Borrow's Ballads

Over 150 Ballads from George Borrow are contained within this book. It is compiled from 38 limited edition booklets of ballads that were produced at the beginning of the 20th Century.

George Borrow was a lover of travel and was fluent in several languages including Romany. He was particularly taken with the poetry of the Northern Races and many of his ballads are translated from the Danish.

These pamphlets contained his later poetic works and they considered to be much superior to his earlier book ¿Romantic Ballads¿ which was crude in terms of the rhythm and rhyme.

The Pamphlets contained in this volume are:

The Talisman From The Russian Of Alexander Pushkin With Other Pieces; Alf The Freebooter Little Danneved And Swayne Trost And Other Ballads; Brown William The Power Of The Harp And Other Ballads; The Brother Avenged And Other Ballads; Ermeline A Ballad; Grimmer And Kamper The End Of Sivard Snarenswayne And Other Ballads; The Expedition To Birting¿s Land And Other Ballads; King Diderik And The Fight Between The Lion And Dragon And Other Ballads; King Hacon¿s Death And Bran And The Black Dog; Little Engel A Ballad With A Series Of Epigrams From The Persian; Marsk Stig A Ballad; Marsk Stig¿s Daughters And Other Songs And Ballads; Niels Ebbesen And Germand Gladenswayne; The Nightingale The Valkyrie And Raven And Other Ballads; Proud Signild And Other Ballads; Ulf Van Yern And Other Ballads; Axel Thordson And Fair Valborg A Ballad; The Return Of The Dead And Other Ballads; Mollie Charane And Other Ballads; The King¿s Wake And Other Ballads; Hafbur And Signe A Ballad; Queen Berngerd The Bard And The Dreams And Other Ballads; Child Maidelvold And Other Ballads; Ellen Of Villenskov And Other Ballads; Finnish Arts Or Sir Thor And Damsel Thure A Ballad; Signelil A Tale From The Cornish And Other Ballads; The Dalby Bear And Other Ballads; The Giant Of Bern And Orm Ungerswayne A Ballad; The Mermaid¿s Prophecy And Other Songs Relating To Queen Dagmar; The Verner Raven The Count Of Vendel¿s Daughter And Other Ballads; The Song Of Deirdra King Byrge And His Brothers And Other Ballads; The Songs Of Ranild; The Tale Of Brynild And King Valdemar And His Sister Two Ballads; Tord Of Hafsborough And Other Ballads; Young Swaigder Or The Force Of Runes And Other Ballads; Grimhild¿s Vengeance Three Ballads; The Fountain Of Maribo And Other Ballads; The Serpent Knight And Other Ballads