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Title: Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance
Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series

Author: Various

Editor: Frank Sidgwick

Release Date: February 19, 2007 [EBook #20624]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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POPULAR BALLADS OF THE OLDEN TIME

+First Series.+ Ballads of Romance and Chivalry.

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