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Thread #22952   Message #2779052
Posted By: Joe Offer
02-Dec-09 - 07:00 PM
Thread Name: Four Maries - 2 missing lines in DT
Subject: RE: Four Maries - 2 missing lines in DT
I checked the DT text, and it is an accurate transcription of #195 (Volume 2) in the Greig-Duncan Collection, except for the incorrect spelling of the words Carmichael and Greig.

The two missing lines are also missing in the Greig-Duncan book, but it made me wonder. Is there another version that would give us an idea what those two missing lines might be? Outside the Digital Tradition and the Greig-Duncan book, the only mention I can find of "Geordie Cooper" was at mustrad.org which cites the same Greig-Duncan volume. But is there another "Four Marys" version that has a "shoon" verse?

-Joe-