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Fragments of "The Braes o' Yarrow" are in old collections. The ballad
has been given by Scott in his "Minstrelsy of the Border," and another
version is in Peter Buchan's "Ancient Ballads of the North."
"Kemp Owyne" is here given from Buchan's "Ballads of the North of
Scotland." Here also Professor F. J. Child has pointed to many
Icelandic, Danish, and German analogies. Allied to "Kemp Owyne" is
the modern ballad of "The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs," written
before 1778 by the Rev. Mr. Lamb of Norham; but the "Laily Worm and
the Machrel of the Sea" is an older cousin to "Kemp Owyne."
"O'er the Water to Charlie" is given by Buchan as the original form of
this one of the many songs made when Prince Charles Edward made his
attempt in 1745-6. The songs worked scraps of lively old tunes, with
some old words of ballad, into declaration of goodwill to the
Pretender.
"Admiral Hosier's Ghost" was written by Richard Glover in 174O to
rouse national feeling. Vice-Admiral Vernon with only six men-of-war
had taken the town of Portobello, and levelled its fortifications.
The place has so dangerous a climate that it is now almost deserted.
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