7 And when he came to his father's court hall, There was music and minstrels and dancing and all. But they'll never, etc. 8 'O Willie, O Willie, what makes thee in pain?' 'I have lost a sheath and knife that I'll never see again.' For we'll never, etc. 9 'There is ships o your father's sailing on the sea That will bring as good a sheath and a knife unto thee.' 10 'There is ships o my father's sailing on the sea, But sic a sheath and a knife they can never bring to me.' Now we'll never, etc. B Sharpe's Ballad Book, ed. by D. Laing, p. 159: Sir Walter Scott, from his recollection of a nursery-maid's singing. 1 Ae lady has whispered the other, The broom grows bonnie, the broom grows fair Lady Margaret's wi bairn to Sir Richard, her brother. And we daur na gae doun to the broom nae mair * * * * * * * 2 'And when ye hear me loud, loud cry, O bend your bow, let your arrow fly. And I daur na, etc. 3 'But when ye see me lying still, O then you may come and greet your fill.' * * * * * * * 4 'It's I hae broken my little pen-knife That I loed dearer than my life.' And I daur na, etc. * * * * * * * 5 'It's no for the knife that my tears doun run, But it's a' for the case that my knife was kept in.' C Johnson's Museum, No 461. 1 It's whispered in parlour, it's whispered in ha, The broom blooms bonie, the broom blooms fair Lady Marget's wi child amang our ladies a'. And she dare na gae down to the broom nae mair 2 One lady whisperd unto another Lady Marget's wi child to Sir Richard, her brother. * * * * * * * 3 'O when that you hear my loud loud cry, Then bend your bow and let your arrows fly. For I dare na,' etc. D Notes and Queries, 1st Series, V, 345, communicated by E. F. Rimbault. 1 Ae king's dochter said to anither, Broom blooms bonnie an grows sae fair We'll gae ride like sister and brither. But we'll never gae down to the broom nae mair * * * * * #A. b.# _Motherwell's printed copy has these variations:_ 1^1. It is talked, it is talked; _a variation found in the MS._ 3^1. O when ... loud, loud cry. 3^2. an arrow frae thy bow. 4^1. cauld and dead. 5^1. loud, loud cry. 6^1. has houkit. 6^2. babie. 7^1. came hame. 7^2. dancing mang them a': _this variation also in the MS._ 9^1, 10^1. There are. #B.#