14^1. Out an spake his brither John.
14^4. a’ your.
15^1. Out an.
15^3. to save my gear.
16^1. the first time I had a wife.
16^{3,4}. I durstna, _etc._, ^{5,6} _come before_ ^{3,4}.
17^2. to bed.
17^3. an the weel-faured may.
19^1. afore we.
19^3. we are: in ae.
19^4. An I’m: as thee.
20^2. in ae grave lain.
20^3. were come an gane.
20^4. Wha could ken your mools.
#E.#
O _is appended, as in_ #D a#, #b#, _except in_ 1, 4, 5.
#F. a.#
“Mrs Dickson says her mother used to say she has heard her (her
mother’s) grandmother sing the following ballad with great glee.
Air, Boyne Water.”
9^{3,4}, 10 _are given as one stanza, the last two lines_ “instead
of repeat.”
O _is appended throughout_.
#b.#
_Variations given only in part._
O _is appended as in_ #D#, #E#.
_Begins_:
The laird o the Drum a hunting went,
One morning very early,
And there he spied a bonny, bonny may,
A shearing at the barley.
1.
‘And could ye fancy a gentleman?
An wad ye married be? O
Or wad ye be the lady o the Drum?
I pray ye tell to me.’
‘I could, _etc._
And I wad, _etc._
But for to be the lady o the Drum,
It’s by far too high for me.’