9^2. _Otherwise_: The brown was neer sae ready.
10^3. but ane.
10^4. For a.
_Herd has in 10^{3,4}_ but ane, For. _Pinkerton follows Herd, with
changes of his own in 1, 10, and the omission of 7. The copy in
Johnson’s Museum is Herd’s, with changes: in 10^{3,4},_ are a’
put down for ane, The Earl of Cassilis’ lady. _Ritson follows
Ramsay, except that in 6^2 he has_ And I’ll, _found in Herd;
perhaps also in some edition of the Tea-Table Miscellany._
#B. a.#
“Some lines have been omitted on account of their indelicacy:” p.
308 b. _The reference is no doubt to a stanza corresponding to
#A# 7, or perhaps to a passage like 5–7._
#b.#
_Only 1, 2, 5, 10–13, are preserved._
1^1. gipsies cam to oor ha-door.
1^4. doon stairs cam oor gay leddie.
2^2. afore.
2^3. An whan they.
2^4. cuist the glamour.
5^1. my gay mantle.
5^2. me my.
5^3. For I maun leave my guid lord at hame.
5^4. An follow the.
10^1. They travelld east, they travelld wast.
10^2. They travelld.
10^3. to the.
10^4. By that time she.
11^1. I crost this.
11^2. An my guid man.
11^3. Noo I maun put.
11^4. An follow.
12^1. Whan her guid lord cam hame at nicht.
12^2. He spierd for his gay.
12^3. The tane she cried an the ither replied.
12^4. She’s aff.
13^1. the brown, he said.
13^2. The black neer rides.
13^3. For I.
13^4. Till I’ve brought back.
#C.#
4^1. _Originally_ plaid _was written for_ cloak; _evidently by
accidental anticipation._
5^3. fit _altered perhaps from_ fut; _printed_ fit.
_Motherwell has made several verbal changes in printing, and has
inserted three stanzas to fill out the ballad._
_After 3_,
‘Come with me, my bonnie Jeanie Faw,
O come with me, my dearie;
For I do swear, by the head o my spear,
Thy gude lord’ll nae mair come near thee.’
_After 7_,
‘I’ll go to bed,’ the lady she said,
‘I’ll go to bed to my dearie;
For I do swear, by the fan in my hand,
That my lord shall nae mair come near me.
‘I’ll mak a hap,’ the lady she said,
‘I’ll mak a hap to my dearie,
And he’s get a’ this petticoat gaes round,
And my lord shall nae mair come near me.’
#E.#
12, 13. _After 9 of #A#, says Finlay, some copies insert_:
And he’s rode east, and he’s rode west,
Till he came near Kirkaldy;
There he met a packman-lad,
And speir’d for his fair lady.
‘O cam ye east? or cam ye west?
Or cam ye through Kirkaldy?
O saw na ye a bonny lass,
Following the gypsie laddie?’
‘I cam na east, I cam na west,
Nor cam I through Kirkaldy;
But the bonniest lass that eer I saw
Was following the gypsie laddie!’
_See also #G# 7._
#G. a.#
4^3. br oges.
#b.#
_In stanzas of eight lines._
1^1. There were.
2^2. With her.
2^3. fair _wanting_.
2^4. They cast the glamer over her.
3^2. Which was of the belinger.
3^4. ’Twas _wanting_.
4^2. They were.
4^3. brogues.
4^4. laddy, _and always_.
6^1. me _wanting_.
6^3. That I may go and seek.
6^4. Who’s.
7^4. Following a.
8^1. all the summer.
8^3. espied.
8^4. and wet.
9^1. O why.
9^3. your own.
10^1. lands.
10^3. will I remain.
11^1. There were.
11^2. They were.
11^3. all in.
#H.#
2^1. the lawyer did.
#J. b.#
1.
The gypsy came tripping over the lea,
The gypsy he sang boldly;
He sang till he made the merry woods ring,
And he charmed the heart of the lady.
_Order_: 1, 5, 6, 2, 3.
2 (_as 4_).
The lord came home that self-same night,
Inquired for his lady;
The merry maid made him this reply,
‘She’s gone with the gypsy Davy.’
3 (_as 5_).
‘O bring me out the blackest steed;
The brown one’s not so speedy;
I’ll ride all day, and I’ll ride all night,
Till I overtake my lady.’
4 (_as 7_).
He rode along by the river-side,
The water was black and rily,
. . . . . . .
. . . . . .