Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

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Andrew Lang. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

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PREFACE

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

Footnote

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Andrew Lang

Published by Good Press, 2021

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II THE BALLAD IMPOSSIBLE

III COLONEL ELLIOT’S CHARGE AGAINST SIR WALTER SCOTT

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