Border ballads
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Border ballads are traditional narrative folk songs from the Anglo-Scottish border region, often recounting tales of love, conflict, and local legend.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Child Ballads | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballad tradition
ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional narrative folk song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
border reiving culture
ⓘ
clan feuds ⓘ |
| characterType |
lovers
ⓘ
outlaws ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ warriors ⓘ |
| collectedBy | Sir Walter Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Anglo-Scottish border
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Borders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Francis James Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form |
stanzaic
ⓘ
strophic ⓘ |
| function |
entertainment
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moral instruction ⓘ preservation of local history ⓘ |
| genre |
folk song
ⓘ
narrative song ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late medieval period ⓘ |
| influenced |
English ballad revival
ⓘ
Romantic literature ⓘ Scottish literary tradition ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| meter | simple accentual meter ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
dialogue-heavy storytelling
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
sung in communal gatherings
ⓘ
sung in domestic settings ⓘ sung unaccompanied ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Child ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
ethnomusicology research
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folklore studies ⓘ literary scholarship ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| typicalTheme |
betrayal
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border reivers ⓘ conflict ⓘ feuding families ⓘ heroic deeds ⓘ local legend ⓘ love ⓘ supernatural events ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Battle of Otterburn
this entity surface form:
Child Ballads