Transcripts and notes concerning the "Brown manuscript" of Scottish popular ballads, 1793-1920.

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Transcripts and notes concerning the "Brown manuscript" of Scottish popular ballads, 1793-1920.

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These materials are transcripts of and notes concerning the original "Brown manuscript." Transcribers and annotators include: Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge, Joseph Rittson, and Mary S. Watts. Much of this material was collected by Francis James Child for his English and Scottish popular ballads.

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