| A. |
Variations of Finlay, II, 39 ff.
Inserted after 2:
'O come with me,' says Johnie Faw,
'O come with me, my dearie;
For I vow and I swear, by the hilt of my sword,
That your lord shall nae mair come near ye.'
Then she gied them the beer and the wine,
And they gied her the ginger;
But she gied them a far better thing,
The goud ring aff her finger.
42. Wi my.
43. But this.
63. For I vow and I swear, by the fan in my hand.
72. And wanting.
92. Otherwise: The brown was neer sae ready.
103. but ane.
104. For a.
Herd has in 103,4but ane, For.
Pinkerton follows Herd, with changes of his own in 1,
10, and the omission of 7. The copy in
Johnson's Museum is Herd's, with changes:
in 103,4, are a' put down for ane, The Earl of
Cassilis' lady. Ritson follows Ramsay, except that in
62 he has And I'll, found in
Herd; perhaps also in some edition of the
Tea-Table Miscellany. |
| B. a. |
"Some lines have been omitted on account
of their indelicacy:" p. 308 b. The reference is no doubt
to a stanza corresponding to A 7,
or perhaps to a passage like 5-7. |
| b. |
Only 1, 2, 5, 10-13, are preserved.
11, gipsies cam to oor ha-door.
14, doon stairs cam oor gay leddie.
22. afore.
24. An whan they.
24. cuist the glamour.
51. my gay mantle.
52. me my.
53. For I maun leave my guid lord at hame.
54. An follow the.
101. They travelld east, they travelld wast.
102. They travelld.
103. to the.
104. By that time she.
111. I crost this.
112. An my guid man.
113. Noo I maun put.
114. An follow.
121. Whan her guid lord cam hame at nicht.
122. He spierd for his gay.
123. The tane she cried an the ither replied.
124. She 's aff.
131. the brown, he said.
132. The black neer rides.
133. For I.
134. Till I've brought back. |
| C. |
41. Originally plaid was written for cloak;
evidently by accidental anticipation.
53. fit altered perhaps from fut; printed fit.
Motherwell has made several verbal
changes in printing, and has inserted three
stanzas to fill out the ballad. After 3,
'Come with me, my bonnie Jeanie Faw,
O come with me, my dearie;
For I do swear, by the head o my spear,
Thy gude lord'll nae mair come near thee.'
After 7,
'I'll go to bed,' the lady she said,
'I'll go to bed to my dearie;
For I do swear, by the fan in my hand,
That my lord shall nae mair come near me.
'I'll mak a hap,' the lady she said,
I'll mak a hap to my dearie,
And he 's get a' this petticoat gaes round,
And my lord shall nae mair come near me.' |
| E. |
12, 13. After 9 of A,
says Finlay, some copies insert:
And he 's rode east, and he 's rode west,
Till he came near Kirkaldy;
There he met a packman-lad,
And speir'd for his fair lady.
'O cam ye east? or cam ye west?
Or cam ye through Kirkaldy?
O saw na ye a bonny lass,
Following the gypsie laddie?'
'I cam na east, I cam na west,
Nor cam I through Kirkaldy;
But the bonniest hiss that eer I saw
Was following the gypsie laddie!'
See also G 7. |
| G. a. |
43. br oges. |
| b. |
In stanzas of eight lines.
11. There were.
22. With her.
23. fair wanting.
24. They cast the glamer over her.
32. Which was of the belinger.
34. 'T was wanting.
42. They were.
43. brogues.
44. laddy, and always.
61. me wanting.
63. That I may go and seek.
64. Who's.
74. Following a.
81. all the summer.
83. espied.
84. and wet
91. O why.
93. your own.
101. lands.
103. will I remain.
111. There were.
112. They were.
113. all in. |
| H. |
21. the lawyer did. |
| J. b. |
1. The gypsy came tripping over the lea,
The gypsy he sang boldly;
He sang till he made the merry woods ring,
And he charmed the heart of the lady.
Order: 1, 5, 6, 2, 3.
2 (as 4). The lord came home that self-same night,
Inquired for his lady;
The merry maid made him this reply,
'She 's gone with the gypsy Davy.'
3 (as 5). 'bring me out the blackest steed;
The brown one 's not so speedy;
I'll ride all day, and I'll ride all night,
Till I overtake my lady.'
4 (as 7). He rode along by the river-side,
The water was black and rily,
...
...
5 (as 2). 51,2. Will you.
53. Will you forsake your own wedded lord.
6 (as 3). 62. And I'll.
63. I will forsake my own wedded lord.
64. And go with the gypsy Davy.
7. wanting.
b 6. I lay last night. The rest wanting.
b 8. Puts the question whether she will go back.
b 9. I lay last night. The rest wanting. |
| K. a. |
The order as delivered was 3, 1, 2, etc., and
the high-heeled shoes were attributed to Lord
Garrick. Him, his, he in 2 have been
changed to her, her, she. But a further
change should be made for sense, in 1, 2:
the lady should take off her high-heeled
shoes and put on her low-heeled shoes; see
G 4, I 8.
Burden given also:
Lal dee dumpy dinky diddle dah day |
| b. |
Burden:
Rump a dump a dink a dink a day
Rump a dump a dink a dink a dady.
Or,
Rink a dink a dink a dink a day
Rink a dink a dink a dink a day dee.
Order as in a.
11, fetch me.
13. And take away.
21. fetched him down his.
23. And they took away his.
31. got home.
34. with the.
41. Go fetch me out.
43. And we'll away to.
44. To for And.
51. They fetched him out
54. To overtake my.
62. lady bright
73. you won't |
