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CCCCXIX.
THE DUKE OF GORDON HAS THREE DAUGHTERS.
" There is a song," says Burns, " apparently as ancient
as the Ewe-hughts Marion^'' which sings to the same tune,
and is evidently of the North. It begins, " The Lord o' Gor-
don had three daughters." — Rellques- The words of the
ballad are no doubt sometimes sung to the air of Ezve-hughts
Marion, in the south of Scotland ; but it is owing to their
ignorance of the original air to which the ballad is uniformly
sung in the North. Mr Clarke took down the air as it was
chanted by a lady of his acquaintance, and thus restored the
ballad to its original tune. The words and music first ap-
peared together in print in the Museum. Ritson has insert-
ed the ballad in his Collection of Scottish Songs ; but, as he
did not know the tune, he has left a blank space for the music
in his work.
Alexander, third Earl of Huntly, was succeeded, in 1523,
by his grandson Alexander, Lord Gordon, who actually had
three daughters. I. Lady Elizabeth, the eldest, married to
John, Earl of Athol. 11. Lady Margaret, married to John,
Lord Forbes. III. Lady Jean, the youngest, married Jirst
to James, Earl of Bothwell, from whom she was divorced in
1568 ; she married, secondly, Alexander, Earl of Sutherland,
who died in 1594; and surviving him, she married, thirdly.
Captain Alexander Ogilvie, son and successor of Sir Walter
Ogilvie of Boyne, who died in 1 606 without issue.
The first Hne of the ballad, as quoted by Burns, is evi-
dently more correct than that inserted in the Museum or in
Ritson's Collection, for the dukedom of Gordon was not
created till the year 1684. Johnson has omitted eighteen
verses of the ballad for want of room, but the reader will find
the whole of it in Ritson's Scottish Songs.
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YOUNG JAMIE, PRIDE OF A' THE PLAIN.
This beautiful song is another unclaimed production of
Burns. The words .are adapted to the plaintive and well
known air, entitled " The Carlin o' the Glen."