Andrew Lang

Sources

The Northern Muse: An Anthology of Scots Vernacular PoetryArranged by John Buchan;

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd (London, Edinburgh and New York) July 1936;

First Impression October 1924;

Second Impression December 1924;

First printed in this Edition May 1931;

Reprinted July 1936.

Editing for Scotstext

• spurious apostrophes removed;
• spellings de-anglicised (eg 'took' changed to 'teuk');
• Scots spellings made more consistent (eg 'loof' changed to 'luif');
• Grammar edited somewhat in favour of more classical models of Scots.