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 b. Motherwell's printed copy has these variations: 11. It is talked, it is talked; a variation found in the MS.

31. O when … loud, loud cry.

32. an arrow frae thy bow.

41, cauld and dead.

51. loud, loud cry.

61. has houkit.

62. babie.

71. came hame.

72, dancing mang them a': this variation also in the MS.

91, 101. There are.  "I have heard the 'Broom blooms bonnie' sung by our poor old nursery-maid as often as I have 