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Border ballad

Border ballads are a group of songs in the long tradition of balladry collected from the Anglo-Scottish border. Like all traditional ballads, they were traditionally sung unaccompanied. There may be a repeating motif, but there is no "chorus" as in most popular songs. The supernatural is a common theme in border ballads, as are recountings of raids and…

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Border ballad

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Triples18
Avg. degree1.87
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related to Further reading · 10
Border ballad → Edinburgh, How Many Worlds, ISBN, Pick, Polygon, Scottish Fiction, The Border Ballads, The Great Shadow House, The Metaphysical Tradition, There
related to Writings about · 8
Border ballad → Lloyd, Middle Scots, Minstrelsy, Scotland, Scottish Border, Sir Walter Scott, Some, The Complaynt

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ballads border songs scottish long tradition like supernatural also references balladry sir known group collected anglo-scottish traditional traditionally sung unaccompanied

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Border balladrelated to Further readingPick0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingThe Border Ballads0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingHow Many Worlds0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingThere0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingThe Great Shadow House0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingThe Metaphysical Tradition0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingScottish Fiction0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingPolygon0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingEdinburgh0.60section
Border balladrelated to Further readingISBN0.60section
Border balladrelated to Writings aboutSome0.60section
Border balladrelated to Writings aboutMiddle Scots0.60section

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