Ancient Poems
Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England
Edited by Robert Bell
INTRODUCTION.
IN 1846, the Percy Society issued to its members a volume entitled ANCIENT POEMS, BALLADS, AND SONGS OF THE PEASANTRY OF ENGLAND, edited by Mr. James Henry Dixon. The sources drawn upon by Mr. Dixon are intimated in the following extract from his preface:-
He who, in travelling through the rural districts of England, has made the road-side inn his resting-place, ...