| A. a. |
4-6 are disarranged, and an attempt has
been made at a better grouping.
43,4, 51,2, are 4;
53,4 are 51,2;
61,2 are 53,4.
142. The reading of b
is better: on the sands.
143. frae the fleed: b reads, rightly, on the
flood (fleed). |
| b. |
Printed by Maidment in stanzas of four
short lines; by Buchan, in long lines, not
properly grouped.
| 1 |
Ben came her father, skipping on the floor,
Said, Jeanie, you 're trying the tricks of a whore. |
| 2 |
'You're caring for him that cares not for thee;
And I pray you take Salton, let Auchanachie be.' |
| 3 |
'I will not have Salton, it lies low by the sea;
He is bowed in the back, he's thrawen in the knee;
And I'll die if I get not my brave Auchanachie.' |
| 4 |
'I am bowed in the back, lassie, as ye see,
But the bonny lands of Salton are no crooked tee.' |
| 5 |
And when she was married she would not lie down,
But they took out a knife, and cuttit her gown. |
| 6 |
Likewise of her stays the lacing in three;
And now she lies dead for her Auchanachie. |
| 7 |
Out comes her bower-woman, wringing her hands,
Says, Alas for the staying so long on the sands.' |
| 8 |
'Alas for the staying so long on the flood!
For Jeanie was married, and now she is dead.' |
|
| B. a. |
8, 9 are written together.
94,on the sans: cf. A a 141,
b 81, B b. |
| b. |
Some trivial variations are not noticed.
Printed in six stanzas of eight long lines.
11. lives.
14. Oh, never will I forget my love Annachie.
After 1:
| |
'For Annachie Gordon is honnie and braw,
He'd entice any woman that ever him saw;
He'd entice any woman, and sae he has done me,
And I'll die if I getna my love Annachie.' |
21,2. As in A a.
23. care meikle: cares little.
24. Saltoun and leave Annachie.
After 2:
| |
'For Annachie Gordon is nothing but a man;
Although he be brave, he has little free Ian;
His towns a' lie waste, and his lands a' lie lea,
And I'll cause you marry Saltoun, let Annachie be.' |
31. wed me: before he goes home.
32. neer hae.
33,4. 'A son or a daughter, it's a' ane to me,
For I'll cause you marry Saltoun and leave Annachie.'
After 3:
| |
He wed her to Saltoun before he gaed home,
But unto Lord Saltoun she neer had a son;
For, instead of being merry her maidens among,
She gaed to her bower and wept there alone. |
41. Some of you her.
42. infeft her in houses and land.
43. shall wear silk and satin, wi red goud.
44. to forget him the.
51,2. Oh you, my maidens, you shall not take my hand,
Nor will I be infefted in houses and land.
53. Nor will I wear silk nor red goud.
54. For never will I forget my love A.
After 5:
| |
'Wi Annachie Gordon I would beg my bread
Before wi Lord Saltoun I would wear goud red;
For he's bowd on the back and he's thrawn in the knee:'
'But the bonnie rigs o Saltoun are nae thrawn tee.' |
6, 7. Wanting.
| 8. |
The day she was married, that same day she died,
While Annachie Gordon was waiting for the tide;
He waited for the tide to tak him oer the fleed,
But he little thought his Jeanie Gordon was deed. |
91. Then out cam her maidens.
92. Wae for: frae the.
93. hae married.
94. Oh, wae for: on the fleed.
101. Some of you her maidens: me ben.
102. the chamber where.
103. were colder than clay.
104. And he died in the chamber where his Jeanie lay. |
