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Thread #60416   Message #3088144
Posted By: Don Firth
03-Feb-11 - 05:10 PM
Thread Name: Historical basis for Anachie Gordon
Subject: RE: Historical basis for Anachie Gordon
Not to drift the thread, Steve, but where did "Jock o'Hazeldean" come from?

I've found two notes on it. One, that it is traditional Scottish, Child #293, and another that it is "a traditional Scottish border ballad written by Sir Walter Scott."

I know that Scott diddled with a lot of ballads, but he was usually trying to tidy up a pre-existing ballad. Case in point, "MacPherson's Farewell (or "Rant" or "Lament").

Don Firth