101. the word.
105. would have.
112. hearted.
133. bows.
43. Out-shot.
D.
“There is a West-Country version of this ballad, under the title of Johnie of Cockerslee, differing very little from the present. The variations in the reading I have marked at their respective places.” Kinloch. Assuming that Kinloch has given all the variations (which include six entire stanzas), the West-Country version is reproduced by combining these readings with so much of the other copy, Kinloch’s Ancient Scottish Ballads, p. 38, as did not vary.
153. Kinloch neglected to alter Cocklesmuir here.
E.
63. lying is struck through, probably to improve the metre. Kinloch made two slight changes in printing.