The old song of Chevy Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England; and Ben Jonson used to say he would rather have been the author of it than of all his works.


The Spectator no. 70 (21 May 1711)


The old song of Chevy Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England; and Ben Jonson used to say he would rather have been the author...

The old song of Chevy Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England; and Ben Jonson used to say he would rather have been the author...

The old song of Chevy Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England; and Ben Jonson used to say he would rather have been the author...

The old song of Chevy Chase is the favourite ballad of the common people of England; and Ben Jonson used to say he would rather have been the author...