P. 447. Add to the citation from Spottiswood: History of the Church of Scotland, 1655, p. 387.
182. The Laird o Logie.
P. 449. A was first published in the second edition of Scott’s Minstrelsy, 1803, I, 243.
B was repeated in the first edition of Scott’s Minstrelsy, I, 220, 1802, ‘The Laird of Ochiltree.’
452. The following is the original, unimproved copy of A. There is a transcript of this, in William Laidlaw’s hand, “Scotch Ballads,” etc., No 23, which is somewhat retouched, but by no means with the freedom exercised by the editor of the Minstrelsy. Some of Laidlaw’s changes were adopted by Scott.
A
‘The Laird of Logie,’ “Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 3 a, Abbotsford. Sent Scott September 11, 1802, by William Laidlaw; received by him from Mr Bartram of Biggar.
1
I will sing, if ye will harken,