Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

11. The Cruel Brother

A. b. 62. oer young.
102. spear at.
172. the bonny.
191. said.
231. And what will ye.
251. This fair lady.
2. And a mass.
Variations of Aytoun's copy, sts. 9-13, 16, 17, 20-24:
111 omits And;
121, 131 omit dear;
132 omits And;
161, through half for half thro;
172 omits For, bonny;
212, pearlin for silken;
22l omits And;
222, My silken gown that stands its lane;
232, shirt for cloaths;
241, And what;
242, The gates o hell to let him in.
B. "I have seen a fragment of another copy in which [the burden is]
      The red rose and the lily
      And the roses spring fu sweetly."
Kinloch, p. 19.
F. 91. For on the road.
G. a. 1. Burden2. The red, green, etc.:
afterwards,
Wi the red, etc.
22. Manuscript also, He askt of me if I 'd be his bride.
3 2. Manuscript also, He askt of me if I 'd be his queen.
42. Manuscript also, He askt me if I'd be his marrow.
152. Manuscript also, The gold and silver that I have here.
162. Manuscript also, The silken garment.
172. Manuscript also, My satine hat.
202, Manuscript also, The world wide, let them go beg.
b. 72. the mother.
b. 141. into yon stair.
Variations of Aytoun's copy, sts. 1-8, 14, 15, 18, 19 from Herd, 1776:
11, three sisters;
22, 32, 42 omit fair;
51, O ye maun;
61, And ye;
71, I I have,
81, And I have ask'd your sister;
82, your brother;
142, Give me a kiss;
152, When wi his knife.
H. "I have heard this song, to a very good tune not in any collection, with the above variations the chorus, of the whole as in the above two verses." Herd's note in his manuscripts.

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