Re: [scots-l] auld sang line

[David Kilpatrick]

on 15/12/2000 5:27 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi Rob,
> Well, I didn't think I was uncovering anything dark and secret: I had heard
> of the quote, but never was CONVINCED it was real, and I don't think I've
> ever actually heard it in it's entirety before.
> But seeing it in the Bard's own hand! That was a thrill! And now I KNOW what
> he said, and it IS "a right gude-willie waught"

And in this respect Allan Cunningham's 'Works' is WRONG, repeating the
common error, so perhaps the entire edition needs to be treated with equal
suspicion! David

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