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468 * IT WAS a' for our rightfu' king.
9.
She took the slippers off her feet.
And the cockups off her hair.
And she has taken a long journey.
For seven long y^ars and mair, my dear.
For seven long years and mair.
10.
Sometimes she rode, sometimes she gaed.
Sometimes sat down to mourn ;
And aye the o'er word of her tale.
Shall I e'^er see my bonny laddie come ? my dear,*
Shall I e'er see my bonny laddie come ?
11.
The trooper turn'd himself about.
All on the Irish shore ;
He has given the bridle reins a shake.
Saying, adieu for evermore, my dear.
Saying, adieu for evermore !
" The ballad, as it appears in the Museum, was much
admired by Sir Walter Scott ; he was delighted to hear it
sung by his daughter, Mrs Loekhart." — (C. K. S.)
D.
EVAN BANKSo
Johnson committed a mistake in affixing the name of
Burns to this song, and various editors of his works, by
trusting to this, have fallen into a similar mistake, Currie,
aware of this error, withdrew it in his second edition. But
Cromek in the " Reliques," having given the song anew in
Burns's name, Sir Walter Scott, in an article in the Quar-
terly Review on that volume, says, " Mr Cromek ought to
have known that this beautiful song was published by Dr
Currie in his first edition of Burns's works, and omitted in
all those which followed, because it was ascertained to be
the composition of Helen Maria Williams, who wrote it at
" " Shall I e'er see my bonny lad return ?"