The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

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'Wee'll hang the miller upon the mill-gate,
For drowning of my sister Kate.'

[139] a. K. I wad give you, is the beginning of a new stanza (as seen above).

[141] b. S. Read: 1³. MS., Orless.

11. The Cruel Brother.

P. [141]. B, I. Insert the title,'The Cruel Brother.'

Add: L. 'The King of Fairies,' Campbell MSS, II, 19.

M. 'The Roses grow sweet aye,' Campbell MSS, II, 26.

N. 'The Bride's Testamen,' Dr Joseph Robertson's Note-Book, January 1, 1830, one stanza.

[142] b, second paragraph, lines 5, 6. Say: on the way kisses her arm, neck, and mouth.

Add, as varieties of 'Rizzardo bello:'