I clad him all in tartan,
But ere the morning sun arose,
He was a’ bluid to the gartan.’
A.
The words in ’ ’ are so distinguished in the MS., and are of course emendations. ‘Than,’ 91, is obviously an insertion; ‘Now Douglas,’ 111, is entirely unauthorized, and, as before said, is taken from Hamilton’s ballad; ‘wiped,’ 143, is probably substituted for drank, cf. 123, etc.; and ‘her,’ 153, is very likely to have been his.
B.
121. Var. O father dear, I pray forbear.
C.
71. He.