Hi, Bob,

Those are the first and last stanzas of a four-stanza version printed in R. A. Smith's "The Scotish [sic] Minstrel" Vol. 5&6 (1824).

The middle stanzas:

“I was down amang yon shepherd's scroggs,
I’d like to been worried by his dogs,
But, by my sooth! I minded his hogs,
       The night I cam to the toun, O!”

He's taen the grey goose by the green sleeve,
“Eh, ye auld witch! nae langer shall ye live;
Your flesh it is tender, your banes I maun prieve,
For that I cam to the toun, O!"

BTW, your book on Paul Clayton was the key to my recent discussion of his "Jesse James" songs on another current thread.

Would appreciate your opinion.

Jon