Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 191
atter merrily setdown,or a very pleas-ant thingindeed,andsung lamentably. In 1653, DorothyOsborne tells SirWilliam Temple thatshe has received fromher brother a ballad much older thanmy Lord of Lome,and she sends it on to him, Would that she had tjldus more about it. And then she writes, The heatof… … 37.—BALLAD SINGER, FROM A BUOADSIDE. BROADSIDE BALLADS. iSl singing of ballads. I go to them and compare theirvoices and beauties to some ancient shepherdessesthat I have read of, and find a vast difference there;but, trust me, I think these are as innocent as thosecould be. I talk to them, and…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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