TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scott,Walter
TI  - Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1
AV  - PR 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Scottish Borders -- Texts
KW  - Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- Songs and music
KW  - Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- Poetry
KW  - Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Songs and music
KW  - Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Poetry
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrelsy_of_the_Scottish_Border; Release date is 2004-06-25; Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jonathan Ingram, Bill Hershey and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 1" by Walter Scott is an anthology of Border ballads first published in 1802. This groundbreaking collection preserves Scotland's folk poetry, featuring legendary ballads like "Sir Patrick Spens," "Thomas the Rhymer," and "The Twa Corbies." Scott gathered these traditional songs through field research in remote villages and from manuscript collections, assisted by collaborators including poet John Leyden. Though his editorial approach favored literary appeal over scholarly precision, the work captivated readers across Britain and Europe, shaping Scott's future as a celebrated poet and novelist. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12742
ER  -