A. a. 4–6 are disarranged, and an attempt has been made at a better grouping. 43,4, 51,2, are 4; 53,4 are 51,2; 61,2 are 53,4.
142. The reading of b is better: on the sands.
143. frae the fleed: b reads, rightly, on the flood (fleed).
b.
Printed by Maidment in stanzas of four short lines; by Buchan, in long lines, not properly grouped.
1
Ben came her father, skipping on the floor,
Said, Jeanie, you’re trying the tricks of a whore.
2
‘You’re caring for him that cares not for thee;