Excerpt from Early English Poetry, Ballads, Vol. 17: And Popular Literature of the Middle Ages; Edited From Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications The history of the present little volume is soon told. Amongst the manuscripts which from time to time have found their way into the Council room of the Percy Society, were two folio volumes, consisting of ballads, songs, and poems, taken down by Mr. P. Buchan of Peterhead, n.b. From the oral recitation of the peasantry of his country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.