| A. |
42, 52. menzie. |
| B. a. |
83, 93, 192, 213. &
for an.
132. for struck out before Your.
143. O has been altered from If,
and is not very distinct.
252. wi her?
253. Tell down, tell tell down.
26. Or, She 's put her hand to her pocket,
She 's pulld out ducats many,
An she 's telld down, etc.
271. Var. she blessd.
283,4. No indication that this is an imperfect
stanza. The last line is nearly bound in,
and not easy to read.
303. Gar print, etc. |
| b. |
Variations written on the margin of a.
13. The Laird of Gigh has killd a man.
23. That will gae rin to the yates of Gigh.
71. Burntisland sands for the waterside.
81. the water-yate.
83. dealt the red gold them amang.
14. 'T was up than spak a gentleman,
Was ca'd the Laird of Logie,
War Gighie's head but on the blo[ck],
If I had his fair ladle!'
211. the gude Argyle for a Scottish lord.
212. He's been a friend to many. |
| C. a. |
"This song was taken down from a Miss
Christy Robertson, Dunse, who sung it to a
very pretty old tune. Being an old maid
herself, she did not let it want any of the
original plainture which I suppose the original air would have."
The Manuscript of Thomas Wilkie is inscribed, at
the beginning, Gattonside, 4th Sept., 1813;
at the end, Bowden, 2d Sept., 1815.
63. goud written over guineas.
81,2. Var. six for ten,
seventh for eleventh.
101. a kind-hearted man, wanting in b, has
evidently been supplied.
121,2. Supplied: originally only A man spoke loud.
123. Geordie's written over his; were over had been. |
| b. |
23. shirt.
42. And they saddled to her.
63. red goud.
71. When she.
91. Geight.
101. a kind-hearted man wanting.
121,2. A man spoke loud.
134. my wanting.
142. And herself. |
| D. |
22. goud and money substituted for hose
and shoon struck out.
92. they struck out before was.
183-6. Written in two lines. |
| E. b. |
No account is given of the variations of the
printed copy from the manuscript, but it is
presumed that the larger ones were traditional.
13. And monie ane got broken heads.
21. she gaed.
24. To pray.
31. into.
33. And ilka ane.
After 3:
Up bespak a Norlan lord,
I wat he spak na bonnie;
'If ye'll stay here a little while,
Ye'll see Geordie hangit shortly.'
41. Then up bespak.
43,4. If ye'll pay doun five hundred crowns,
Ye 'se get your true-love Geordie.
After 4:
Some lent her guineas, some lent her crowns,
Some lent her shillings monie,
And she 's paid doun five hundred crowns,
And she 's gotten her bonnie love Geordie.
51. hie steed.
52. ahint.
Burden, first line: My Geordie O, my Geordie O. |
| F. |
"Sung to a tune something similar to 'My Nannie O.'"
103. 10000.
123. 5000. |
| G. |
83, 93. 500.
103. breeks is a corruption, for bouks,
A 148. |
| I. a. |
103. crowns like duke o Downs:
cf. b 213, G 313.
124. gars your. |
| b. |
11. I was courted a wife in the bonny woods of Fife.
12, and flowers.
13. And pleasures I've had never nane.
14. I've had mony.
21. was lady of bonny Pitfauns.
22. Then.
23. is Lady.
24. I 'm even.
31. He never owns me.
32. Nor loves me.
33. But every day.
34. rides to Pilbagnet's.
41. Pilbagnet he's.
42. has lien wi.
43. And he 's put him in prison strang.
44. wanting.
53. That will rin on to Ythan side.
54. Wi letters.
6. Now here am I, a bonny boy,
Will rin your errand shortly,
That will rin on to Ythan side
Wi letters to your ladye.
71. But when she looked the letter on.
73. But ere: to an.
74. tears fell.
81. Ye'll saddle: said.
82. Tho the brown should ride never so bonny.
83. I'll go on to.
84. To see how they 're using my.
9. As she rode down by the pier of Leith,
The poor met her never so mony,
And she dealt the red gold right liberally,
And bade them pray well for her Geordie.
10. As she rode down by Edinbro town,
The poor met her never so mony,
And she dealt the red gold right liberallie,
And bade them pray weel for her Geordie.
After 10:
The king looked ower his castle-wa,
And he spak seen and shortly;
'Now who is this,' said our liege the king,
'Deals the red gold sae largely?'
Then up bespak a bonny boy,
Was richt nigh to her Geordie;
'I'll wager my life and a' my lan
That it is Gicht's own ladye.'
111. Then she went down the toolbooth-stair.
112. all the nobles so.
113. And every one had his hat on.
12-20. Wanting.
21. Then she went down the toolbooth-stair,
Among all the nobles so many;
Some gave her guineas, some gave her crowns,
Some gave her dukedoons many,
And she has paid down the jailor's fee,
And now she enjoys her Geordie.
22-26. Wanting.
27. 'O bonnie George, I love you weel!
O dear George, as I love you!
The sun and the moon, go together roun and roun,
Bear witness, dear George, how I love you!'
28. 'O bonnie Anne, I love you weel!
Oh dear Anne, how I love you!
The birds of the air, fly together pair and pair,
Bear witness, dear Anne, how I love you!' |
| J. |
13 4 . the queen's berry.
262. crimes. I suppose crimes is to be meant. |
| K. |
"Of the preceding ballad [F], Agnes Lile says
she has heard her father sing a different set,
all of which she forgets except this, that
there was nothing said of 'a bold bluidy
wretch,' and in place of what is given to him
in this version [F 10, 11], there were the
two following stanzas." Motherwell's Manuscript,
p. 370 f.
23. 5000. |
