The materials out of which C was constructed can now easily be separated. We must bear in mind that Scott allowed himself a liberty of alteration; this he did not, however, carry very far in the present instance. 1–13, 15–19, 23 are taken, with slight change or none, from Hogg’s first “copy” of verses; 24, 26–29 from the second; 30–35 are repeated from Scott’s first edition. 14 is altered from A 16; 20=Hogg 211,2 + Scott; 21=Hogg 221 + Hogg 352–4; 22=Hogg 231,3 + Scott; 25=Hogg 281 + B 82–4. Scott did well to drop Hogg 9, and ought to have dropped Hogg 8.
“Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 132, Abbotsford, stanzas 1–24, 35–38, 40; the same, No 5, stanzas 25–34, 39. Communicated to Scott, in a letter, by James Hogg.
1
It fell about the Lammas time,
When the muir-men won their hay,
That the doughty Earl Douglas went
Into England to catch a prey.
2
He chose the Gordons and the Graemes,
With the Lindsays light and gay;