 (See §Contents of the published volumes).For each ballad type in the collection, all variants in full text have been printed, up to a maximum of 25 variants, arranged chronologically (This means that for about 80% of the types, all known variants are exhaustively printed, while for the 20% remaining, only a listing of the variants are given beyond the 25 variants limit).Another feature of "SMB" is that the accompanying melodies have been comprehensively printed alongside the text, unlike ballad collections in some of the other languages.