he Grime's Downfall 89
The Death of Parcy Reed 93
Bewick and Grahame 101
The Fire of Frendraught 112
Geordie 118
The Baron of Brackley 122
The Gipsy Laddie 129
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray 133
Sir James the Rose 135
Clyde's Water 140
Katharine Jaffray 145
Lizie Lindsay 148
The Gardener 153
John o' the Side 156
Jamie Douglas 164
Waly, waly gin love be bonny 168
The Heir of Linne 170
Earl Bothwell 177
Durham Field 181
The Battle of Harlaw 194
The Laird of Knottington 200
The Whummil Bore 204
Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight 206

Appendix--
the Jolly Juggler 211
Index of Titles 217
Index of First Lines 219

PREFACE

Although a certain number of the ballads in this volume belong to
England as much as to Scotland, the greater number are so intimately
connected with Scottish history and tradition, that it would have been
rash (to say the least) for a Southron to have ventured across the
border unaided. It is therefore more than a pleasure to record my thanks
to my friend Mr. A. Francis Steuart of Edinburgh, to whom I have
submitted the proofs of these ballads. His extensive and peculiar
knowledge of Scottish history and genealogy has been of the greatest
service throughout.

I must also thank Mr. C. G. Tennant for assistance with the map given as
frontispiece; and my unknown friend, Messrs. Constable's reader, has
supplied valuable help in detail.

My self-imposed scheme of classification by subject-matt