Steve;
"If you're still interested, I've found my sources on the Scott/Buccleuch question. I could start another thread or PM you?"
Sorry Steve, overlooked this earlier.
As anybody with an interest in ballads would, I'd be interested in anything that throws fresh light on the doctoring of ballad texts, particularly on evidence that Peter Buchan was more or less of a fake than Scott, or any other of the anthologists.
Not sure I'm qualified to add anything to what has already been said - be interested to learn if you can.
Jim Carroll