1. Oh.

1^3. _Changed later to_ ay as she sang, her.

2^4. _Burden_: To see.

3^4. _Changed to_ out owr.

5^4. axit _in the burden_. 6^1. But quhan.

7^4. neer _inserted later after_ ye’ll.

_Burden_: It’s ye’ll see me.

8^1. purse-string _originally_. 8^3. in 3.

8^4. It will; t _seems to be crossed out_. I _in the burden_.

9^1. fit _originally_, _altered to_ fut, _or_ fot.

13^3. _Originally_, An afore the ane he took.

15^1. _Changed to_ and a bonnie simmer day.

16^{1,2}. Quha. 17^2. _Changed to_ Sae loud’s.

_The first stanza is given by Motherwell, Minstrelsy, Appendix,

xvii, X, under the title_ ‘Ochiltree Walls,’ _with the

variation_, O May, bonnie May.

#E.#

2^1. Oh.

#I.#

_Kinloch has made changes in his printed copy._

#J.#

11^4. thee _for_ me.

#L.#

4^4. fair. vain? _Cf._ #M#, 8^4.

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