Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy
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SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE BORDER MINSTRELSY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
SCOTT AND THE BALLADS
AULD MAITLAND
OLD MAITLAND A VERY ANTIENT SONG
II WHAT IS AULD MAITLAND?
THE BALLAD OF OTTERBURNE
SCOTT’S TRADITIONAL COPY AND HOW HE EDITED IT
THE MYSTERY OF THE BALLAD OF JAMIE TELFER
I A RIDING SONG
II THE BALLAD IMPOSSIBLE
III COLONEL ELLIOT’S CHARGE AGAINST SIR WALTER SCOTT
IV WHO WAS THE FARMER IN THE DODHEAD IN 1580–1609?
V MORE IMPOSSIBILITIES IN THE BALLAD
VI IS THE SCOTT VERSION, WITH ELLIOTS AND SCOTTS TRANSPOSED, THE LATER VERSION?
VII SCOTT HAD A COPY OF THE BALLAD WHICH WAS NOT THE SHARPE COPY
Conclusion
KINMONT WILLIE
CONCLUSIONS
Imitations of Ballads
I—SIMMY O’ WHYTHAUGH
II—THE YOUNG RUTHVEN
III—THE DEAD MAN’S DANCE
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