Child Ballads - Additions and Corrections

94. Young Waters

P. 343. By the kindness of Mr. Macmath, I have now a copy of the original edition.

Young Waters, an Ancient Scottish Poem, never before printed. Glasgow, Printed and sold by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1755. (Small 4^o, 8 pages.) The few differences of reading will be given with corrections to be made in the print.

To be Corrected in the Print.

343. Read (ed. 1755): 2³. And there.

3³. And mantel.

12¹. I have. (Drop the notes to 3⁸, 5¹.)

The following are mostly trivial variations from the spelling of the text.

343. Read (ed. 1755): 1⁴. favord.
5¹. spack.
6³. bot.
7³. bin.
9¹. coud.
9⁴, 14⁴. die.

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