[1] R. G. E. p. 165.

[2] As has been said, I am aware of no evidence for this statement.

[3] R. G. E. p. 164.

[4] R. G. E. p. 163.

[5] See Motherwell's essay on "The Origin and History of Scottish Ballad Literature," in his Ancient and Modern Minstrelsy.

[6] Further Essays on the Border Ballads. By Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Fitzwilliam Elliot. 1910.