[ [39] Dron brats, a kind of apron worn behind. (Jamieson's Dictionary.)
[ [40] Tironensian Monks, a branch of the Benedictines, so called from the Abbey of Tiron in France, from which they were brought by David I. in 1113, and planted at Selkirk. He removed them to Kelso in 1126. (See Registrum Cartarum de Kelso, Ban. Club, 1846.)
[ [41] She was Anne Hepburn, a famous beauty, eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Hepburn of Waughton, and wife of Sir James Hamilton of Priestfield, second son of Thomas, first Earl of Haddington.
[ [42] See Scot's Staggering State, edited with notes by Charles Rogers.
[ [43] Two of these songs, being less well known than others, I quote from the versions given me by Lady John Scott.
THE WATER O' WEARIE'S WELL.
There cam a bird out o' a bush On water for to dine, And sighing sair, said the King's dochter, "O! wae's this heart o' mine."
He's ta'en a Harp into his hand, He's harped them a' asleep, Except it was the King's dochter, Who ae wink couldna get.
He's luppen on his berry-brown steed, Ta'en her on behind himsel', And they rade down to that water That they ca' Wearie's Well.
"Wade in, wade in, my ladye fair, Nae harm shall thee befa'. Aft times I hae watered my guid steed Wi' the water o' Wearie's Well."