4^1, 6^1, 8^1. wade in, wade in. 14^3. And thanked. _Dixon, Scottish Traditional Versions of Ancient Ballads, p. 63, printing #B# from the manuscript, makes one or two trivial changes._ #d# _is only this fragment_. 4^3 Mony a time I rade wi my brown foal The water o Wearie's Wells. 'Leave aff, leave aff your gey mantle, It's a' gowd but the hem; Leave aff, leave [aff], it's far owre gude To weet i the saut see faem.' 5 She wade in, an he rade in, Till it took her to the knee; Wi sighin said that lady gay 'Sic wadin's no for me.' * * * * * * * 9 He rade in, and she wade in, Till it took her to the chin; Wi sighin said that ladie gay 'I'll wade nae farer in.' 10^3 'Sax king's dochters I hae drowned, An the seventh you sall be.' * * * * * * * 13 'Lie you there, you fause young man, Where you thought to lay me.' #C b.# _The printed copy follows the manuscript with only very trifling variations_: Colvin _for_ Colven; 13^1, up then spak; 16^4, ere day; 17^2, almost worried. #c.# 2^{1, 2}. he's courted. 2^3. Till once he got. _Between 2 and 3 is inserted:_ She's gane to her father's coffers, Where all his money lay, And she's taken the red, and she's left the white, And so lightly as she tripped away. 3^1 She's gane down to her father's stable, 3^3 And she's taken the best, and she's left the warst. 4 He rode on, and she rode on, They rode a long summer's day, Until they came to a broad river, An arm of a lonesome sea. 5^{3, 4} 'For it's seven king's daughters I have drowned here, And the eighth I'll out make with thee.' 6^{1, 2} 'Cast off, cast off your silks so fine, And lay them on a stone.' 7^{1, 2, 3} 'Cast off, cast off your holland smock, And lay it on this stone, For it's too fine.' ... 9^{3, 4} She's twined her arms about his waist, And thrown him into 10^{1, 2} 'O hold a grip of me, May Colvin, For fear that I should' ^3 father's gates ^4 and safely I'll set you down. 11 'O lie you there, thou false Sir John, O lie you there,' said she, 'For you lie not in a caulder bed Than the ane you intended for me.' 12^3. father's gates. 12^4. At the breaking of the day. 13^4. yestreen. _Between 13 and 14 is inserted:_