74. Lays, Lass.
101. bloun.
121. grous.
49. The Twa Brothers.
P. 436 a, 3d paragraph. It ought to have been remarked that it was a William Somerville that killed John. The names being the same as in the ballad, “unusually gratuitous” is not warranted.
438. A was derived by Sharpe from Elizabeth Kerry. The original copy was not all written at one time, but may have been written by one person. The first and the last stanza, and some corrections, are in the same hand as a letter which accompanied the ballad. The paper has a watermark of 1817. A few trifling differences in the MS. may be noted:
11. twa.
12. school (Note. “I have heard it called the Chase”): the githar.
14. a far.
21. wrestled.