Book title: Old Ballads
Author: Various
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Flesch Reading Ease Index: 83
Gunning Fog Index: 8
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Index: 6
Number of words: 9407
Number of unique words: 2118
Readability statistics for Old Ballads
by Various
Number of sentences: 573
Number of paragraphs: 1542
Percentage of complex words (three or more syllables): 3
Average syllables per word: 1
Average Words per sentence: 16
Keyword usage statistics for Old Ballads
by Various
| love | 47 | caller herrin' | 17 | | thee | 38 | leather bottel | 16 | | heart | 35 | wooing o't | 15 | | shall | 32 | d'ye ken | 14 | | thou | 30 | buy caller | 11 | | sweet | 30 | lang syne | 10 | | thy | 25 | auld lang | 10 | | auld | 23 | dwell first | 9 | | john | 22 | first leather | 9 | | bonnie | 19 | soul dwell | 9 | | yet | 18 | wish heav'n | 9 | | dear | 18 | john peel | 9 | | home | 18 | widow malone | 9 | | herrin' | 18 | heav'n soul | 9 | | caller | 17 | robin adair | 8 | | soul | 17 | wilt thou | 8 | | fair | 16 | allan water | 8 | | leather | 16 | english gentleman | 8 | | malone | 16 | banks allan | 8 | | ne'er | 16 | lives alley | 7 | | ken | 16 | heart lives | 7 | | bottel | 16 | sally darling | 7 | | o't | 15 | fine english | 7 | | true | 15 | darling heart | 7 | | doth | 15 | ken john | 6 | | wooing | 15 | chorus d'ye | 6 | | d'ye | 14 | annie laurie | 6 | | fill | 14 | malone ohone | 6 | | buy | 14 | morning chorus | 6 | | 'twas | 14 | trip trip | 6 | | robin | 14 | bay biscay | 6 | | time | 14 | john anderson | 6 | | lovely | 14 | pretty jane | 6 | | wish | 14 | there's place | 5 | | first | 14 | molly bawn | 5 | | fine | 13 | auld robin | 5 | | there's | 12 | place home | 5 | | gray | 12 | syne auld | 5 | | till | 12 | cradle deep | 5 | | pretty | 12 | olden time | 5 | |
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