_Motherwell has made several verbal changes in printing, and has inserted three stanzas to fill out the ballad._ _After 3_, ‘Come with me, my bonnie Jeanie Faw, O come with me, my dearie; For I do swear, by the head o my spear, Thy gude lord’ll nae mair come near thee.’ _After 7_, ‘I’ll go to bed,’ the lady she said, ‘I’ll go to bed to my dearie; For I do swear, by the fan in my hand, That my lord shall nae mair come near me. ‘I’ll mak a hap,’ the lady she said, ‘I’ll mak a hap to my dearie, And he’s get a’ this petticoat gaes round, And my lord shall nae mair come near me.’ #E.# 12, 13. _After 9 of #A#, says Finlay, some copies insert_: And he’s rode east, and he’s rode west, Till he came near Kirkaldy; There he met a packman-lad, And speir’d for his fair lady. ‘O cam ye east? or cam ye west? Or cam ye through Kirkaldy? O saw na ye a bonny lass, Following the gypsie laddie?’ ‘I cam na east, I cam na west, Nor cam I through Kirkaldy; But the bonniest lass that eer I saw Was following the gypsie laddie!’ _See also #G# 7._ #G. a.# 4^3. br oges. #b.# _In stanzas of eight lines._ 1^1. There were. 2^2. With her. 2^3. fair _wanting_. 2^4. They cast the glamer over her. 3^2. Which was of the belinger. 3^4. ’Twas _wanting_. 4^2. They were. 4^3. brogues. 4^4. laddy, _and always_. 6^1. me _wanting_. 6^3. That I may go and seek. 6^4. Who’s. 7^4. Following a. 8^1. all the summer. 8^3. espied. 8^4. and wet. 9^1. O why. 9^3. your own. 10^1. lands. 10^3. will I remain. 11^1. There were. 11^2. They were. 11^3. all in. #H.# 2^1. the lawyer did. #J. b.# 1. The gypsy came tripping over the lea, The gypsy he sang boldly; He sang till he made the merry woods ring, And he charmed the heart of the lady. _Order_: 1, 5, 6, 2, 3. 2 (_as 4_). The lord came home that self-same night, Inquired for his lady; The merry maid made him this reply, ‘She’s gone with the gypsy Davy.’ 3 (_as 5_). ‘O bring me out the blackest steed; The brown one’s not so speedy; I’ll ride all day, and I’ll ride all night, Till I overtake my lady.’ 4 (_as 7_). He rode along by the river-side, The water was black and rily, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (_as 2_). 5^{1,2}. Will you. 5^3. Will you forsake your own wedded lord. 6 (_as 3_). 6^2. And I’ll. 6^3. I will forsake my own wedded lord. 6^4. And go with the gypsy Davy. 7. _Wanting._