Historical ballads of St. Louis : "Stagolee," "Frankie and Johnny," and "Brady and Duncan" -- Riddle ballads -- Murder ballads : murdered sweetheart, female and male -- Tragic love stories -- Talking birds, singing bones, and materializing revenants -- Otherworld beings -- Shape-shifting ballads and female monsters -- Tricks and disguises -- Ballads as national icons -- A sampling of other ballads.
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