| A. |
111. she says.
161. blood I was disposed to change to lord:
but see H 131.
213,4. As cited by Anderson from William Tytler's Manuscript,
... to green grass growing
He took off his sheen. |
| B. |
224. Janet's exite: in C 164
Janet's lyke. |
| D. |
Stanzas 8, 9, 21, are the three last of the Manuscript
81,2. I should read put on,
were it not for 91,2.
233. lady lamentless. |
| E. |
33. If for that in the margin,
without explanation.
15-17. The order in the Manuscript is 16, 17, 15.
Motherwell, as often elsewhere, makes slight
changes in printing, as:
112, broken to won,
though not changed in 122; 153 [173],
And to And wi, unnecessarily, see F 198. |
| F. |
2-9. "Her father, brother, and sister successively address her in the
same polite style, and receive the same answer; except that to the latter,
instead of the information contained in the last two lines, she addresses a
piece of advice."
The phrase stood stately in 22, most appropriate for the
mother, was probably varied for father, brother, and sister.
15-16. "He delivers his message in the approved ballad style,
and the lover speaks."
20. "The few verses following contain her testamentary bequests
to her relatives above mentioned; but the person from whom I got
the ballad could not repeat them." |
| G. |
62. He bend. |
| I. a. |
1. Given in the Appendix to Motherwell's Minstrelsy,
p. xix, XIV, with this slight difference in the burden:
And she dearly loved me.
3-9. at Dundee in the burden.
82. Penknife for wife,
in my copy of the Manuscript.
10. In the Minstrelsy, from b:
Her father he ca'd up tlte stake,
Her brother he the fire did make. |
| b. |
1. There lived a lady in Scotland
O my love and O my joy
Who dearly loved an Englishman.
And bonnie Susie Cleland is to be burnt at Dundee
2. The father to the daughter came:
'Will you forsake your Englishman?'
For, etc.
3 is wanting.
4. 'My Englishman I'll neer forsake,
Altho you burn me at your stake.
For, etc.
5. 'O where will I get a pretty little boy,
That will bring tidings to my joy?'
For, etc.
6. 'O here am I, a pretty little boy,
And I'll carry tidings to thy joy.'
For, etc.
7. 'O take to him this right-hand glove,
Tell him to seek another love.'
For, etc.
8 is wanting.
9. 'O bring to him this gay gold ring,
And bid him come to my burning.'
For, etc.
10. Her father he ca'd up the stake,
Her brother he the fire did make.
And bonnie Susie Cleland is burnt at Dundee |
| c. |
1-4 are wanting.
5. 'Where will I get a bonny boy,
Oh my love and oh my joy
Where will I get a bonny boy,
That dearly loves me
Where will I get a bonny boy,
Will carry tidings to my joy?'
Bonnie Susie Cleland was burned at Dundee
6. 'Here am I, a little boy,
That dearly loves thee
Will carry tidings to thy joy.'
7. 'Carry my love this glove,
Who dearly loves me
Bid him seek another love.
8. 'Carry my love this knife,
That dearly loves me
Bid him seek another wife.
9. 'Carry my love this ring,
That dearly loves me
Bid him corne to my burning.'
10 is wanting. |
