27.
‘O bonnie George, I love you weel!
O dear George, as I love you!
The sun and the moon, go together roun and roun,
Bear witness, dear George, how I love you!’
28.
‘O bonnie Anne, I love you weel!
Oh dear Anne, how I love you!
The birds of the air, fly together pair and pair,
Bear witness, dear Anne, how I love you!’
#J.#
13^4. the queen’s berry.
26^2. crimes. _I suppose_ crimes is _to be meant_.
#K.#
“Of the preceding ballad [#F#], Agnes Lile says she has heard her
father sing a different set, all of which she forgets except
this, that there was nothing said of ‘a bold bluidy wretch,’ and
in place of what is given to him in this version [#F# 10, 11],
there were the two following stanzas.” _Motherwell’s MS., p. 370
f._
2^3. 5000.
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