The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5)

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THE BROOM OF COWDENKNOWS

A. ‘The Laird of Knotington,’ Percy papers, 1768.

B. ‘Bonny May.’ a. Herd’s Ancient and Modern Scots Songs, 1769, p. 308; 1776, I, 98. b. Johnson’s Museum, No 110, p. 113.

C. ‘Laird o Ochiltree,’ Kinloch MSS, VII, 143; Kinloch’s Ancient Scottish Ballads, p. 160.

D. ‘The Laird o Ochiltree Wa’s,’ Motherwell’s MS., p. 517.

E. Motherwell’s MS., p. 175.

F. ‘Bonny May,’ Gibb MS., p. 9.

G. ‘The Broom of Cowdenknows,’ Scott’s Minstrelsy, III, 280, 1803; III, 37, 1833.

H. ‘The Maid o the Cowdenknows,’ Kinloch MSS, I, 137.

I. ‘Laird o Lochnie,’ Kinloch MSS, VII, 153; Kinloch’s Ancient Scottish Ballads, p. 167.