Lamb's Notes on Battle of Flodden, 1774, p. 67.
[7] Weird—From the German auxiliary verb werden, "to become."
[8] St Mungo—Saint Kentigern.
[LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNIE.]
NOW
FIRST PUBLISHED IN A PERFECT STATE.
This ballad is now, for the first time, published in a perfect state. A fragment, comprehending the 2d, 4th, 5th, and 6th verses, as also the 17th, has appeared in several collections. The present copy is chiefly taken from the recitation of an old woman, residing near Kirkhill, in West Lothian; the same from whom were obtained the variations in the tale of Tamlane, and the fragment of the Wife of Usher's Well, which is the next in order.