99 ff., 490 ff. ‘The Earl o Bran,’ “Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 22 b, Abbotsford; in the handwriting of Richard Heber.

1

Did ye ever hear o guid Earl o Bran

An the queen’s daughter o the south-lan?

2

She was na fifteen years o age

Till she came to the Earl’s bed-side.

3

‘O guid Earl o Bran, I fain wad see

My grey hounds run over the lea.’