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John Nolan | Stories behind the Old Scottish Ballads (46) | RE: Stories behind the Old Scottish Ballads | 12 Apr 00 |
A number of Child ballads are drawn from the Scottish Borders, and George McDonald Fraser's book The Steel Bonnets, gives a well-researched, anecdotal history of the Border reivers of the 14th-16th century, whose exploits are the basis of these treasures. |