Child's 305 Popular English and Scottish Ballad Types
[Under Construction: Child's 305 ballad types with Child's Narration, Ballad Texts and End-Notes are roughed in, not carefully proofed (All nine original volumes with all Additions and Corrections added at the end). The Recordings & Info pages are also roughed in (as of Jan. 2013), but not carefully proofed. Most Sheet Music pages are not started and will be completed last. The US & Canadian Versions pages, which I'm working on now, are started with more versions to add. Most of the English and Other Versions pages are not present or finished. More traditional versions will be added and texts completed the next proof.]
[The 305 Child Ballads are attached to this page on the left column. Each ballad will be presented with additional traditional versions from the original sources (when possible) and there will be:
1) Child's Narrative
2) Footnotes (more properly added at the end)
3) Kittredge's Brief, a short summary of each ballad from Kittredge,
4) Corrections and Additions for each ballad,
5) End-notes, the corrections of ballad text
6) Additional ballad texts (from Corrections and Additions )
7) Articles about the ballads from other sources
Attached Pages:
Recordings & Information (with Roud Index; and articles)
Sheet music (Bronson editions)
US & Canadian versions (with additional ballads not found by Child)
English & Other Versions (with additional ballads not found by Child)
Biography: Francis James Child (February 1, 1825- September 11, 1896), was an American scholar and educator who published The English and Scottish Popular Ballads in ten volumes (1882-1898), the last volume was essentially complete, was published after his death by Kittredge. Child modelled his work on Svend Grundtvig's Danmarks gamle Folkeviser, classifying and numbering the ballads and noting different versions, which were placed side by side to aid comparison.
Other Editions: In 1904, a “condensed” version of the Child Ballads was published by Helen Child Sargent and George Lyman Kittredge. Kittredge did not include ballads 281, 290 and 299 in his “condensed” edition, and that he did not write brief introductions for ballads 131, 256, 279, 297, 298 and 303. For some ballads, Mr. Kittredge added more versions. These are added as an Appendix.
Subsequent editions include:
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 5 Volume Set, Dover Publications- 1965 & 2003
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 5 Volume Set, Loomis House Press has published a non-facsimile edition, completely re-set and edited to including post-publication corrections and additions. Volume 1 (Ballads 1-53) was released in January 2002, Volume 2 (Ballads 54-113) followed a year later, and the full set now completed with Volume 5 (Ballads 266-305) published in Summer 2011.
Some of the selected ballads included in his 305 seem far reaching and certainly should have been left out- many because 1) the source is not reliable, 2) the ballad may not be traditional (there are not enough examples to prove the ballad traditional) or 3) the ballad is a fragment and not complete enough to tell a story. That Child included, for example, No. 160: The Knight of Liddesdale, a one stanza fragment, in his The English and Scottish Popular Ballads seems absurd. Another example is No. 295 which recent examinations have shown that the A version is really part of another broadside and the B version is probably a re-creation. No. 230 is also, like No. 160, a fragment and its inclusion questionable.
Since Child's work is based on Svend Grundtvig's, comparing Grundtvig's ballad list may shed some light on Child's selections and omissions. The title includes "popular": The English and Scottish Popular Ballads was taken from Grundtvig and for Child meant- taken from the populous or from the folk (ordinary people). The word popular is misleading. Child never got the chance to write the intended introduction, he died before the last volume was completed.
R. Matteson 2011]
List of the Child Ballads
This list of the Child Ballads contains all the 305 ballad types in Francis James Child's collection Popular English and Scottish Ballads, collected in the 19th century, colloquially known as the Child Ballads. Child grouped the ballads into rough categories, as follows, and attempted to sort the ballads within each category "according to the probable antiquity of the story".
BOOK I. contains Ballads involving Superstitions of various kinds, — as of Fairies, Elves, Water-spirits, Enchantment, and Ghostly Apparitions; and also some Legends of Popular Heroes.
BOOK II. Tragic Love-ballads.
BOOK III. other Tragic Ballads.
BOOK IV. Love-ballads not Tragic.
BOOK V. Ballads of Robin Hood, his followers, and compeers.
BOOK VI. Ballads of other Outlaws, especially Border Outlaws, of Border Forays, Feuds, &c.
BOOK VII. Historical Ballads, or those relating to public characters or events.
BOOK VIII. Miscellaneous Ballads, also some specimens of the Moral and Scriptural.
BOOK IX. Humorous, Satirical, Burlesque and all pieces overlooked in arranging the earlier volumes.
