P. 116. Motherwell sent a copy of C to Sharpe with a letter from Paisley, 8th October, 1825, and printed C in an article on "Scottish Song" in the Paisley Magazine, 1828, p. 621, in both cases with two or three insignificant variations. He mentions in the latter another version in which the hero is called King James, in accordance with the vulgar traditions concerning the Gudeman o Ballengoich.
In Findlay's Manuscripts, I, 144, there are five unimportant stanzas, nearer to D than to the other versions, and having, like D, the title 'The Gaberlunzie Laddie.'
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