10^1. I hae born me eleven braw sons.
_A concluding stanza may be assigned to Cunningham._
Were my gude lord but here this day,
As he’s awa wi Charlie,
The dearest blude o a’ thy kin
Wad sloken the lowe o Airly.
_Another copy is said in the editor’s preface to begin thus_:
The great Argyle raised ten thousand men,
Eer the sun was waukening early,
And he marched them down by the back o Dunkel,
Bade them fire on the bonnie house o Airlie.
#c.#
_Made over from a copy resembling #B#, #C a#._
4. _Two stanzas here, as in #B#: kisses are dropped for
propriety._
5, 6. _The last half of these is substantially preserved in #c# 7,
8._
#d.#
_A blending, perhaps not accidental, of various copies; mainly of
#A g#, #C b#, #C c#._