131. ... behind his back gate,
2. the farmer's daughter Kate.
Instead of 14:
The sister she sailed over the sea,
And died an old maid of a hundred and three.
The lover became a beggar man,
And he drank out of a rusty tin can.
b 8, 11, 12, 14, 15 are cited in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, IV, 127.
c.
1.
A varmer he lived in the west countree,
Hey-down, bow-down
A varmer he lived in the west countree,
And he had daughters one, two, and dree.
And I'll be true to my love,
If my love'll be true to me.
2, 3. wanting.
41. As thay wur walking by the river's brim.