They hae fawn a wagering them atween
At a wanhappy time.
2
‘What will ye wad,’ says Redesdale,
‘O what will ye wad wi me
That there’s na a lady in a’ the land
But I wad win wi ae blink o my ee?’
A.
There are some very trivial variations from Buchan’s text in Motherwell’s copies; mostly is, with a plural subject, Scottice, for are. Motherwell received the ballad from Buchan, and was much in the way of making small betterments.