E
Kinloch MSS, VI, 27, in the handwriting of Joseph Robertson when a youth.
Now wake, now wake you, Rothiemay!
I dread you sleep oer soun;
The bed is burnin us about
And the curtain’s faain down.
A. a.
23, 24. The &c. at the end denote that the servant repeated the substance of 15–18 and of 20, which, however, was not written out.
b.
11. day of.
14. Were. 21, 51, 54, 83. were.
23. out there came the.
62. but new.
63. the wanting.
73. to your.
81. dressed wi.
91. did flee to.
101. While he.
103, 121. the for her.
111. Cried wanting.
125. The keys were casten.
126. win away.
133. Then called.
154. may lay.
171. But wanting.
181. are southering.
192. Which are.
201. So wanting.
204. but wanting.
212. fair for she.
213. Calling unto his.
224. lord burned.
232. come to.
234. would not: no &c.
244. sit: no &c.
252. O wanting.
254. I wat wanting.
261. One alas wanting.
262. heart’s easy wan.
264. And, well wanting.
Some readings of b are preferable, as in 62, 181, 213, 224; others also, which may be editorial improvements.
B.
16. “This is another stanza which I afterwards received.”
C.
41. A small stroke between out and it.