Ten Volume Edition 1882-1898
Volume 1: 1-29 Published December 1882
1. Riddles Wisely Expounded
2. The Elfin Knight
3. The Fause Knight Upon the Road
4. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight
5. Gil Brenton
6. Willie's Lady
7. Earl Brand
7A. The Lady and The Dragoon (Bronson)
8. Erlinton
9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
10. The Twa Sisters [or Minnorie or Binnorie]
11. The Cruel Brother
12. Lord Randall
12A. Billie Boy (Bronson)
13. Edward
14. Babylon; or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie
15. Leesome Brand
16. Sheath and Knife
17. Hind Horn
18. Sir Lionel
19. King Orfeo
20. The Cruel Mother
21. The Maid and the Palmer (The Samaritan Woman)
22. St. Stephen and Herod
23. Judas
24. Bonnie Annie
25. Willie's Lyke-Wake
26. The Three Ravens (or Twa Corbies)
27. The Whummil Bore
28. Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
Volume 2: Ballads 29-53; Published June 1884 (w/Additions and Corrections)
29. The Boy and the Mantle
30. King Arthur and King Cornwall
31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain
31 A. The Half-Hitch
32. King Henry
33. Kempy Kay
34. Kemp Owyne
35. Allison Gross
36. The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea
37. Thomas Rymer
38. The Wee Wee Man
39. Tam Lin
40. The Queen of Elfan's Nourice
41. Hind Etin
42. Clerk Colvill
43. The Broomfield Hill
43A. The Maid on the Shore (Appendix- Bronson)
44. The Twa Magicians
44A. Hares on the Mountain (Bronson Appendix)
45. King John and the Bishop
46. Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
46A. Riddle Song or I gave My Love A Cherry
47. Proud Lady Margaret
48. Young Andrew
49. The Twa Brothers
50. The Bonny Hind
51. Lizie Wan
52. The King's Dochter Lady Jean
53. Young Beichan [or Young Bekie]
53A. The Turkish Lady (Appendix)
Volume 3: Ballads 54-82; Published June 1885
54. The Cherry-Tree Carol
55. The Carnal and the Crane
56. Dives and Lazarus
57. Brown Robyn's Confession
57A. William Guiseman (Appendix)
