Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Transcribers of Tunes 7
4. Abbreviations Used in the Headnotes to the Ballads 9
5. Abbreviations Used to Refer to Tune Collections in the Musical Annotations 11
6. The Ballads
7. Sir Andrew Barton (Child 167, but including Henry Martyn, Child 250) 15
8. John Thomson and the Turk (Child 266) 45
9. The Suffolk Miracle (Child 272) 50
10. Our Goodman (Child 274) 63
11. Get Up and Bar the Door (Child 275) 72
12. The Wife Wrapped in Wether's Skin (Child 277) 76
13. The Farmer's Curst Wife (Child 278) 99
14. The Keach i' the Creel (Child 281) 136
15. The Yorkshire Bite (Laws L 1, similar to Child 283) 139
16. The Coast of Barbary (Laws K33, related to Child 285) 176
17. The Sweet Trinity or the Golden Vanity (Child 286) 188
18. Captain Ward and the Rainbow (Child 287) 264
19. The Mermaid (Child 289) 271
20. John of Hazelgreen (Child 293) 281
21. The Irish Lady, or Sally from London (Laws P9, related to Child 295) 285
22. Index 293
23. Geographical Index 295