Published by Good Press, 2021

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      Table of Contents

       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