| A. a. |
In the manuscript two lines are written continuously, and
two of these double lines numbered as one stanza.
191, 231, 692, 712,
perhaps gate, gates in manuscript.
541, manuscript be a nae.
56.1 casket in manuscript?
b. 1.
Chil Brenton has sent oer the faem,
Chil Brenton 's brought his lady
hame. |
| B. |
Printed by Scott in four-line stanzas.
7, 55, 56, 58, 61, seem to be the stanzas transferred from
Herd, but only the last without change. |
| C. |
The stanzas are not divided in Cromek. Between 14
and 15 the following nineteen couplets have been
omitted.
First blew the sweet, the simmer wind,
Then autumn wi her breath sae kind,
Before that eer the guid knight came
The tokens of his luve to claim..
Then fell the brown an yellow leaf
Afore the knight o luve shawed prief;
Three morns the winter's rime did fa,
When loud at our yett my luve did ca.
'Ye hae daughters, ye hae seven,
Ye hae the fairest under heaven.
I am the lord o lands wide,
Ane o them maun be my bride.
I am lord of a baronie,
Ane o them maun lie wi me.
O cherry lips are sweet to pree,
A rosie cheek 's meet for the ee;
Lang brown locks a heart can bind,
Bonny black een in luve are kind;
Sma white arms for clasping 's meet,
Whan laid atween the bridal-sheets;
A kindlie heart is best of a',
An debonnairest in the ha.
Ane by ane thae things are sweet,
Ane by ane in luve they 're meet;
But when they a' in ae maid bide,
She is fittest for a bride.
Sae be it weel or be it wae,
The youngest maun be my ladie;
Sae be it gude, sae be it meet,
She maun warm my bridal-sheet.
Little kend he, whan aff he rode,
I was his tokend luve in the wood;
Or when he gied me the wedding-token,
He was sealing the vows he thought were broken.
First came a page on a milk-white steed,
Wi golden trappings on his head:
A' gowden was the saddle lap,
And gowden was the page's cap.
15-21 have been allowed to stand principally
on account of 18.
There is small risk in pronouncing 24. 25, 42,
43, 80, 81 spurious, and Cunningham surpasses his usual mawkishness
in 83. |
| E. |
is written in four-line stanzas.
19. mother, in the margin,
20. lady, in the margin. |
| F. |
a. 72. manuscript Till
[Still?].
72 and 8, 17 and 181,
201 and 21, 231 and 24,
32 and 332, 501 and 51, are respectively
written as a stanza in the manuscript.
121 , 411. Motherwell
conjectures
Would I wait, or would I away.
131,, 421. Motherwell
conjectures
Would I away, or would I wait.
142, 432.manuscript green sleeves:
but see 511, and also E
221, G 242, 282.
292, above you do not know 't is written
know not who till, apparently a conjecture of
Motherwell's.
302, sometimes recited
Till owre the bed this lady he Hang.
531. manuscript abroad.
| b. 1. |
Seven ladies livd in a bower,
Hey down and ho down
And aye the youngest was the flower.
Hey down and ho down |
|
| G. |
The stanzas are not divided in Herd. |
| H. |
4 is crossed through in the manuscript, but no reason
given. |
