Hi,

I have a question about these lines in the Berkshire broadside:

And in the Town of Wittam then,
they plac'd me in a Mill.

Why is "then" at teh end of that line-- could it be a mishearing of Wittam-ham.

Wittam then= Wittimham or Whittingham

It doesn't seem like a singer would have "then" in that spot. What do you think?

Here's the Scottish text:

And in the town of Whittingham,
did place me in a mill.

Richie