| A. |
51. Oh.
74. Ritchie's story. |
| B. |
74. ye lake, or take.
82. manna ye be sorry?
92. An who. |
| C. a. |
The air is said in the Manuscript to be beautiful
and very plaintive.
51,2. madam instead of Richie.
Richie in b.
63. Skimmerjim is glossed in the margin
Kimmerghame.
81. Written twice.
82. hining. shining in b. |
| b. |
21,2, 31,2, 41,2,
51,2, 61,2, are written in one line.
102. is indicated by &c.
11,2. There's.
13. And Richies tory he's come by.
21,2. O care ye not sad.
23. Skimmer knowes.
24. And go wi the lad they ca Richies tory.
31,2. not so again.
41,2. O wanting.
42. madam wanting.
43. For the: Skimmerham.
44. They will be: to you.
51,2. Richie, for madam of a.
54. none but thee, Richie.
6. wanting.
72. Richie wanting.
81. London city.
82. shining.
83. Many a.
84. But few thought her a.
92. mammy.
94. Richies Torry.
101,2. Now hold: mammy.
103. and cast (wrongly).
104. And I'll muck the byre wi Richies
Torry. |
| D. |
14. At his? The ribbons seem more likely to
belong to the footman: see A 2, G f 1.
But compare B 2, G d, after
1. |
| E. |
14. Var.: wi her brother's foot-boy.
23. On his?
33. Var.: Earl Wemyss.
113. Marginal note: Lady Hume, whose son
was suitor to the runnaway lady. |
| F. b. |
Evidently furbished, and therefore not collated.
After 6 is inserted this stanza, corresponding to 11:
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Fair Powmoodie is mine, dear Richie,
And goud and pearlins too;
Gin ye'll consent to be mine, dear Richie,
I will gie them a' to you. |
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| G. |
Trivial variations are not noticed. |
| a. |
153,4. It is certain from 16 and from other
copies of G that she was married to the Earl of Hume,
but I have let the text stand as delivered. |
| b. |
Stanzas 1, 93,4, 2, 7, 3 , 10-14,
153,4 (?), 16:
four marked as wanting.
11,2. Theres seven bonny ladies in yonder ha
(twice).
13. The youngest an bonniest amon.
23,4. It's from the Earl o Cumbernauld, An
he is seekin you, lady.
71. we will go, Richie.
72. go, laddie.
93. Ye'll cast aff your gowns o silk.
94. wi your Richie Tory.
101,2. As they gaed down by yon bonny waterside,
O but the sma birds they sang bonnie!
112. sorry, lassie.
113. To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
122. sorry, laddie.
123,4. The thing that's afore us we maun endure,
So what need I be sorry, laddie?
131,2. As they gaed down by yon bonny waterside,
O but her gold watch it hung bonny!
133. a ane gaed her a low bow.
134. But few kent she.
141,2. As she gaed doun by yon bonny ha-house,
Oh but the pibrochs they sang bonny!
143. f. an t. belted knichts.
153,4. Says, I 'm the Earl o Cumbernauld,
That for your sake was a footman-laddie.
163,4. Now she rides in her coach-an-six,
An blesses the day she saw Richie Tory. |
| c. |
11 stanzas: 1, 6-9, 13, 10, 14, 16, and 11,
12 as a "chorus" to each of the others.
11,2. Seven sisters in yonder ha,
Seven sisters in Campernadie.
61-3. Ritchie he went up the stair,
Thinking for to meet his lady;
But sae quick as she turned round.
71,2. we will go.
81,2. I'll nae go.
91. they rode up by her sisters' bowers.
93. Says, Ye mann tak aff the goons.
94. byres, nor wi Ritchie tarry.
102. lady grew unco weary.
104. were back at Campernadie.
113. the yerl o Mohun.
114. And wed wi me but.
123,4. What is before me must nae I endure?
An why should I be sorry, Ritchie?
132. O but her gowd it was shinin bonnie!
133. Monie ane gae her a low bow.
134. But few o.
141. As they rode doon by yonder glen.
142. the organs they.
143,4. Four-an-twenty gentlemen Cam a'.
163. An now she rides in her coach-an-six. |
| d. |
16 stanzas: 1; a stanza corresponding to
A 2, D 1, 2-9, 13, 10-12, 14, 16.
11,2. There were ladies in yon ha,
Seven ladies in Cumbernaudie.
After 1:
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He gaed down the garden green,
In amang the birks sae bonnie,
And there he saw his lady gay,
Wi ribbons on her shoulders mony. |
23,4. With Earl Hume's humble desire
Your servant for to be.
31. I'll hae nane o his letters.
32. Nane from Earl Hume.
33,4. But I'll hae him that I like best,
And I'll hae nane but you, Richie.
41,2. Say na that to me.
43. lands nor rents.
44. For to maintain you wi.
51,2. Say na that again, Richie.
53,4. The House o Athole it is mine,
Taranadie shall be thine, Richie.
61,2. He gaed from the garden green,
Thinking he would shun his lady.
63. But quickly she followed after him.
72. I'll gae to them wi thee, Richie.
81,2. To the Borders we will gae,
We will to them gang, lady.
91. rode by her sister's bowers.
94. And gang and beg wi her Richard Storie:
editorial nicety.
102. she grew wondrous weary.
123,4. When I get him that I like best,
And what is laid before me, Richie.
131. rode thro yon burrow-town.
141. As they rode by yon bonny House.
143,4. And four-and-twenty gallant knichts Came.
163. And now she rides in her coach-and-four.
Christie touched up his text here and there. |
| e. |
113,4, 12, 14, 163,4. wanting.
124. What wad make me sorry?
141. yonder gates.
142. playd pretty.
143. four-and-twenty noble knichts.
144. welcome in Ritchie Torry's lady.
163,4. Now she rides in her coach-and-six,
She blesses the day she got Ritchie Torry. |
| f. |
18 stanzas. Much manipulated, and not
entitled to confidence.
| 1 |
As I came in yon bonny burn-side,
And down below the bloom sae bonny,
There I espied a handsome lad,
Wi ribbons on his shoulders mony. |
| (Cf. A 2.) |
23,4. Here's a letter frae the Earl o Wemyss,
That he's in suit o thee, madam.
| 11 |
Out it speaks her mother then;
O daughter, may not you be sorry
To gang alang wi a servant-man,
And lose the rights o Castle Norry? |
123,4. I'm sure I've chosen a bonny lad,
The lot has just been laid afore me.
| 14 |
When they gaed through the Parliament Closs,
The silver loops hang down sae bonny;
Then four-and-twenty noble lords
Came hat in hand to Richard Storry. |
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