132, 143. of.
142. That is a later insertion.
182. And is a later insertion.
184. Originally, He should neer have been.
C.
"This ballad was forwarded to me by my good friend Andrew Crawfurd, of John's Hill, Lochwinnoch. He wrote it from the recitation of Mrs Storie, wife of William Storie, laborer, in Lochwinnoch. It was a song of Mrs Storie's grandmother. It is queried if this should not be Babe Norice.... The interlineary corrections were made in consequence of Mrs Storie singing the ballad over to myself." Motherwell. The interlineary corrections have been adopted. The earlier readings follow.
Barnard for Barnet.
54. speir nae bauld baron's.
61. Barnard's ha.
83. and I doubly vow.