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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