Flowers of the Forest has only 2 'major' versions...one is 'trad', from the early 17th century, but only a couple of verses survived. It was 'finished' by a Miss Alison Rutherford in the mid 1700s, then a less stark and more flowery version was written (or 'adapted) about 1755, by Miss Jane Elliot, and was for awhile was thought 'old',but Burns noted that it didn't ring true.