Yes, Paul, and the Keach I' The Creel, The Friar in the Well, Get Up and Bar the Door...

Child was more interested in antiquity and provenance than in selecting for 'heavy' content as some seem to believe. Plenty of rattling adventure yarns in there too. But many of us are drawn to the tragic end of the canon for precisely the cathartic reasons you mention. A bit of light and shade is no bad thing, but an evening of unbridled jollity wouldn't hold too much magic for me.