The ballad - Index of
The ballad - Index of The ballad - Index of
The Ballad realise that it is possible that the Russian Mary Hamilton (who was herself one of the great Scottish family) may have known the ballad It ! is as though one were to open to-day's newspaper and read that " a remarkable and pathetic romance has been brought to light by the death of a sailor named Enoch Arden," etc. But, to my mind, the coincidence does not strike very deep. " Mary Hamilton " was not the first demoiselle in the world's history to become a king's mistress ; we may well suppose that a ballad of The Unfortunate Mother was in existence before 1563. It is an essential part of the history of folktale and folk-song, that local and topical colours are thrust upon ancient wandering lays to bring them up to date and maintain their popularity. Towards the end of our ballads comes a large and important class in which England and Scotland meet the Border Ballads. We are, indeed, on the border in other senses, for fact seems to mingle with fiction in many of them, and many of them lie between the dramatic and the epic, the single situation and the narrative of events. Two of the finest, the gallant pair, The Hunting of the Cheviot and The Battle of Otterburn, 1 are simply chronicles, and therein unlike anything with which we have met so far. These belong to 1 Third Series, i and 16. This volume contains most of the best "Border Ballads." 56
The Ballad comparatively early times of Border frays either or both may well be older than 1388 in origin yet almost equally good ballads of a much later are the freebooting and cattle-lifting date, such as Dick o 9 the Cow and Jock 0' the Side. 1 Cheviot and Otterburn were written down by the sixteenth century the two latter were recorded ; in the seventeenth. We end in England, in her very heart, with the ballads of " the greenwood." Is it an accident or not, that the youngest group of our ballads contains some of the earliest recorded that we possess I have no space to debate the point ; Robin Hood and his fellow-outlaws are symbolic of so much that is pure national history, that they call for consideration. Robin himself is entirely a popular character the : days of chivalry, with King Arthur as their ideal knight, are gone, and under feudal conditions the English demand an ideal champion of liberty. The demand creates the supply : Robin Hood the outlaw, the friend of the poor, the courteous robber of lords spiritual and temporal, the loyal subject who lives on the king's deer Robin Hood springs full-fledged from the popular imagination, as Athena sprang from the head of Zeus. Robin Hood and King Arthur, though both are distinguished by inclusion in The Dictionary 1 Third Series, 75 and 156. 57
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comparatively early times <strong>of</strong> Border frays<br />
either or both may well be older than 1388 in<br />
origin yet almost equally good<br />
<strong>ballad</strong>s <strong>of</strong> a much later<br />
are the freebooting<br />
and cattle-lifting<br />
date, such as Dick o 9 the Cow and Jock<br />
0' the Side. 1<br />
Cheviot and Otterburn were written down by the<br />
sixteenth century the two latter were recorded<br />
;<br />
in the seventeenth.<br />
We end in England, in her very heart, with the<br />
<strong>ballad</strong>s <strong>of</strong> " the greenwood."<br />
Is it an accident<br />
or not, that the youngest group <strong>of</strong> our <strong>ballad</strong>s<br />
contains some <strong>of</strong> the earliest recorded that we<br />
possess I have no space to debate the point ;<br />
Robin Hood and his fellow-outlaws are symbolic<br />
<strong>of</strong> so much that is<br />
pure national history, that<br />
they call for consideration. Robin himself is entirely<br />
a popular character the :<br />
days <strong>of</strong> chivalry,<br />
with King Arthur as their ideal knight, are gone,<br />
and under feudal conditions the English demand<br />
an ideal champion <strong>of</strong> liberty.<br />
<strong>The</strong> demand<br />
creates the supply<br />
: Robin Hood the outlaw,<br />
the friend <strong>of</strong> the poor, the courteous robber<br />
<strong>of</strong> lords spiritual and temporal, the loyal<br />
subject who lives on the king's deer Robin<br />
Hood springs full-fledged from the popular<br />
imagination, as Athena sprang from the head<br />
<strong>of</strong> Zeus.<br />
Robin Hood and King Arthur, though both<br />
are distinguished by inclusion in <strong>The</strong> Dictionary<br />
1<br />
Third Series, 75 and 156.<br />
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