Editing Yarrow Water (section)

===Tam Lin===
The wood of [[Carterhaugh]] near the confluence of the Yarrow and Ettrick, is the setting for the ballad "[[Tam Lin]]".<ref name=tam>[http://www.tam-lin.org/carterhaugh.html "Tam Lin and Carterhaugh, Selkirk, Scotland"] tam-lin.org. Retrieved 25 July 209.</ref> This song, collected in 1729, tells the story of a maiden and her relationship to the [[faery]] world. It begins:
:"O I forbid you, maidens a',
:That wear gowd on your hair,
:To come or gae by Carterhaugh,
:For young Tam Lin is there.

:There's nane that gaes by Carterhaugh
:But they leave him a wad,
:Either their rings, or green mantles,
:Or else their maidenhead."<ref>[http://www.tam-lin.org/front.html Tam Lin balladry"] tam-lin.org. Retrieved 25 July 2009.</ref>
It is possible that this tale is derived from the 13th century ballad, "Thomas the Rhymer", that concerns [[Thomas the Rhymer|Thomas Learmonth]] of nearby [[Earlston|Erceldoune]].<ref>"Thomas the Rhymer" in Scott (1806) Part Third.</ref>