58. Sir Patrick Spens
59. Sir Aldingar
60. King Estmere
61. Sir Cawline
62. Fair Annie
63. Child Waters
64. Fair Janet
65. Lady Maisry
66. Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet
67. Glasgerion
68. Young Hunting
69. Clerk Saunders
70. Willie and Lady Maisry
71. The Bent Sae Brown
72. The Clerk's Twa Sons O Owsenford
73. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
74. Fair Margaret and Sweet William
75. Lord Lovel
76. The Lass of Roch Royal
77. Sweet William's Ghost
78. The Unquiet Grave
79. The Wife of Usher's Well
80. Old Robin of Portingale
81. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
82. The Bonny Birdy
Volume 4: Ballads 83-113 Published December 1886
83. Child Maurice
84. Bonny Barbara Allen
85. Lady Alice
86. Young Benjie
87. Prince Robert
88. Young Johnstone
89. Fause Foodrage
90. Jellon Grame
91. Fair Mary of Wallington
92. Bonny Bee Hom
92 A. The Lowlands of Holland
93. Lamkin
94. Young Waters
95. The Maid Freed from the Gallows
95A. Derry Gaol, or, The Streets of Derry
96. The Gay Goshawk
97. Brown Robin
98. Brown Adam
99. Johnie Scot
100. Willie O Winsbury
101. Willie O Douglas Dale
102. Willie and the Earl Richard's Daughter
103. Rose the Red and White Lily
104. Prince Heathen
105. The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
106. The Famous Flower of Serving-Men
107. Will Stewart and John
108. Christopher White
109. Tom Potts
110. The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter
111. Crow and Pie
112. The Baffled Knight
112 A. Katie Morey
113. The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
Volume 5: Ballads 114-155 published January/February 1888
114. Johnie Cock [or Johnnie O'Breadesley]
115. Robyn and Gandeleyn
116. Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly
117. A Gest of Robyn Hode
118. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne
119. Robin Hood and the Monk
120. Robin Hood's Death
121. Robin Hood and the Potter
122. Robin Hood and the Butcher
123. Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar
124. The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
125. Robin Hood and Little John
126. Robin Hood and the Tanner
127. Robin Hood and the Tinker
128. Robin Hood and the Newly Revived
129. Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon
130. Robin Hood and the Scotchman
131. Robin Hood and the Ranger
132. The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood
133. Robin Hood and the Beggar, I
134. Robin Hood and the Beggar, II
135. Robin Hood and the Shepherd
136. Robin Hood's Delight
137. Robin Hood and the Pedlars
138. Robin Hood and Alan-a-Dale
139. Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham
140. Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires
141. Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly
142. Little John a Begging
143. Robin Hood and the Bishop
144. Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
145. Robin Hood and Queen Katherine
146. Robin Hood's Chase
147. Robin Hood's Golden Prize
148. The Noble Fisherman, or, Robin Hood's Preferment
149. Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valor and Marriage
150. Robin Hood and Maid Marian
151. The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood
152. Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
153. Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight
154. A True Tale of Robin Hood
155. Sir Hugh, or, The Jew's Daughter
Volume 6: Ballads 156-188 Published July 1889
156. Queen Elanor's Confession
157. Gude Wallace
158. Hugh Spencer's Feats in France
159. Durham Field
160. The Knight of Liddesdale
161. The Battle of Otterburn
162. The Hunting of Cheviot (The Ballad of Chevy Chase)
163. The Battle of Harlaw
164. King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France
165. Sir John Butler
166. The Rose of England
167. Sir Andrew Barton
168. Flodden Field (describes the Battle of Flodden Field)
169. Johnie Armstrong
170. The Death of Queen Jane
171. Thomas Cromwell
172. Musselburgh Field
173. Mary Hamilton
174. Earl Bothwell
175. The Rising of the North
176. Northumberland Betrayed By Douglas
177. The Earl of Westmoreland
178. Captain Car, or, Edom o Gordon
179. Rookhope Ryde
180. King James and Brown
181. The Bonny Earl of Murray
182. The Laird O Logie
183. Willie MacIntosh
184. The Lads of Wamphray
185. Dick o the Cow
186. Kinmont Willie
187. Jock o the Side
188. Archie o Cawfield
Volume 7: Ballads 189-225; published December 1890
189. Hobie Noble
190. Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead
191. Hughie Grame
192. The Lochmaben Harper
193. The Death of Parcy Reed
194. The Laird of Wairston
195. Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight
196. The Fire of Frendraught
197. James Grant
198. Bonny John Seton
199. The Bonnie House o Airlie
200. The Gypsy Laddie
201. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
202. The Battle of Philiphaugh
203. The Baron of Brackley
204. Jamie Douglas
204 A. Waly, Waly, or, The Water Is Wide
205. Loudon Hill, or, Drumclog (recounts the events of the Battle of Drumclog)
206. Bothwell Bridge
207. Lord Delamere
208. Lord Derwentwater
209. Geordie
210. Bonnie James Campbell
211. Bewick and Graham
212. The Duke of Athole's Nurse
213. Sir James the Rose
214. The Braes o Yarrow
215. Rare Willie Drowned in Yarrow, or, the Water o Gamrie
216. The Mother's Malison, or, Clyde's Water
217. Broom of the Cowdenknowes
218. The False Lover Won Back
219. The Gardener
220. The Bonny Lass of Anglesey
221. Katharine Jaffray
222. Bonny Baby Livingstone
223. Eppie Morrie
224. The Lady of Arngosk
225. Rob Roy
Volume 8: Ballads 226-265; Published April/May 1992
226. Lizie Lindsay
227. Bonny Lizie Baillie
228. Glasgow Peggie
229. Earl Crawford
230. The Slaughter of the Laird of Mellerstain
231. The Earl of Errol
232. Richie Story
233. Andrew Lammie
234. Charlie MacPherson
235. The Earl of Aboyne
236. The Laird o Drum
237. The Duke of Gordon's Daughter
238. Glenlogie, or, Jean o Bethelnie
239. Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie
240. The Rantin Laddie
241. The Baron o Leys
242. The Coble o Cargill
243. James Harris (The Daemon Lover)
244. James Hatley
245. Young Allan
246. Redesdale and Wise William
247. Lady Elspat
248. The Grey Cock, or, Saw You My Father?
249. Auld Matrons
250. Henry Martyn [aka Henry Martin]
251. Lang Johnny More
252. The Kitchie-Boy
253. Thomas o Yonderdale
254. Lord William, or, Lord Lundy
255. Willie's Fatal Visit
256. Alison and Willie
257. Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick
258. Broughty Wa's
259. Lord Thomas Stuart
260. Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret
261. Lady Isabel
262. Lord Livingstone
263. The New-Slain Knight
264. The White Fisher
265. The Knight's Ghost
Volume 9: Ballads 266-305; Published August/September 1894
266. John Thomson and the Turk
267. The Heir of Linne
268. The Twa Knights
269. Lady Diamond
270. The Earl of Mar's Daughter
271. The Lord of Lorn and the Flas Steward
272. The Suffolk Miracle
273. King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth
274. Our Goodman
275. Get Up and Bar the Door
276. The Friar in the Well
277. The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin
278. The Farmer's Curst Wife
277 A. The Slattern Wife (Risslety, Rosslety)
279. The Jolly Beggar
279A. The Gaberlunyie-Man (Bronson)
280. The Beggar-Laddie
281. The Keach i the Creel
282. Jock the Leg and the Merry Merchant
283. The Crafty Farmer
284. John Dory
285. The George Aloe and the Sweepstake
286. The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity)
287. Captain Ward and the Rainbow
288. The Young Earl of Essex's Victory over the Emperor of Germany
289. The Mermaid
290. The Wylie Wife of the Hie Toun Hie
291. Child Owlet
292. The West Country Damosel's Complaint
293. John of Hazelgreen
294. Dugall Quin
295. The Brown Girl
295A. The Sailor From Dover, or, Sally and her Truelove Billy, or, A Rich Irish Lady
296. Walter Lesly
297. Earl Rothes
298. Young Peggy
299. Trooper and Maid
300. Blancheflour and Jollyflorice
301. The Queen of Scotland
302. Young Bearwell
303. The Holy Nunnery
304. Young Ronald
305. The Outlaw Murray
Volume 10 [Child dies Sept. 11, 1896 having completed most of X] Published in 1898 by Kittredge
Additions and Corrections
Glossary
Sources of the Texts
Index of Published Airs
Ballad Airs from Manuscript:
3. The Fause Knight upon the Road
9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
10. The Twa Sisters
11. The Cruel Brother
12. Lord Randal
17. Hind Horn
20. The Cruel Mother
40. The Queen of Elfan's Nourice
42. Clerk Colvin
46. Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
47. Proud Lady Margaret
53. Young Beichan
58. Sir Patrick Spens
61. Sir Colin
63. Child Waters
68. Young Hunting
75. Lord Lovel
77. Sweet William's Ghost
84. Bonny Barbara Allan
89. Fause Foodrage
95. The Maid freed from the Gallows
97. Brown Robin
98. Brown Adam
99. Johnie Scot
100. Willie o Winsbury
106. The Famous Flower of Serving-Men
144. Johnie Cock
157. Gude Wallace
161. The Battle of Otterburn
163. The Battle of Harlaw
164. King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France
169. Johnie Armstrong
173. Mary Hamilton
182. The Laird o Logie
222. Bonny Baby Livingston
226. Lizie Lindsay
228. Glasgow Peggie
235. The Earl of Aboyne
247. Lady Elspat
250. Andrew Bartin
256. Alison and Willie
258. Broughty Wa's
278. The Farmer's Curst Wife
281. The Keach i the Creel
286. The Sweet Trinity
299. Trooper and Maid
Index of Ballad Titles
Titles of Collections of Ballads, or Books containing Ballads, which are very briefly CITED IN this work
