The Ballad and the Folk (RLE Folklore)

Introduction Part I: The Oral Tradition: The Folk 1. The Land and the People 2. The Agricultural Society 3. The Border Region 4. The Clannit Society Part II: The Oral Tradition: The Ballads 5. Balladry and Oral Poetry 6. The Oral Ballads of Mrs Brown 7. The Substance of the Ballads 8. The Structure of the Ballads I 9. The Structure of the Ballads II 10. The Structure of the Ballads III 11. The Sound of the Ballads 12. The Oral Ballad: A Summing-up Part III: The Tradition in Transition: The Folk 13. The Revolutions 14. The New Society Part IV: The Tradition in Transition: The Ballads 15. The Peter Buchan Controversy 16. The Ballads of James Nicol Part V: The Modern Tradition 17. The Ballads of Bell Robertson 18. The Bothy Ballads 19. Conclusion