Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - End-Notes

Alison and Willie

a.  23. Oh.
103. He was.
b.  But wanting: threads.
21. She pu'd: mask aff.
22. blinked blythely.
23. Says, Will ye.
24. Or: gude wanting.
32. Nor will; gude wanting.
34. the bonny bridegroom be.
42. to wanting.
43. Sweet wanting.
52. And merry.
53. Ye'll mind nae mair o.
54. When.
62. An weary.
71. He spied: draw till.
72. aye the.
73. An wanting.
81. leand his back to his.
83. said that sweet.
84. luve's taen.
91,2. Their wedding-day it was well set, And a' their friends invited there.
93. While came.
94. wedding in prepare.
Before 101: She said, If Willie he be dead, A wedded wife I'll never be.
101. Then leand her back to her bed-stock.
102. Her heart in pieces broke in three.
103. then was.

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