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* The first verse and chorus of this song are traditional. The second verse seems to have been written by Burn^. Tlie air is undoubtedly,-
ancient, and, curiously enough, sometimes turns up in common time. Stenhouse, in the Museum Jllustrations. gives wliat he considers to bV
the genuine version. It is in triple time. Kitson is of the opiniou that the air " Ay wakin', O," tVom its intrinsic evidence, is very ancient.
See the Historical Essay in Scotish Songs, p. cix.