7^2. Richie _wanting_.
8^1. London city.
8^2. shining.
8^3. Many a.
8^4. But few thought her a.
9^2. mammy.
9^4. Richies Torry.
10^{1,2}. Now hold: mammy.
10^3. and cast (_wrongly_).
10^4. And I’ll muck the byre wi Richies Torry.
#D.#
1^4. At his? _The ribbons seem more likely to belong to the
footman_: _see_ #A# 2, #G f# 1. _But compare_ #E 2#, #G d#,
_after_ 1.
#E.#
1^4. _Var._: wi her brother’s foot-boy.
2^3. On his?
3^3. _Var._: Earl Wemyss.
11^3. _Marginal note_: Lady Hume, whose son was suitor to the
runnaway lady.
#F. b.#
_Evidently furbished, and therefore not collated. After 6 is
inserted this stanza, corresponding to 11_:
Fair Powmoodie is mine, dear Richie,
And goud and pearlins too;
Gin ye’ll consent to be mine, dear Richie,
I will gie them a’ to you.
#G.#
_Trivial variations are not noticed._
#a#,
15^{3,4}. _It is certain from 16 and from other copies of G that
she was married to the_ Earl of Hume, _but I have let the text
stand as delivered._
#b.#
_Stanzas_ 1, 9^{3,4}, 2, 7, 8, 10–14, 15^{3,4} (?), 16: _four
marked as wanting_.
1^{1,2}. Theres seven bonny ladies in yonder ha (_twice_).
1^3. The youngest an bonniest amon.
2^{3,4}. It’s from the Earl o Cumbernauld, An he is seekin you,
lady.
7^1. we will go, Richie.
7^2. go, laddie.
9^3. Ye’ll cast aff your gowns o silk.
9^4. wi your Richie Tory.
10^{1,2}. As they gaed down by yon bonny waterside, O but the sma
birds they sang bonnie!
11^2. sorry, lassie.
11^3. To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
12^2. sorry, laddie.
12^{3,4}. The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I
be sorry, laddie?
13^{1,2}. As they gaed down by yon bonny waterside, O but her gold
watch it hung bonny!
13^3. #a# ane gaed her a low bow.
13^4. But few kent she.
14^{1,2}. As she gaed doun by yon bonny ha-house, Oh but the
pibrochs they sang bonny!
14^3. f. an t. belted knichts.
15^{3,4}. Says, I’m the Earl o Cumbernauld, That for your sake was
a footman-laddie.
16^{3,4}. Now she rides in her coach-an-six, An blesses the day
she saw Richie Tory.
#c.#
11 _stanzas_: 1, 6–9, 13, 10, 14, 16, _and_ 11, 12 _as a “chorus”
to each of the others_.
1^{1,2}. Seven sisters in yonder ha, Seven sisters in Campernadie.
6^{1–3}. Ritchie he went up the stair, Thinking for to meet his
lady; But sae quick as she turnëd round.
7^{1,2}. we will go.
8^{1,2}. I’ll nae go.
9^1. they rode up by her sisters’ bowers.
9^3. Says, Ye mann tak aff the goons.
9^4. byres, nor wi Ritchie tarry.
10^2. lady grew unco weary.
10^4. were back at Campernadie.
11^3. the yerl o Mohun.
11^4. And wed wi me but.
12^{3,4}.
What is before me must nae I endure?
An why should I be sorry, Ritchie?
13^2. O but her gowd it was shinin bonnie!
13^3. Monie ane gae her a low bow.
13^4. But few o.
14^1. As they rode doon by yonder glen.
14^2. the organs they.
14^{3,4}. Four-an-twenty gentlemen Cam a’.
16^3. An now she rides in her coach-an-six.
#d.#
16 _stanzas_: 1; _a stanza corresponding to_ #A# 2, #D# 1, 2–9,
13, 10–12, 14, 16.
1^{1,2}. There were ladies in yon ha, Seven ladies in
Cumbernaudie. _After 1_: He gaed down the garden green, In amang
the birks sae bonnie, And there he saw his lady gay, Wi ribbons
on her shoulders mony.
2^{3,4}. With Earl Hume’s humble desire Your servant for to be.
3^1. I’ll hae nane o his letters.
3^2. Nane from Earl Hume.
3^{3,4}. But I’ll hae him that I like best, And I’ll hae nane but
you, Richie.
4^{1,2}. Say na that to me.
4^3. lands nor rents.
4^4. For to maintain you wi.
5^{1,2}. Say na that again, Richie.
5^{3,4}. The House o Athole it is mine, Taranadie shall be thine,
Richie.
6^{1,2}. He gaed from the garden green, Thinking he would shun his
lady.
6^3. But quickly she followed after him.
7^2. I’ll gae to them wi thee, Richie.
8^{1,2}. To the Borders we will gae, We will to them gang, lady.
9^1. rode by her sister’s bowers.
9^4. And gang and beg wi her Richard Storie: _editorial nicety_.
10^2. she grew wondrous weary.
12^{3,4}. When I get him that I like best, And what is laid before
me, Richie.
13^1. rode thro yon burrow-town.
14^1. As they rode by yon bonny House.
14^{3,4}. And four-and-twenty gallant knichts Came.
16^3. And now she rides in her coach-and-four. _Christie touched
up his text here and there._
#e.#