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NOTES BONNIE ANNIE. There s feyfowk in our ship, she winna sailfor me.— p. 124, v. 3. There is a prevalent belief among sea-faring people, that, if a person who has committed any heinous crime be on ship-board, the vessel, as if conscious of its guilty ourden, becomes unmanageable, <strong>and</strong> will not sail till the offender be removed: to discover whom, they usually resort to the trial of those on board, by casting lots; <strong>and</strong> the individual upon whom the lot falls is de- clared the criminal, it being believed that Divine Pro- vidence interposes in this manner to point out the guilty person. He made his love a coffin off the Goats of Yerrow— p. 126, v. 8. It would be difficult to ascertain where Yerrow is situated; it would seem, however, to be on the sea- coast, as " Goats" signifies inlets where the sea enters.
THE DUKE OF ATHOL'S NOURICE. As I cam in by AthoPs yetts,* I heard a fair maid singing; — " I am the Duke o' AthoPs nourice, And I wat it weel does set me; And I wad gie a' my half-year's fee, For ae sicht o' my # Johnie." " Keep weel, keep weel, your half-year's fee, For ye'll soon get a sicht o' your Johnie; But anither woman has my heart, And I am sorry for to leave ye." " Ye'll dow ye dounf to yon change-house,! And drink till the day be dawing; At ilka pint's end ye'll drink the lass' health, That's coming to pay the lawing."§ * Yetts—gates. f Dow ye down—go your way. \ Change-house—tavern. § Laming—tavern bill.
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Vlll The Provost's Dochter, 131 Hyn
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After the successful and important
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Xll of the ballad poetry of the Nor
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This ladie has tane * a sair sickne
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" Come doun, come doun, ye wylie pa
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8 But as the traitor she cam near,
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10 They were also believed to be th
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12 foot, which she never knew to be
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14 with the text, but merely transf
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16 " Mitchcock! hey!" the lady did
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18 Whan she cam to the king's court
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20 He has pou'd* out a hundred poun
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28 — "Tell a' your neebours whan
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°24< "Ye'U turn about, Earl Richar
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26 She has kilted* up her green cla
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28 — — — O ilka nettle that t
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30 Whan she cam to the kings court,
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32 Lavele, mil. in the I. Edw. VI.
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34 He was gane a year away, A year
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JOHNIE OF COCKLESMUIR. Though this
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JOHNIE OF COCKLESMUIR. Johnie rose
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40 Johnie shot, and the dun deer la
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42 Up bespak the niest forester, Th
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THE CRUEL MOTHER. The following bal
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THE CRUEL MOTHER. There lives a lad
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48 " They should wear the silk and
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50 speck with her anent the crewall
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52 body to be tane upone the said r
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.54 " At evening when ye sit, And w
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NOTES ON LAIRD OF WARIESTOUN. Till
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LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD. The following t
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LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD. " I lay sick, a
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m O ! wae be to thee Blackwood, And
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64 abbreviated. This is a presumpti
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tury . 66 ' ' The game of Robin Hoo
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68 bath, by making of Robin Hood Pl
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1 70 But we will cow* our yellow lo
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72 Then up bespak him Robin Hood, A
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THE GARDENER. This ballad contains
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Page 96 and 97: JOHNIE BUNEFTAN. John ie is up to L
Page 98 and 99: 80 , ; But I will write a brade let
Page 100 and 101: 82 There was na ae married man I n
Page 102 and 103: 84 Wi' the queen and her maries* al
Page 104 and 105: . To NOTES JOHNIE BUNEFTAN. Till th
Page 106 and 107: 88 Sir Thomas Urquhart, in his life
Page 108 and 109: 90 gentlvoman who sould have beine
Page 110 and 111: LORD THOMAS OF WINESBERRIE. It fell
Page 112 and 113: 94 Whan this bonnie boy was brought
Page 114 and 115: SWEET WILLIE. "My husband builded m
Page 116 and 117: 98 She said, i; My father was as gl
Page 118 and 119: THE BONNIE HOUSE OF AIRLY. During t
Page 120 and 121: 102 "Now the committee of estates f
Page 122 and 123: THE BONNIE HOUSE OF AIRLY. O gley'd
Page 124 and 125: 106 He has thrown her out oure her
Page 126 and 127: 108 of Royalty; yet " Sometimes Jam
Page 128 and 129: LORD DONALD. " O whare hae ye been
Page 130 and 131: 112 "What will ye leave to your fat
