P. 41, note ‡. Read: The peerage of Aboyne was first created in 1626, in favor of John Gordon, fifth son of the first Marquis of Huntly (Viscount of Aboyne and Melgum in 1627). He married Sophia Hay, a daughter of Francis, Earl of Errol, The Records of Aboyne, edited by the Marquis of Huntly, New Spalding Club; 1894, pp. 325, 526.
V, 251 b, P. 44. In “But Rothiemay lie,” may seems to have been accidentally omitted. The “Turn” in Scott was probably meant for Twin, the dot of i being omitted.
200. The Gypsy Laddie.
P. 61 ff., V, 252. The three stanzas which follow are given in H. A. Kennedy’s “Professor Blackie: his Sayings and Doings, London, 1895” as they were sung by Marion Stodart, Professor Blackie’s aunt, to her sister’s children. P. 12 f. (Communicated by Mr David MacRitchie, of Edinburgh.)
There were seven gypsies all in a row,
And they were brisk and bonny; O
They sang till they came to the Earl o Cassilis’ gate,
And there they sang sae sweetly. O
They sang sae sweet and sae complete
That doun came the fair leddy;