I began working on this concordance to The English and Scottish Popular Ballads in the early 1980's while a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At the time I was interested in the ...

Burns contributed heavily to Scottish literature during his short lifetime, and many of his writings remain prevalent in popular culture today. For example, the traditional New Year's ballad, Auld ...

In this video women from the Western Isles of Scotland perform a Waulking Song while washing clothes.

Then - and this is what really sets the Ballads apart - MacColl wrote songs ... were virtually unheard at the BBC" Hear Jimmy Reid - Scottish trade unionist & friend of Ewan MacColl Given the ...

Burns Night is the celebration of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), the lyricist behind some of the nation's most treasured ballads including 'Auld Lang Syne', 'To a Mouse' and 'A Man ...