a. Buchan’s Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 133, 1828. b. Maidment’s North Countrie Garland, p. 10, 1824; Buchan’s Gleanings, p. 161, 1825.

1

‘Auchanachie Gordon is bonny and braw,

He would tempt any woman that ever he saw;

He would tempt any woman, so has he tempted me,

And I’ll die if I getna my love Auchanachie.’

2

In came her father, tripping on the floor,

Says, Jeanie, ye’re trying the tricks o a whore;

Ye’re caring for them that cares little for thee;