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- Page 9 and 10: TO ROBERT DUNDAS, ESQUIRE, OF ARNIS
- Page 11 and 12: CONTENTS. Prefatory Notice, ix Youn
- Page 13 and 14: PREFATORY NOTICE. The Editor, in la
- Page 15 and 16: XI different versions of ballads al
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- Page 19 and 20: YOUNG REDIN. The introductory note
- Page 21 and 22: YOUNG REDIN. Young Redin's til * th
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- Page 25 and 26: " I hae na seen him, young Redin, S
- Page 27 and 28: — NOTES ON YOUNG REDIN. But there
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- Page 31 and 32: EARL RICHARD. In Percy's ' Reliques
- Page 33 and 34: EARL RICHARD. There was a shepherd'
- Page 35 and 36: 17 I've learnt it in my father's bo
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- Page 43 and 44: THE SHEPHERD'S DOCHTER. There was a
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- Page 47 and 48: NOTES EARL RICHARD. Bye cam a knich
- Page 49 and 50: LORD LOVEL. This ballad, taken clow
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35 Lady Nancie died on Tuesday's ni
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37 4 Johnie of Breadislee,' says th
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39 " Ye'll win your mither's beniso
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41 " Na news, na news," said the si
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NOTE JOHNIE OF COCKLESMUIR. Johnie
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45 crime was subversive of the most
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4? She has set her back until a bri
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LAIRD OF WARIESTOUN. The tragical e
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-51 said chalmer, persaveing the sa
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LAIRD OF WARIESTOUN. It was at dinn
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55 Word's gane to her father, the g
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57 have been adopted upon extraordi
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59 Blackwood, the ancient seat of t
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61 " Na mair o' this, my dochter de
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NOTE LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD. And Blackw
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THE WEDDING OF ROBIN HOOD AND LITTL
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® 1561, the mob were so enraged in
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THE WEDDING OF ROBIN HOOD AND LITTL
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71 And they hae kilt their gay clai
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73 — The tane was wedded to Robin
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15 Ye'se get a' the flowers in my g
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JOHNIE BUNEFTAN. In the " Minstrels
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79 And word is to the king himsel,
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81 His father spak but ae word Says
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83 — Then up bespak the king hims
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85 " A clerk! a clerk!" the king cr
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87 fictitious. He appears not to ha
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LORD THOMAS OF WINESBERRIE. From th
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91 quhilk if shoe did, shoe wold no
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93 4< Ye're welcome, ye're welcome,
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SWEET WILLIE. Mr. Ritson has publis
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97 Unto the king's court I did go,
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99 Skill was ftishen,* and tliat ma
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101 he should be pressed to subscri
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103 ground, plundered, robbed, and
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105 " Wae be to ye, gley'd Argyll,
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NOTES BONNIE HOUSE OF AIRLY. Ogleyd
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LORD DONALD. This ballad seems to b
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Ill : A dish of sma' fishes:—mith
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113 "What will ye leave to your tru
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115 allied to the idea of the venom
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117 upon the twelfth day of October
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— 119 "Queen Jeanie, queen Jeanie
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121 They mourned in the kitchen, an
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BONNIE ANNIE. There was a rich lord
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125 He has tane her in his arms twa
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THE DUKE OF ATHOL'S NOURICE. As I c
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129 — She buskit* him up into wom
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THE PROVOST'S DOCHTER. The term Pro
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133 — ! — ! — Have pity on me
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HYNDE HORN. This ballad was recover
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137 ancient text. It appears, howev
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139 He hoisted up his sails, and aw
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141 The bride cam tripping doun the
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NOTE ON HYNDE HORN. As long as that
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THE ELFIN KNICHT. The Editor is inf
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14' — — — — — — And ye
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149 And ye maun bring it oure the s
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1,51 on the day appointed for the n
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— YOUNG PEGGY. "O whare hae ye be
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155 She has tane him in her arms tw
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1.57 Sae cunningly's I kept her, Un
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159 O we cuist cavels us amang, The
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161 "My steed has just now rode wra
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163 The lassie begoud* to grow thic
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NOTES ON LAIRD OF OCHILTREE. But he
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LAIRD OF LOCHNIE. The lassie sang s
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169 He has trysted* the pretty maid
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171 All I want is love for love. An
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173 Licht are ye to loup the dyke,
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175 But up then spak the aukl gudma
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177 And wadna they be angry wi' me,
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LADY MARGARET, In Mr. Jamieson's co
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181 " My hounds will eat o' the bre
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ias And she'll ne'er be wed to a se
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185 "I'll na open the door, Lord Jo
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GEQRDXE. The Editor is inclined to
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189 conditions he was dismissed." v
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191 . The Gordons cam, and the Gord
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193 And whan she cam into the hall,
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LORD JOHN Is evidently a different
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197 " O whare was ye, my gude grey
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LAIRD OF DRUM. Though this producti
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201 But set your love on anither, k
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203 But he miclit Iiae chosen a hie
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205 — ; Ye sail be lady in my com
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207 But ae the tears came rapping*
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209 " Na mail* o' this," his father
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211 we have to glean our ' legendar
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£13 " Will ye be called a robber's
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215 "O will ye be called a robber's
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NOTES DUKE OF PERTH'S THREE DAUGHTE
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LORD HENRY AND LADY ELLENORE. The E
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Lady Ellen, trusty to the hour, Did
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Z23 "Gae, search for her all up and
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HYNDE ETIN. A sanguine antiquary mi
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227 youth to his lost daughter, and
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389 Till up started the Hynde Etin,
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231 And he has tane wi ? him his el
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234 "A bed, a bed," his lady cried,
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But in and cam her seventhen brothe
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NOTE CLERK SAUNDERS. Then out he dr
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SWEET WILLIAM AND MAY MARGARET. Tho
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242 " Kae ye brought me onie fine t
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244 — Then Marg'ret took her milk
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246 gating her sons to rebel agains
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248 But tak you now a friar's guise
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250 " O do you see yon pretty littl
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MARY HAMILTON. This north country v
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254 It was my dimpling rosy cheeks
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2.56 " O weep na mair for me, ladie
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258 Let na my father and mither ken
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LORD BEICHAN AND SUSIE PYE. Another
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262 The savage Moor had but ae docb
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264 — — — ! And a brave healt
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266 For Susie Pye could get na rest
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268 " Ye'll bid him send me a piece
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270 " Ye're now Lord Beichan's lawf
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YOUNG RE DIN. Page 1. fffynry-hflr
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LORD THOMAS OF WINE SBERRIE . Page
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