Chevy Chase, The Ballad of
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Chevy Chase, The Ballad of, one of the oldest of the English ballads, included in Percy's
Reliques, probably dates in its primitive form from the 15th cent. Its subject is the rivalry of the neighbouring families of Percy and Douglas. The two parties meet and fight, there is a great slaughter on both sides, and both Percy and Douglas are killed.
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