The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8022 Message #144257
Posted By: Bruce O.
03-Dec-99 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Proud Maisrie/Bonny Maisrie/Lady Margaret
Subject: RE: Proud Maisrie/Bonny Maisrie/Lady Margaret
It's from Scott's 'The Heart of Midlothian', 1818, where no tune is specified. Scott himself could not note tunes, but this is Scott's revised and condensed song and doesn't qualify as a version of a Child ballad (like his Jock of Hazeldeen). There are 13 tunes for various versions of Child #65 in Bronson's 'The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads'.