| A. a. |
24. I lye.
43,4 and 53,4 have been interchanged.
54. lye you. b. lay.
71. teen.
171. priest was.
172. it was.
173. boned (?) b has bored.
b is a copy of a,
but with the long lines broken up into two,
and some slight variations. |
| b. |
34. And we'll.
51. Omits if.
63. Omits sae jimp.
112. and they are questions.
122. wish.
134. betwixt. |
| B. |
In stanzas offour short lines. |
| a. |
162, 172. Var. women's vice.
171. Var. Poison is greener.
172. Var. There's nathing waur. |
| b. |
Lord Roslin's Daughter's Garland.
Containing three excellent new songs.
I. The Drunkard Reformed.
II. The Devil and the Grinder.
III. Lord Roslin's Daughter.
Licensed and entered according to order.
11. walks throw.
12. And by came.
13. servant man.
14, 34, 64, 74,
104, 144, 184. next the wa.
174. neist.
23, 43. missd you know.
34. Aud we'll ... and thou's ly next.
42. will I.
44. So I not.
51,2. Then said the pretty lady, I pray tell me your name.
My name is Captain Wedderburn, a servant to the king.
53. of him I'd not stand in aw.
61. He lighted off.
62. And held her by the milk-white hand
even as they rode along.
63. so jimp.
64. So I'll take.
71. lodging house.
73. But such a pretty face as thine in it I never saw.
74. make her up a down-bed.
82. will not go to your bed till you dress me.
83. three you must do to me.
91, O I must have ... a cherry without a stone.
92. a chicken without a bone.
101,2. When the cherry is into the bloom I am sure it hath no stone,
And when the chicken's in the shell I 'm sure it hath no bone.
103. it is a gentle.
112. I will not go till ... till you answer me questions.
113. Questions four you must tell me.
121. You must get to me.
122. That the wraft was neer ca,'d.
123,4 and 163,4
(and consequently 133,4, 173,4)
are wrongly interchanged in b
mixing up ferlies and questions.
a 123,4, 133,4, 14, 15,
161,2, 163,4, 171,2,
173,4 = b 153,4, 163,4,
17, 14, 151,2, 123,4, 161,2,
133,4.
132. the wraft was neer ca'd throw.
133,4. A sparrow's horn you well may get,
there's one on ilka pa.
141. standing at the door.
143. A hole cut in his mother's side,
he from the same did fa.
162. And what ... women's voice.
163. What bird sings best, and wood buds
first, that dew does on them fa.
171. sky is higher.
172. worse than women's voice.
173. the dew does on them fa.
182. the last night.
183, now they both lie in one bed.
c closely resembling b,
the variations from b are given. |
| c. |
1. came omitted, v. 2; unto, v. 3.
2. into your bed, v. 4.
3. guard you ... who well, v. 3;
into ... thou'lt, v. 4.
51,2. Then says; v. 1.
6. lighted from ... this lady, v. 1;
middle jimp, v. 3.
7. pretty fair, v. 2;
as this, v. 3.
8. dress me, v. 3.
9. unto, vv 1, 2;
O I must, v. 2.
10. in the bloom, v. 1;
we both shall ly in, v. 4.
11. will give oer, v. 1;
to your ... you tell me, v. 2.
12. You must get to me .. . that waft, v. 2;
bird sings first ... on them does, v. 3.
13. sings first, v. 3.
14. in your ... you tell me, v. 2;
I'll ly in, v. 4.
15. What is ... woman's, v. 2;
I 'Illy in, v. 4.
16. Death's greener than the grass,
hell's deeper than the seas,
The devil's worse than woman's voice,
sky's higher than the trees, vv 1, 2;
every paw, v. 3;
thou shalt, v. 4.
18. the lady ... rose, v. 1;
It was to be the very last, v. 2;
they ly in ae, v. 4. |
| d. |
Follows the broadside (b, c)
through the first nine stanzas, with changes from
Jamieson's "own recollection," or invention, and one from
A. 10 has certainly
arbitrary alterations. The remaining
eight stanzas are the corresponding ones
of A treated freely. The comparison
here is with b, readings from A
in 11-18 not being noticed.
13. serving men.
23. mist awa, from A;
so in 43, a stanza not in A.
53. I 'd have nae awe.
61. He lighted aff ... this lady.
63. middle jimp.
64. To tak her to his ain.
73. sic a lovely face as thine.
74. Gae mak her down.
83. maun dress to me.
91. It's ye maun get.
92,3. And ye maun get.
101. It's whan the cherry is in the flirry.
102. in the egg.
103. And sin the flood o Noah the dow she had nae ga.
A, B d, 11, 121,2, 131,2,
14, 151,2. 161,2 =
B b, c, 14, 151,2, 161,2,
11, 121,2, 131,2.
111. and gie your fleechin oer.
112. Unless you'll find me ferlies, and that
is ferlies four.
113. Ferlies four ye maun find me.
114. or I'll never lie.
122. And get to me.
123. doth first down.
124. Ye sall tell afore I lay me down
between you and the wa.
132. has an Indian gown that waft.
133. on cedar top the dew.
142. that gait me perplex.
143. three times twa.
151. the greenest grass.
152. war nor an ill woman's wish.
163. horn is quickly found ... on every claw.
164. There's ane upon the neb of him.
173. A wild bore tore his mither's side.
183. now there's nae within the realm, I think. |
| e. |
e has stanzas
1, 5 (?), 9, 12, 10, 13, 14 of a,
the first two imperfect. The last
line of each stanza is changed, no doubt for delicacy's sake, to
I will tak you wi me, I tell you, aye or na,
or the like.
1. The Earl o Roslin's dochter gaed out to tak the air;
She met a gallant gentleman, as hame she did repair;
...
I will tak you wi me, I tell you, aye or no.
5(?). I am Captain Wedderburn, a servant to the king.
...
I will tak you wi me, I tell you, aye or no.
91. I maun hae to my supper a bird without a bone.
93. An I maun hae a gentle bird that flies.
94. Before that I gae with you, I tell you, aye or na.
101. When the bird is in the egg.
102. in the bud ... I 'm sure.
103. it is a gentle bird.
122, 132. a gey mantle ... neer ca'ed.
133. sune sail get.
141. is standing at.
142. say that he was ... a sin. |
| f. |
Stanzas 9, 10 only.
91. 'T is I maun hae to my supper a bird without a bone.
92. withouten stone.
93. withonten ga.
101. When the bird is in the shell, I'm sure.
102. I 'm sure.
103. a gentle ... withouten ga. |
| C. |
Printed in stanzas of four short lines. |
