The stanza cited is found in Kinloch MSS, VII, 95 and 255.
[107] b. There is possibly a souvenir of Walter in Sušil, p. 105, No 107. A man and woman are riding on one horse in the mountains. He asks her to sing. Her song is heard by robbers, who come, intending to kill him and carry her off. He bids her go under a maple-tree, kills twelve, and spares one, to carry the booty home.
9. The Fair Flower of Northumberland.
P. [111] a. B b, as prepared by Kinloch for printing, is found in Kinloch MSS, VII, 105.
Add: F. 'The Fair Flower of Northumberland,' Gibb MS., No 8.
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Gibb MS., No 8: 'The Fair Flower o Northumberland,' from Jeannie Stirling, a young girl, as learned from her grandmother.
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