Transcriber's NotesIrregular and inconsistent spellings have been retained as in the original. Typographical errors such as wrongly placed line numbers and punctuation have been corrected without comment. Where changes have been made to the wording these are listed as follows:Page10, line 33: added missing opening quotation mark ("But look that ye tell na Gib your man,...)Page38, line note 157: reference originally read "177".Page55, line 47, 48: added missing quotation marks (Lye yont, lye yont, Willie," she says, / "For your sweat I downa bide O.")Page97, line 97: added final comma ("Now haud your tongue, my lord," she said, ...)Page118, line 58, 59: removed unnecessary quotation mark ("Get up, and let me in!— / Get up, get up, lady mother," he says, ...)Page119, line 71: deleted duplicate "the" (Out o' the lady's grave grew a bonny red rose).Page184, line 50: deleted erroneous closing quotation mark (Says, "What means a' this mourning?)Page189, line 41 and page 396: "dapperpy" appears in text but is "dapperby" in the Glossary (O he has pou'd aff his dapperpy coat, ...)Page227, line 41: added open quotation mark ("And quhat wul ze leive to zour bairns and zour wife,)Page263line 16: added missing period (A playing at the ba'."—)Page270, line 24: changed "Doan" to "Doun" (Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie)Page300: added missing closing quotation mark (... taken place in Bothwell church." SCOTT.)Page338, line 11: changed "Majorie" to "Marjorie" (That Lady Marjorie she gaes wi' child, ...)Page347: heading "Book IV" removed. Note that it does not appear in the Table of Contents and there are several references to ballads and page numbers after this point as part of the Appendix. Note also that Volume 3 starts with "Book III (continued)".Page352, line 42: added closing quotation mark ("Where leav'st thou thy youthful daughter, / Merry son of mine?")Page401, changed "widdershius" to "widdershins" (widdershins,the contrary way,round about.)
Irregular and inconsistent spellings have been retained as in the original. Typographical errors such as wrongly placed line numbers and punctuation have been corrected without comment. Where changes have been made to the wording these are listed as follows:
Page10, line 33: added missing opening quotation mark ("But look that ye tell na Gib your man,...)
Page38, line note 157: reference originally read "177".
Page55, line 47, 48: added missing quotation marks (Lye yont, lye yont, Willie," she says, / "For your sweat I downa bide O.")
Page97, line 97: added final comma ("Now haud your tongue, my lord," she said, ...)
Page118, line 58, 59: removed unnecessary quotation mark ("Get up, and let me in!— / Get up, get up, lady mother," he says, ...)
Page119, line 71: deleted duplicate "the" (Out o' the lady's grave grew a bonny red rose).
Page184, line 50: deleted erroneous closing quotation mark (Says, "What means a' this mourning?)
Page189, line 41 and page 396: "dapperpy" appears in text but is "dapperby" in the Glossary (O he has pou'd aff his dapperpy coat, ...)
Page227, line 41: added open quotation mark ("And quhat wul ze leive to zour bairns and zour wife,)
Page263line 16: added missing period (A playing at the ba'."—)
Page270, line 24: changed "Doan" to "Doun" (Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie)
Page300: added missing closing quotation mark (... taken place in Bothwell church." SCOTT.)
Page338, line 11: changed "Majorie" to "Marjorie" (That Lady Marjorie she gaes wi' child, ...)
Page347: heading "Book IV" removed. Note that it does not appear in the Table of Contents and there are several references to ballads and page numbers after this point as part of the Appendix. Note also that Volume 3 starts with "Book III (continued)".
Page352, line 42: added closing quotation mark ("Where leav'st thou thy youthful daughter, / Merry son of mine?")
Page401, changed "widdershius" to "widdershins" (widdershins,the contrary way,round about.)