1. King Estmere 159 2. Sir Cauline 173 3 a. Fair Annie, [Scott] 191 3 b. Fair Annie, [Motherwell] 198 4 a. Child Waters 205 4 b. Burd Ellen 213 5 a. Erlinton 220 5 b. The Child of Elle 224 6 a. Sir Aldingar 234 6 b. Sir Hugh le Blond 253 7 a. The Knight, and Shepherd's Daughter 260 7 b. Earl Richard (B) 266 8 a. The Gay Goss-Hawk 277 8 b. The Jolly Goshawk 285
Young Hunting 295 Young Waters 301 Lammikin 307 Long Lonkin 313 The Laird of Waristoun 316 Mary Hamilton, [Kinloch] 324 Mary Hamilton, [Maidment] 329 Sir Hugh, or The Jew's Daughter, [Motherwell] 331 Sir Hugh, [Hume] 335 Sir Patrick Spens 338 Lord Livingston 343 Clerk Tamas 349 John Thomson and The Turk 352 Lord Thomas Stuart 357 The Spanish Virgin 360 The Lady Isabella's Tragedy 366 The Cruel Black 370 King Malcolm and Sir Colvin 378 Ski[oe]n Anna; Fair Annie 383 Lady Margaret 390 Earl Richard (B) 395
A fragment of this gloomy and impressive romance, (corresponding to v. 21-42,) was published in Herd's _Scottish Songs_, i. 184, from which, probably, it was copied into Pinkerton's _Scottish Tragic Ballads_, p. 84. The entire ballad was first printed in _The Border Minstrelsy_, together with another piece, _Lord William_, containing a part of the same incidents. Of the five versions which have appeared, four are given in this place, and the remaining one in the Appendix. In the _Gentleman's Magazine_, 1794, Vol. 64, Part I. p. 553, there is a modern ballad of extremely perverted orthography and vicious style, (meant for ancient,) in which the twenty lines of Herd's fragment are interwoven with an altogether different story. It is printed as authentic in _Scarce "Ancient" Ballads_, Aberdeen, 1822.
"There are two ballads in Mr. Herd's MSS. upon the following story, in one of which the unfortunate knight is termed _Young Huntin'_. [See Appendix.] The best verses are selected from both copies, and some trivial alterations have been adopted from tradition." _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, iii. 184.
"O Lady, rock never your young son, young, One hour langer for me; For I have a sweetheart in Garlioch Wells, I love far better than thee.
"The very sole o' that lady's foot 5 Than thy face is far mair white:" "But, nevertheless, now, Erl Richard, Ye will bide in my bower a' night?"