"The ballad of the 'Douglas Tragedy,'" says Scott, "is one of the few to which popular tradition has ascribed complete locality. The farm of Blackhouse, in Selkirkshire, is said to have been the scene of this melancholy event. There are the remains of a very ancient tower, adjacent to the farm-house, in a wild and solitary glen, upon a torrent named Douglas burn, which joins the Yarrow after passing a craggy rock called the Douglas craig.... From this ancient tower Lady Margaret is said to have been carried by her lover. Seven large stones, erected upon the neighboring heights of Blackhouse, are shown, as marking the spot where the seven brethren were slain; and the Douglas burn is averred to have been the stream at which the lovers stopped to drink: so minute is tradition in ascertaining the scene of a tragical tale, which, considering the rude state of former times, had probably foundation in some real event." The localities of the Danish story were ascertained, to her entire satisfaction, by Anne Krabbe in 1605-6, and are given again in Resen's Atlas Danicus, 1677. See Grundtvig, II, 342 f. #B#, Scott's 'Douglas Tragedy,' is translated by Grundtvig, Engelske og skotske Folkeviser, No 11; Afzelius, III, 86; Schubart, p. 159; Talvj, p. 565; Wolff, Halle, I, 76; Hausschatz, p. 201; Rosa Warrens, No 23; Gerhard, p. 28; Loève Veimars, p. 292. 'Ribold og Guldborg,' Danish #B#, is translated by Buchanan, p. 16 (loosely); #G# by Jamieson, Illustrations, p. 317, and Prior, II, 400; #T# by Prior, II, 407; Swedish #A#, For. Quart. Rev., XXV, 41. 'Hildebrand og Hilde,' Danish #A#, #B#, #F#, #H#, by Prior, II, 411-20. A #a#, #b#, from the papers of the late Robert White, Esq., of Newcastle-on-Tyne: #c#, R. Bell, Ancient Poems, Ballads, etc. (1857), p. 122: #d#, fragmentary lines as remembered by Mrs Andrews, Mr White's sister, from her mother's singing. 1 Oh did ye ever hear o brave Earl Bran? Ay lally, o lilly lally He courted the king's daughter of fair England. All i the night sae early 2 She was scarcely fifteen years of age Till sae boldly she came to his bedside. 3 'O Earl Bran, fain wad I see A pack of hounds let loose on the lea.' 4 'O lady, I have no steeds but one, And thou shalt ride, and I will run.' 5 'O Earl Bran, my father has two, And thou shall have the best o them a.' 6 They have ridden oer moss and moor, And they met neither rich nor poor. 7 Until they met with old Carl Hood; He comes for ill, but never for good. 8 'Earl Bran, if ye love me, Seize this old carl, and gar him die.' 9 'O lady fair, it wad be sair, To slay an old man that has grey hair. 10 'O lady fair, I'll no do sae; I'll gie him a pound, and let him gae.' 11 'O where hae ye ridden this lee lang day? Or where hae ye stolen this lady away?'