Front matter
Reading edition
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BALLADS FROM THE DANISH AND ORIGINAL VERSES
BY E. M. SMITH-DAMPIER LONDON :: ANDREW MELROSE 3 YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1910 PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. TO THE MEMORY OF MY PARENTS
CONTENTS
BALLADS FROM THE DANISH
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King Olaf and the Trolls3
Sir Karl’s Lykewake7
The Avenging Sword10
The Avenging Daughters14
Young Danneved and Boy Trust17
The Knavish Merman21
The Wood-Raven24
An Ower-true Tale28
The Wooing of Ranil Jonson31
Lovel and John34
Rime of the Dead Lover38
ORIGINAL VERSES
The King’s Hunting45
Ballad of Sir Herluin54
Bothwell’s Soothsaying58
The Riding of the Shee (A Ballad of Prince Charlie)65
Ballad of London Town (A Song of the ’Forty-five)68
Ballad of the Traitor’s Head (1746)70