The Roxburghe ballads . re, let us Coll., I. 228, has the names : Wright, Clarke, Thackeray, and woodcuts: 1st, a circle of Dancers, {for which see Frontispiece toPart XXI.); 2nd, man, p. 31 ; 3rd, the Hostess, p. 293. Date, c. 1670-83.] npHIS ballad, known better as The Northumberland Bagpipes,J_ was mentioned on pp. 227, 239 (as contributing by its burdenthe tune-name of To thee, to thee, to p. 225). The chief woodcut,here reproduced on p. 326, is extremely rare, and shows the livelyhumour of Jan Steen or Adrian van Ostade. It was home-bred,from the same designer
The Roxburghe ballads . re, let us Coll., I. 228, has the names : Wright, Clarke, Thackeray, and woodcuts: 1st, a circle of Dancers, {for which see Frontispiece toPart XXI.); 2nd, man, p. 31 ; 3rd, the Hostess, p. 293. Date, c. 1670-83.] npHIS ballad, known better as The Northumberland Bagpipes,J_ was mentioned on pp. 227, 239 (as contributing by its burdenthe tune-name of To thee, to thee, to p. 225). The chief woodcut,here reproduced on p. 326, is extremely rare, and shows the livelyhumour of Jan Steen or Adrian van Ostade. It was home-bred,from the same designer as our p. 208. Merry England of Olden Timeyielded as lively native junkettings at country revels as the Dutch. 326 [Rox. C, II. 363; Bag., II. 159; Pepys, V. 158; Huth, II. 24; Jer. I. 89; L = 1050.] %\)t jfclerrp Bagpipes; i£f)t pleasant pagtnm bcttotjrt a JoIIp S>J)cpftcrti and a (Eountrg Datnsrl, on a fHio=Sunimcrs=Sng in tljc fHornma;. To the Tvxe of, Jlcirch Boys, etc. [See p. 239.] Licensed according to A Shepherd sat him under a thorn,He pulld out his pipe and began for to play,It was on a Mid-summer*8-day in the morn. For honour of that Holy-day,A ditty he did chant along, Goes to the tune of Cater-Bordee, [ ? And this was the burthen of his song :If thou wilt pipe, Lad, Ill dance to thee,To thee, to thee, derry, derry, to thee, etc. And whilst this harmony he did make, A Country Damsel from the Town,A basket on her arm she [did take], [fchad. A gathering Hushes on the Down :Her Bon-grace was of wended straw, \.cf- Scotch wedding. From the suns hot beams her face is free ;And thus she began, when she him saw, If thou wilt pipe, Lad, Ill dance to thee, etc. 18 The Northumberland Merry Bagpijws. 327 Then lie pulld out his pipe, and began to sound, Whilst tempting her back [from her homeward w]ay ; But when his quivering note she found, How sweetly th[ought] this Lass [he] could play : She stopd all jumps and [praise] she reveald,She kept all time with
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