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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION 1
 
A BALLAD OF SERVIA BEFORE THE TURKISH CONQUEST
 
THE BUILDING OF SKADAR 15
 
BALLADS OF KÓSOVO FIELD
 
THE BUILDING OF RAVÁNITSA 27
BAN STRAHIN 32
TSAR LAZAR AND TSÁRITSA MÍLITSA 60
FRAGMENTS OF KÓSOVO BALLADS 68
THE BATTLE OF KÓSOVO 77
HOW MILOSH ÓBILICH SLEW THE SULTAN MURAD 81
MUSICH STEVAN 88
THE DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF THE YÚGOVICHI 94
TSÁRITSA MÍLITSA AND VLÁDETA THE VOÝVODA 97
THE MAID OF KÓSOVO 99
THE HEAD OF TSAR LAZAR 105
 
BALLADS OF MARKO KRÁLYEVICH
 
UROSH AND THE SONS OF MARNYÁVA 111
PRINCE MARKO AND THE VILA 120
PRINCE MARKO AND THE SWORD OF VUKASHIN 125
PRINCE MARKO AND THE EAGLE 130
THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE MARKO 133
PRINCE MARKO AND ALIL AGA 145
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PRINCE MARKO AND MINA OF KOSTUR 152
PRINCE MARKO AND BEY KOSTÁDIN 165
PRINCE MARKO AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOORISH KING 168
PRINCE MARKO’S PLOWING 172
MARKO DRINKS WINE IN RAMAZÁN 174
THE DEATH OF MARKO KRÁLYEVICH 178
 
BALLADS OF SERVIA UNDER TURKISH RULE
 
THE MAIDEN MÁRGITA AND RAYKO THE VOÝVODA 187
HOW STARÍNA NOVAK BECAME A HAYDUK 191
STARÍNA NOVAK AND THE BOLD RÁDIVOYE 195
THE DEATH OF IVO OF SENYE 199
THE MARRIAGE OF STOYAN YÁNKOVICH 202
THE CAPTIVITY OF STOYAN YÁNKOVICH 216
 
A MONTENEGRIN BALLAD
 
THE WAR OF THE MONTENEGRINS WITH MAHMUD PASHA 225
 
BALLADS WITHOUT HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
 
PREDRAG AND NENAD 241
SISTER AND BROTHER 249
MUYO AND ÁLIYA 254
THE MIRACLE OF ST. NICHOLAS 258
THE SERPENT BRIDEGROOM 260
THE WIFE OF HASAN AGA 271

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