Sir Walter Scott received Sharpe' s permission to include "The Murder of Caerlaverock" in his effort to preserve those ballads surviving through oral tradition. It was also printed as "The Murder of the King of Scott's" by Percy and collected by Childe as "Earl Bothwell." Murder is a literary gift that keeps on giving and is found throughout Scott's works indicating Scots were a somewhat less than peaceful people.
Read Scott's works to learn from history. Read my next entry which provides an account of the first meeting of Jacksonville's "Marbh & Uisge Beatha." Do murder and whisky go together. The bookwraith says, "Yes."
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1 comment:
The Scots weren't the only ones not entirely peaceful. It's good, though, that Scott was intent on preserving some of the oral history in the ballads. It's good to note that the preservation of the past is not just a contemporary issue.
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