Index of Matters and Literature
Bibliography
Corrections to be made in the Print
Five Volume Edition
Volume I: 1-53
1. Riddles Wisely Expounded
2. The Elfin Knight
3. The Fause Knight Upon the Road
4. Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight
5. Gil Brenton
6. Willie's Lady
7. Earl Brand
7A. The Lady and The Dragoon (Bronson)
8. Erlinton
9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland
10. The Twa Sisters [or Minnorie or Binnorie]
11. The Cruel Brother
12. Lord Randall
12A. Billie Boy (Bronson)
13. Edward
14. Babylon; or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie
15. Leesome Brand
16. Sheath and Knife
17. Hind Horn
18. Sir Lionel
19. King Orfeo
20. The Cruel Mother
21. The Maid and the Palmer (The Samaritan Woman)
22. St. Stephen and Herod
23. Judas
24. Bonnie Annie
25. Willie's Lyke-Wake
26. The Three Ravens (or Twa Corbies)
27. The Whummil Bore
28. Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
29. The Boy and the Mantle
30. King Arthur and King Cornwall
31. The Marriage of Sir Gawain
31 A. The Half-Hitch
32. King Henry
33. Kempy Kay
34. Kemp Owyne
35. Allison Gross
36. The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea
37. Thomas Rymer
38. The Wee Wee Man
39. Tam Lin
40. The Queen of Elfan's Nourice
41. Hind Etin
42. Clerk Colvill
43. The Broomfield Hill
43A. The Maid on the Shore (Appendix- Bronson)
44. The Twa Magicians
44A. Hares on the Mountain (Bronson Appendix)
45. King John and the Bishop
46. Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
46A. Riddle Song or I gave My Love A Cherry
47. Proud Lady Margaret
48. Young Andrew
49. The Twa Brothers
50. The Bonny Hind
51. Lizie Wan
52. The King's Dochter Lady Jean
53. Young Beichan [or Young Bekie]
53A. The Turkish Lady (Appendix)
Volume II: 54-113
54. The Cherry-Tree Carol
55. The Carnal and the Crane
56. Dives and Lazarus
57. Brown Robyn's Confession
57A. William Guiseman (Appendix)
58. Sir Patrick Spens
59. Sir Aldingar
60. King Estmere
61. Sir Cawline
62. Fair Annie
63. Child Waters
64. Fair Janet
65. Lady Maisry
66. Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet
67. Glasgerion
68. Young Hunting
69. Clerk Saunders
70. Willie and Lady Maisry
71. The Bent Sae Brown
72. The Clerk's Twa Sons O Owsenford
73. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
74. Fair Margaret and Sweet William
75. Lord Lovel
76. The Lass of Roch Royal
77. Sweet William's Ghost
78. The Unquiet Grave
79. The Wife of Usher's Well
80. Old Robin of Portingale
81. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
82. The Bonny Birdy
83. Child Maurice
84. Bonny Barbara Allen
85. Lady Alice
86. Young Benjie
87. Prince Robert
88. Young Johnstone
89. Fause Foodrage
90. Jellon Grame
91. Fair Mary of Wallington
92. Bonny Bee Hom
92 A. The Lowlands of Holland
93. Lamkin
94. Young Waters
95. The Maid Freed from the Gallows
96. The Gay Goshawk
97. Brown Robin
98. Brown Adam
99. Johnie Scot
100. Willie O Winsbury
101. Willie O Douglas Dale
102. Willie and the Earl Richard's Daughter
103. Rose the Red and White Lily
104. Prince Heathen
105. The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
106. The Famous Flower of Serving-Men
107. Will Stewart and John
108. Christopher White
109. Tom Potts
110. The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter
111. Crow and Pie
112. The Baffled Knight
113. The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
Volume III: 114-188
114. Johnie Cock [or Johnnie O'Breadesley]
115. Robyn and Gandeleyn
116. Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly
117. A Gest of Robyn Hode
118. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne
119. Robin Hood and the Monk
120. Robin Hood's Death
121. Robin Hood and the Potter
122. Robin Hood and the Butcher
123. Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar
124. The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
125. Robin Hood and Little John
126. Robin Hood and the Tanner
127. Robin Hood and the Tinker
128. Robin Hood and the Newly Revived
129. Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon
130. Robin Hood and the Scotchman
131. Robin Hood and the Ranger
132. The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood
133. Robin Hood and the Beggar, I
134. Robin Hood and the Beggar, II
135. Robin Hood and the Shepherd
136. Robin Hood's Delight
137. Robin Hood and the Pedlars
138. Robin Hood and Alan-a-Dale
139. Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham
140. Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires
141. Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly
142. Little John a Begging
143. Robin Hood and the Bishop
144. Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
145. Robin Hood and Queen Katherine
146. Robin Hood's Chase
147. Robin Hood's Golden Prize
148. The Noble Fisherman, or, Robin Hood's Preferment
149. Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valor and Marriage
150. Robin Hood and Maid Marian
151. The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood
152. Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
153. Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight
154. A True Tale of Robin Hood
155. Sir Hugh, or, The Jew's Daughter
156. Queen Elanor's Confession
157. Gude Wallace
158. Hugh Spencer's Feats in France
159. Durham Field
160. The Knight of Liddesdale
161. The Battle of Otterburn
162. The Hunting of Cheviot (The Ballad of Chevy Chase)
163. The Battle of Harlaw
164. King Henry Fifth's Conquest of France
165. Sir John Butler
166. The Rose of England
167. Sir Andrew Barton
168. Flodden Field (describes the Battle of Flodden Field)
169. Johnie Armstrong
170. The Death of Queen Jane
171. Thomas Cromwell
172. Musselburgh Field
173. Mary Hamilton
174. Earl Bothwell
175. The Rising of the North
176. Northumberland Betrayed By Douglas
177. The Earl of Westmoreland
178. Captain Car, or, Edom o Gordon
179. Rookhope Ryde
180. King James and Brown
181. The Bonny Earl of Murray
182. The Laird O Logie
183. Willie MacIntosh
184. The Lads of Wamphray
185. Dick o the Cow
186. Kinmont Willie
187. Jock o the Side
188. Archie o Cawfield
Volume IV: 189-265
189. Hobie Noble
190. Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead
191. Hughie Grame
192. The Lochmaben Harper
193. The Death of Parcy Reed
194. The Laird of Wairston
195. Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight
196. The Fire of Frendraught
197. James Grant
198. Bonny John Seton
199. The Bonnie House o Airlie
200. The Gypsy Laddie
201. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
202. The Battle of Philiphaugh
203. The Baron of Brackley
204. Jamie Douglas
205. Loudon Hill, or, Drumclog (recounts the events of the Battle of Drumclog)
206. Bothwell Bridge
207. Lord Delamere
208. Lord Derwentwater
209. Geordie
210. Bonnie James Campbell
211. Bewick and Graham
212. The Duke of Athole's Nurse
213. Sir James the Rose
214. The Braes o Yarrow
215. Rare Willie Drowned in Yarrow, or, the Water o Gamrie
216. The Mother's Malison, or, Clyde's Water
217. Broom of the Cowdenknowes
218. The False Lover Won Back
219. The Gardener
220. The Bonny Lass of Anglesey
221. Katharine Jaffray
222. Bonny Baby Livingstone
223. Eppie Morrie
224. The Lady of Arngosk
225. Rob Roy
226. Lizie Lindsay
227. Bonny Lizie Baillie
228. Glasgow Peggie
229. Earl Crawford
230. The Slaughter of the Laird of Mellerstain
231. The Earl of Errol
232. Richie Story
233. Andrew Lammie
234. Charlie MacPherson
235. The Earl of Aboyne
236. The Laird o Drum
237. The Duke of Gordon's Daughter
238. Glenlogie, or, Jean o Bethelnie
239. Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie
240. The Rantin Laddie
241. The Baron o Leys
242. The Coble o Cargill
243. James Harris (The Daemon Lover)
244. James Hatley
245. Young Allan
246. Redesdale and Wise William
247. Lady Elspat
248. The Grey Cock, or, Saw You My Father?
249. Auld Matrons
250. Henry Martyn [aka Henry Martin]
251. Lang Johnny More
252. The Kitchie-Boy
253. Thomas o Yonderdale
254. Lord William, or, Lord Lundy
255. Willie's Fatal Visit
256. Alison and Willie
257. Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick
258. Broughty Wa's
259. Lord Thomas Stuart
260. Lord Thomas and Lady Margaret
261. Lady Isabel
262. Lord Livingstone
263. The New-Slain Knight
264. The White Fisher
265. The Knight's Ghost
Volume V: 266-305
266. John Thomson and the Turk
267. The Heir of Linne
268. The Twa Knights
269. Lady Diamond
270. The Earl of Mar's Daughter
271. The Lord of Lorn and the Flas Steward
272. The Suffolk Miracle
273. King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth
274. Our Goodman
275. Get Up and Bar the Door
276. The Friar in the Well
277. The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin
277 A. The Slattern Wife (Risslety, Rosslety)
278. The Farmer's Curst Wife
279. The Jolly Beggar
279A. The Gaberlunyie-Man
280. The Beggar-Laddie
281. The Keach i the Creel
282. Jock the Leg and the Merry Merchant
283. The Crafty Farmer
284. John Dory
285. The George Aloe and the Sweepstake
286. The Sweet Trinity (The Golden Vanity)
287. Captain Ward and the Rainbow
288. The Young Earl of Essex's Victory over the Emperor of Germany
289. The Mermaid
290. The Wylie Wife of the Hie Toun Hie
291. Child Owlet
292. The West Country Damosel's Complaint
293. John of Hazelgreen
294. Dugall Quin
295. The Brown Girl
295A. The Sailor From Dover, or, Sally and her Truelove Billy, or, A Rich Irish Lady
296. Walter Lesly
297. Earl Rothes
298. Young Peggy
299. Trooper and Maid
300. Blancheflour and Jollyflorice
301. The Queen of Scotland
302. Young Bearwell
303. The Holy Nunnery
304. Young Ronald
305. The Outlaw Murray