'And whatten penance wul ye drie for that, Edward, Edward? 'And whatten penance wul ye drie for that? My deir son, now tell me O.' 'He set my feit in yonder boat, Mither, mither, He set my feit in yonder boat, And He fare ovir the sea O.' 'And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and your ha, Edward, Edward? And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and your ha, That were sae fair to see O?' 'Ile let thame stand tul they doun fa, Mither, mither, Ile let thame stand tul they doun fa, For here nevir mair maun I bee O.' 'And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife, Edward, Edward? And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife, When ye gang ovir the sea O?' 'The warldis room, late them beg thrae life, Mither, mither, The warldis room, late them beg thrae life, For thame nevir mair wul I see O.' 'And what wul ye leive to your ain mither deir, Edward, Edward? And what wul ye leive to your ain mither deir, My deir son, now tell me O.' 'The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir, Mither, mither, The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir, Sic counseils ye gave to me O.' * * * * * NOTES THE WEE WEE MAN. Mainly after Herd. Given also by Motherwell, Buchan, and Kinloch, and in Caw's "Poetical Museum." _Shathmont_, a six inch measure. _Lap_, leaped. _Jimp_, neat. TAMLANE. Mainly after Aytoun's collated version. Stanzas 16-19, obtained by Scott "from a gentleman residing near Langholm," are too modern in diction to harmonize well with the rest, but are retained here because of their fidelity to the ancient beliefs of the country folk about fairies. Widely varying versions are given in Johnson's "Museum," communicated by Burns, under title of _Tam Lin_; in the Glenriddell MS. under title of _Young Tom Line_; by Herd, under title of _Kertonha_, corruption of Carterhaugh; by Motherwell, under titles of _Young Tamlin_ and _Tomaline_; by Buchan, under titles of _Tam-a-line_ and _Tam a-Lin_; and in the Campbell MS. under title of _Young Tam Lane_. There are humorous Scottish songs, too, of _Tam o Lin_, _Tam o the Linn_, _Tom a Lin_, and _Tommy Linn_. The ballad is of respectable antiquity, the _Tayl of the Yong Tamlene_ and the dance of _Thom of Lyn_ being noticed in a work as old as the "Complaynt of Scotland" (1548); yet it seems to have no Continental cousins, but to be strictly of Scottish origin. It belongs to Selkirkshire, whose peasants still point out upon the plain of Carterhaugh, about a mile above Selkirk, the fairy rings in the grass. _Preen'd_, decked. _Gars_, makes. _Bree_, brow, _Sained_, baptized, _Snell_, keen. _Teind_, tithe. _Borrow_, ransom. _Cast a compass_, draw a circle. _Elrish_, elvish. _Gin_, if. _Maik_, mate. _Aske_, lizard. _Bale_, fire. _But and_, and also. _Tree_, wood. _Coft_, bought.