ariant 5:

1836.

Has up upon the saddle set, 1798.]

[Variant 6:

1820.

... that's in the dale, 1798.]

[Variant 7:

1827.

... bough's ... 1798.]

[Variant 8:

1827.

And Betty's standing at the door,
And Betty's face with joy o'erflows, 1798.]

[Variant 9:

1820.

And Johnny's in a merry tune, 1798.]

[Variant 10:

1827.

And ... 1798.]

[Variant 11:

1836.

What comfort Johnny soon will bring, 1798.

What comfort soon her Boy will bring, 1827.]

[Variant 12:

1827.

And Betty's still at Susan's side:
By this time she's not quite so flurried; 1798.]

[Variant 13:

1827.

They'll both be ... 1798.]

[Variant 14:

1827.

'Tis on the stroke--"If Johnny's near,"
Quoth Betty, "he will soon be here," 1798.]

[Variant 15:

1836.

Appear ... 1798.]

[Variant 16:

1827.

... she begins to fear 1798.]

[Variant 17:

1800.

Good Betty [i] ... 1798.]

[Variant 18:

1836.

She's past the bridge that's in the dale,
And now the thought torments her sore, 1798.

She's past the bridge far in the dale; 1820.

The bridge is past--far in the dale; 1827.]

[Variant 19:

1827.

... that's in the brook, 1798.]

[Variant 20:

1827.

And now she's high ... 1798.]

[Variant 21.

1827.

...would ... 1798.]

[Variant 22.

1836.

And now she's got into the town, 1798.]

[Variant 23:

1827.

... my Johnny here, 1798.]

[Variant 24.

1836.

All like a silent horseman-ghost,
He travels on along the vale. 1798.]

[Variant 25.

1820.

... he's hunting . . 1798.]

[Variant 26.

1820.

...that's so trim .... 1798.]

[Variant 27.

1827.

...he'll gallop .... 1798.]

[Variant 28.

1802.

For sure he met ..... 1798.]

[Variant 29.

1798.

...unfriendly....

Only in MS. and in the edition of 1805.]

[Variant 30:

1827.

...that's feeding ... 1798.]

[Variant 31:

1827.

And now she's ... 1798.]

[Variant 32:

1827.

... she's happy there, 1798.]

[Variant 33:

1827

Long Susan lay deep lost in thought, 1798.]

[Variant 34: 1836.

... she posts ... 1798.]

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