25^1. that has.
25^2. Or who hath.
25^4. Red Burn.
27^1. So _for_ O.
27^2. love.
27^3. go with.
27^4. Thou’lt get no gear from me.
#c.#
_Only_ 1–4^1 _given_.
1^1. It was in and about the Martinmass.
_Absurd. Lammas, even, is late enough for leaves to be fresh and
green; in fact both are verbiage._
1^3. gane.
2^1. She was nae in.
2^2. Even _wanting_.
2^3. When luck.
2^4. she gaed.
3^1. When she gaed to the bonny Isle.
#d.#
11 _stanzas:_ 1^{3,4}, 3^{2,4}; 4; 5, _in two forms, one struck
out_; 6 (?), 20, 19, 9, 11 (?), 12, 18, 16.
5.
‘I am sure they wad nae ca me wise,
Gin I wad gang wi you, sir,
For I can neither card nor spin,
Nor yet milk ewe nor cow, sir.’
6.
‘My bonie Liza Baillie,
Let nane o these things daunt ye;
Ye’ll hae nae need to card or spin,
Your mither weel can want ye.’
9.
She wad nae hae a Lawland laird,
Nor be an English ladie,
But she wad gang wi Duncan Grame,
And row her in his plaidie.
11.
(?)She was nae ten miles frae the town
When she began to weary;
She often looked back and said,
‘Farewell to Castlecarry!’
12.
The first place I saw my Duncan Grame
Was near yon holland-bush;
My father took frae me my rings,
My rings but and my purse.
19.
And she’s cast aff her bonie goun,
Made o the silk and sattin,
And she’s put on a tartan plaid,
To row amang the bracken. (21^4.)
20.
Now she’s cast aff her bonie shoon,
Made o the gilded leather,
And she’s put on her Highland brogues,
To skip amang the heather.
_This is enough to show the quality of #d#. It has been
extensively corrupted. 11 is out of character, and suggested by_
‘Lizie Lindsay.’
#e.#
_Stanzas 4, 5, 17, 20, 19, 9, only._
5.
‘If I wad gang alang wi you
They wadna ca me wise, sir;
For I can neither card nor spin,
Nor yet can I speak Erse, sir.’
9.
She wadna hae a Lawland laird,
Nor be a English lady,
But she’s awa wi Duncan Grahame
He’s rowd her in his plaidy.
17.
‘My bonny Lizie Baillie,
Your minny canna want you;
Sae let the trooper gang his lane,
And carry his ain portmanteau.’
19. _Nearly as in_ #d#. A’ wrought wi gowd an satin: To sport
amang.