(Complete) Stories from the Ballads, Told to the Children, by Mary MacGregor - lt

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Stories from the Ballads, Told to the Children, by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor (1876 - 1961)

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Volunteers outside the USA: Mary Esther Miller MacGregor died in 1961. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.

Listen, children, for you will wish to hear where I found the tales which I have told you in this little book.

It is long, oh! so long ago, that they were sung up hill and down dale by wandering singers who soon became known all over the country as minstrels, or ofttimes, because they would carry with them a harp, as harpers.

In court, in cottage, by princes and by humble folk, everywhere, by every one the minstrels were greeted with delight.

To such sweet music did they sing the songs or ballads which they made or perchance had heard, to such sweet music, that those who listened could forget nor tale nor tune.

In those far-off days of minstrelsy the country was alive with fairies. Over the mountains, through the glens, by babbling streams and across silent moors, the patter of tiny feet might be heard, feet which had strayed from Elfinland.

It was of these little folk and of their visits to the homes of mortals that the minstrels sang. Sterner songs too were theirs, songs of war and bloodshed, when clan fought with clan and lives were lost and brave deeds were done. Of all indeed that made life glad or sad, of these the minstrels sang.

From town to village, from court to inn they wandered, singing the old songs, adding verses to them here, dropping lines from them there, singing betimes a strain unheard before, until at length the day came when the songs were written down.

It was in the old books that thus came to be written that I first found these tales, and when you have read them perhaps you will wish to go yourself to the same old books, to find many another song of love and hate, of joy and sorrow. (Summary by Mary Macgregor)


Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22175

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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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"Section (or Chapter) # of Stories from the Ballads, Told to the Children. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Stories from the Ballads, Told to the Children, by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor. Section Title."
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Post by davehli »

I'd like to take section 1 - The Young Tamlane.
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Post by vmead »

I would like to do section 4 Thomas the Rhymer, please.
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Post by YvetteD »

Hello there,

I would love to read section 5 - Lizzie Lindsay, please.

This will be my first reading with LibriVox!

Thanks,
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Post by Lynnet »

Thank you to all of you! Please be sure to read the first post.
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Post by geeowlfairy »

Hi,

I would like to read Section 2 - Hynde Etin, please.

Thanks! :)
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Post by Lynnet »

geeowlfairy wrote: September 7th, 2021, 3:03 am Hi,

I would like to read Section 2 - Hynde Etin, please.

Thanks! :)
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Post by docdlmartin »

May I claim section (or is it chapter) 7?
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Post by Lynnet »

docdlmartin wrote: September 7th, 2021, 5:04 pm May I claim section (or is it chapter) 7?
It’s section 7, which is also chapter 7. That isn’t always the case for various reasons.
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Post by Faithann »

Hi,
May I have section 3, please?
Thanks!
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Post by geeowlfairy »

Hello,

Here's Section 2 - Hynde Etin:
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/storiesfromtheballads_02_macgregor_128kb.mp3

Duration: 14:32

This is my first ever recording on Librivox. That was fun!
I hope it sounds ok! :)

Gievah
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Post by Lynnet »

geeowlfairy wrote: September 8th, 2021, 2:50 am Hello,

Here's Section 2 - Hynde Etin:
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/storiesfromtheballads_02_macgregor_128kb.mp3

Duration: 14:32

This is my first ever recording on Librivox. That was fun!
I hope it sounds ok! :)

Gievah
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Currently volunteering for my senior project. Expecting to graduate with a BS in Information and Library Science, Dec. '21!
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Post by Lynnet »

Thank you
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Post by Lynnet »

Section 2 PL OK
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