Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

Sweet William's Ghost

A.  83. yon kirk-yard.
B.  12. And every one is substituted for A wat a' man, no doubt by a reviser.
14, 94. grown.
51, 81. mid larf, midd larf I retain, though I do not understand larf.
92. on it struck out at the end of the line, and thereon written over. Qy it on?
144. A line is drawn through Down and the.
151. is my bed, written after weet, is struck out.
The copy in Herd's second volume is a transcript of the other, and its variations have no apparent authority.
C.  74. Manuscript come (lye).
94. away written over be gane.
102. Motherwell prints churchyard green.
141. white thrice.
Motherwell makes not a few slight changes in printing.
D.  151. at my head, Willie.
E.  8 follows 10 in Kinloch.

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