The fourth was written in 1795 for the Irish air _Humours of Glen_, and published in the _Edinburgh Magazine_ (May, 1797), and in vol. ii. of Thomson’s _Scottish Airs_ (1799). CXXXV-CXXXVII The first is the opening stanza of the sixth canto of _The Lay of the Last Minstrel_ (1805). The second consists of part of stanza 33, and the whole of stanza 34 of the sixth canto of _Marmion_ (1808). l. 5. _vaward._ Vanguard. 7. The horn of Roland, nephew of Charlemagne, the sound of which carried a fabulous distance. The third was written for _Albyn’s Anthology_ (1816). ‘Donuil Dhu’ means ‘Donald the Black.’ CXXXVIII-CXL The first is from _The Monastery_ (1820). l. 8. _the Queen._ Mary, Queen of Scots. 9. _hirsels._ Flocks. The second, written in 1825, first appeared in _The Doom of Devergoil_ (1830), Act ii. scene 2. ‘The air of Bonnie Dundee running in my head to-day,’ Scott writes (22nd December), ‘I wrote a few verses to it before dinner, taking the keynote from the story of Clavers leaving the Scottish Convention of Estates in 1688-9. _I wonder if they are good!_’ (_Journal_, i. 60). _barkened._ Tanned. _carline._ Old woman. _couthie._ Kind. _douce._ Quiet. _duniewassals._ Yeomen. _flyting._ Scolding. _gang._ Go. _ilk._ Every. _pow._ Pate. _target._ A round shield. The full title of the third number is ‘War Song of the Royal Edinburgh Light Dragoons.’ It was written under the apprehension of a French invasion. The corps of volunteers to which the song is addressed was raised in 1797, and consisted of Edinburgh gentlemen mounted and armed at their own expense. CXLI From Scott’s _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, 3 vols. (1802-1803). The first four lines of the fourth stanza appear on the title-page of _Marmion_. CXLII First published in Cromek’s _Remains of Nithisdale and Galloway Song_ (1810), when the author was a working mason. CXLIII Johnson’s _Musical Museum_, vol. iii. (1790). A similar song, _The Clans are Coming_, is included in Ritson’s _Scottish Songs_ (1794). CXLIV _Collected Works_, edited by William Anderson (1851). I have found many versions of this old song, but none to equal Gilfillan’s. CXLV-CXLVI Both from _Songs of Travel_ (Chatto & Windus, 1896). By permission of Charles Baxter, Esq., executor of the author. The second was written at Vailima, Samoa, and is addressed ‘To S. R. Crockett, Esq.’ The author writes from Vailima to Mr. Crockett (May 17, 1893):--‘I shall never set my foot again upon the heather. Here I am until I die, and here will I be buried. The word is out, and the doom written.’--_Letters_, vol. ii. p. 287 (Methuen & Co., 1899). l. 3. _Whaups._ Curlews. 11. _Peewees._ Lapwings. CXLVII _Blackwood’s Magazine_ (January 1900). By permission of the author and the editor of _Blackwood’s Magazine_. JACOBITE SONGS CXLVIII-CLI