many as the "canon" of folk music. These pages are devoted to Child's work and to the ballads therein.

The ballad: its origin, nature, subject matter, and age.