| A. |
O is added, in singing, to every second and
fourth verse.
12. oh.
93. the reeds of, in my copy.
112. of my. |
| B. |
Quhat, ze, etc., are printed what, ye. |
| C. |
9. Given thus in Kinloch's annotated copy of
his Ancient Scottish Ballads; derived from
Motherwell:
The king called doun his merry men,
By thirties and by three;
Lord Thomas, that used to be the first.
The hindmost man was he. |
| D. |
32. altered, wrongly, to But lain with a.
92. shrrill. |
| F. |
O is added, in singing, to every second and
fourth verse.
13,4. Thus in Motherwell's Note-Book, p. 27:
Seven long years was past and gone
When our Scotish king came home. O
16. Given thus in Kinloch's annotated copy of
his Ancient Scottish Ballads, as the concluding
verse of Mr. Motherwell's copies and
that of Buchan:
He mounted her on a milk-white steed,
Himself on a dapple-grey,
And they 've as muckle land in braid Scotland
As can be rode in a lang simmer's day. |
| G. |
Some trifling changes are made by Buchan in
printing.
84. ben, printed by Buchan len. |
| I. a. |
142. of iny: so b.
161. her wanting. |
| b. |
23'. and very sick.
41,2. wanting.
52. that is.
53. these.
82. As fast as they.
93. his wanting.
113. hang.
134. should be. |
| c. |
22. You are.
31. Put off your.
52. that is.
53. these.
74. Sitting under an orange tree.
8. wanting.
142. of my.
143. Thou'llt. |
