B. |
Christie says of his copy that the words sung
by his maternal grandfather
"were somewhat, as far as the Editor can remember,
like those given by Buchan, and that some
slight alterations were made by him from
the way the Editor heard the ballad sung."
The alterations in Christie's eighteen stanzas are:
13. mony talk.
14. That kenna.
84. Whare I will.
151. in the.
153. a white.
182. gaed he.
254. Ineer.
281. The. |