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270 " Ye're now Lord Beichan's lawful wife, And thrice ye're welcome unto me." Lord Beichan pre par'd for another wedding, Wi' baith their hearts sae fu' o' glee ; — Says, " I'll range na mair in foreign l<strong>and</strong>s, Sin Susie Pye has cross'd the sea. Fy!*gar a' our cooks mak ready; And fy ! And fy ! gar a' our pipers play; gar trumpets gae thro' the toun, That Lord Beichan's wedded twice in a day!" * Fy!—haste.
ERRATA. Page 28, foot note, for so, read such. — 68, line 6, for even, read been. — for the Editor, read He. — 69, foot note, for Briku, read Bruik. — - 79, line 12, for ane, read ain. — 153 line 4, after een, add f — — foot note, after Twelve, insert f Een—one.
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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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XIV duced into such time as best su
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t both those copies, the Editor is
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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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Weel spread owre wi' the blue blaew
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JOHNIE BUNEFTAN. John ie is up to L
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80 , ; But I will write a brade let
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82 There was na ae married man I n
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84 Wi' the queen and her maries* al
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. To NOTES JOHNIE BUNEFTAN. Till th
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88 Sir Thomas Urquhart, in his life
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90 gentlvoman who sould have beine
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LORD THOMAS OF WINESBERRIE. It fell
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94 Whan this bonnie boy was brought
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SWEET WILLIE. "My husband builded m
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98 She said, i; My father was as gl
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THE BONNIE HOUSE OF AIRLY. During t
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102 "Now the committee of estates f
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THE BONNIE HOUSE OF AIRLY. O gley'd
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106 He has thrown her out oure her
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108 of Royalty; yet " Sometimes Jam
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LORD DONALD. " O whare hae ye been
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112 "What will ye leave to your fat
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NOTE ON LORD DONALD. What like were
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QUEEN JEANIE. This ballad relates t
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QUEEN JEANIE. Queen Jeanie, queen J
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120 But with sighing and sobbing sh
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NOTE QUEEN JEANIE. Queen Jeanie, qu
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124 "There's fey fowk* in our ship,
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NOTES BONNIE ANNIE. There s feyfowk
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128 He hied him doun to yon change-
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NOTE DUKE OF ATHOL'S NOURICE. He sp
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132 She has dune* her to her father
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184 — Whan she cam her father afo
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136 the kingdom of Westnesse, the y
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HYNDE HORN. " Hynde Horn's bound, l
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140 " Whan ye come to yon high hill
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142 But atween the kitchen and the
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144 knife, sister, and give yoursel
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146 She had na sooner thae words sa
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148 — And ye maun aer * it wi' yo
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NOT E THE ELFIN KNICHT, Than the el
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152 in the hurry) into three grey s
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154 For I will sleep in Jamie's arm
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WILLIAM GUISEMAN. My name is Willia
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158 Six days she lay in murder, Bef
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LAIRD OF OCHILTREE. This title is g
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162 When the bonnie may gaed hame,
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1G4 He lichted aff his hie, hie, ho
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166 blem of her virgin state, and w
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168 If ye wad be sae guid and kind,
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THE DUKE OF ATHOL Was taken downfro
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172 "But sin* they're all alive, Ja
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GLASGOW PEGGY Is givenfrom recitati
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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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Page 242 and 243: 224 His lady fair had lang been lai
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Page 251 and 252: CLERK SAUNDERS. Thefollowing is the
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Page 257 and 258: 239 Yell marry me to the Queen d He
Page 259 and 260: SWEET WILLIAM AND MAY MARGARET. As
Page 261 and 262: 243 " Your faith and troth ye sanna
Page 263 and 264: QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION. Henry I
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Page 271 and 272: c Whan MARY HAMILTON. I was a babe,
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Page 277 and 278: NOTE ON MARY HAMILTON. For ye maun
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Page 283 and 284: c >65 His mother she had died o' so
Page 285 and 286: 267 Then to the skipper she did say
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Page 293: mmmmm THE CRUEL MOTHER. Page 44 fUs
Page 297: THE PROVOST'S DAUGHTER. PagelSl. a
Page 301: THE LAIRD OF DRUM. Page 199. f^^^ ^
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