| A. |
22. The printed copy has thighs.
43. dwelling down.
There is a copy of this ballad in Cunningham's
Songs of Scotland, I, 303.
Though no confidence can be felt in the genuineness of the
"several variations from recitation and singing,"
with which Cunningham says he sought to improve Herd's version,
the more considerable ones are here noted.
13. O there I met.
21. a shathmont lang.
33. been a giant born.
41. ye're wonder strong.
44. O ladie, gang wi me.
51. away we flew.
52. to a valley green.
53. down and he stamped his foot.
54. And up there rose.
61. Wi four.
62. the glossy green.
72. stately ha.
8. And there were harpings loud and sweet,
And ladies dancing, jimp and sma;
He clapped his hands, and ere I wist,
He sank and saunted clean awa. |
