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Thread #5845   Message #33471
Posted By: Doctor John
27-Jul-98 - 05:33 PM
Thread Name: Childe Ballads
Subject: RE: Childe Ballads
It's a surname - Francis Child, I think who collected and published a series of ballads, often referred to by number. The book should still be available as a muti-volume paperback: try your bookseller for "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads" "Childe" as in C. Harold or Rowland refers to a young man of noble birth; archaic usage.