IN the long-expected work of which the first part lies before us, Professor Child undertakes to give every existing version of every popular English ballad, together with its comparative history, ...

After the Second World War, my family moved from a displaced persons camp in Schleswig-Holstein to a refugee camp in Sussex. From there we were taken in by English families. My mother worked as a ...

These folk ballads were turned into rock classics with the 1960s rolled around, and they definitely deserved the breath of ...

Some stories stand the test of time: Shakespeare's plays, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, and the Child ballads. If you're unfamiliar with them, they're not for children. They're Scottish and ...

BRATTLEBORO -- John Roberts and Tony Barrand, acclaimed interpreters of English ballads and songs, will give a concert on Sunday at 7.30 p.m., at the New England Youth Theater, 100 Flat St. English by ...