10^1. O I hae seven bonny sons, she said.
10^2. And the youngest has neer seen.
10^3. had ane as mony mae.
10^4. They’d a’ be followers o Charlie.
_After 10 this spurious stanza_:
Then Argyle and his men attacked the bonny ha,
And O but they plundered it fairly!
In spite o the tears the lady let fa,
They burnt doon the bonny house o Airly.
#g.#
1^2. When the flowers were blooming rarely.
2^2. An hundred men and mairly.
2^4. the b. h. of A.
3^1. The lady lookd oer her w.
3^2. she sighd sairly.
4^3. No, I winna kiss thee.
4^4. Though ye.
5^1. by the middle sae sma.
5^2. Says _wanting_: Lady where is your.
5^{3,4}.
It’s up and down by the bonny burn-side,
Amang the plantings o Airly.
6^2. it late and early.
6^3. under the bonny palm-tree.
6^4. That stands i.
_After 6 (cf. #A d#, #C# 5):_
A favour I ask of thee, Argyle,
If ye will grant it fairly;
O dinna turn me wi my face
To see the destruction of Airly!
_The remainder of #g# is taken from #C b#, with two or three
slight variations._
#h.#
8.
An my gude lord had been at hame,
As he’s awa wi Charlie,
There durstna a gleyd duke in a’ Argyle
Set a coal to the bonnie house o Airlie.
#B.#
5^1, 8^1. Oh.
#C. b.#
_No reliance can be placed upon the genuineness of this copy, and
a particular collation is not required._
1^{1,2}. It fell in about the Martinmas time, An the leaves were
fa’ing early.