Page 132 and 133: NOTE ON LORD DONALD. What like were
Page 134 and 135: QUEEN JEANIE. This ballad relates t
Page 136 and 137: QUEEN JEANIE. Queen Jeanie, queen J
Page 138 and 139: 120 But with sighing and sobbing sh
Page 140 and 141: NOTE QUEEN JEANIE. Queen Jeanie, qu
Page 142 and 143: 124 "There's fey fowk* in our ship,
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Page 148 and 149: NOTE DUKE OF ATHOL'S NOURICE. He sp
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Page 152 and 153: 184 — Whan she cam her father afo
Page 154 and 155: 136 the kingdom of Westnesse, the y
Page 156 and 157: HYNDE HORN. " Hynde Horn's bound, l
Page 158 and 159: 140 " Whan ye come to yon high hill
Page 160 and 161: 142 But atween the kitchen and the
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Page 164 and 165: 146 She had na sooner thae words sa
Page 166 and 167: 148 — And ye maun aer * it wi' yo
Page 168 and 169: NOT E THE ELFIN KNICHT, Than the el
Page 170 and 171: 152 in the hurry) into three grey s
Page 172 and 173: 154 For I will sleep in Jamie's arm
Page 174 and 175: WILLIAM GUISEMAN. My name is Willia
Page 176 and 177: 158 Six days she lay in murder, Bef
Page 178 and 179: LAIRD OF OCHILTREE. This title is g
Page 180 and 181: 162 When the bonnie may gaed hame,
Page 182 and 183: 1G4 He lichted aff his hie, hie, ho
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Page 186 and 187: 168 If ye wad be sae guid and kind,
Page 188 and 189: THE DUKE OF ATHOL Was taken downfro
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176 Out bespak the Earl of Hume, An
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178 A' that Peggy left behind Was a
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LADY MARGARET, " The corn is turnin
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182 " Lie still my babe, lie still
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184 But up bespak Lord John's mithe
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186 And he has tane Lady Margaret,
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188 oner till the time appointed fo
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' O 190 — ; ; And she has mountit
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GEORDIE. There was a battle in the
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194 Na bird on the brier e'er sang
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196 And swiftly he rade to the bonn
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19$ That ye didna waken your master
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LAIRD OF DRUM. The Laird o' Drum is
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202 She'll saddle your steed in tim
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204 But an she was ador'd for as mu
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JOCK O' HAZELGREEN. Though not poss
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208 He coft* to her a petticoat, Be
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DUKE OF PERTH'S THREE DAUGHTERS. An
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DUKE OF PERTH'S THREE DAUGHTERS. Th
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214 "Will ye be called a robber's w
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216 Then for their life ye sair sha
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^218 — reign of king Stephen, rel
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220 And she, her father's ae dochte
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But sic a sicht to Ellen fair ! ! S
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224 His lady fair had lang been lai
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226 In this ballad, however, he bea
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HYNDE ETIN, May Marg'ret stood in h
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230 "Now rest ye there, ye saucie M
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CLERK SAUNDERS. Thefollowing is the
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235 — That she might swear, and s
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; ! *' O wae be to my seventhen bro
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239 Yell marry me to the Queen d He
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SWEET WILLIAM AND MAY MARGARET. As
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243 " Your faith and troth ye sanna
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QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION. Henry I
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QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION. The que
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249 " Confess ! confess !" Earl Mar
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251 " He's headed like a buck," she
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c Whan MARY HAMILTON. I was a babe,
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255 It's there they got a bonnie la
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" But wae be to the Queen hersel, S
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NOTE ON MARY HAMILTON. For ye maun
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261 Which made him to be taken stra
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263 She gied the keeper a piece of
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c >65 His mother she had died o' so
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267 Then to the skipper she did say
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269 She has as meikle gowd upon her
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ERRATA. Page 28, foot note, for so,
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mmmmm THE CRUEL MOTHER. Page 44 fUs
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THE PROVOST'S DAUGHTER. PagelSl. a
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