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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 FOOTNOTES |