Scotish song . e compofed to the fhepheidsreed, at this day, and the bagpipe, it muft be remembered,has only nine notes, After all, what is meant by the me-pherds reed ? Is it the common flute ? or flock and hoin ? ON SCOTISH SONG. Ixxxv he fays, fome of our Scottifh melodies may betraced ; fuch as Gil Mortice— There cajn a gbo toMarkets door—O laddie, I man loo the—Hap me<wi thy pettycoat—I mean, adds he, the oldfets of thefe airs, as the laft air, which I take to beone of our oldeft fongs, isfo modernized as fcarceto have a trace of its ancient fimplicity. Thefimple original air is ftill
Scotish song . e compofed to the fhepheidsreed, at this day, and the bagpipe, it muft be remembered,has only nine notes, After all, what is meant by the me-pherds reed ? Is it the common flute ? or flock and hoin ? ON SCOTISH SONG. Ixxxv he fays, fome of our Scottifh melodies may betraced ; fuch as Gil Mortice— There cajn a gbo toMarkets door—O laddie, I man loo the—Hap me<wi thy pettycoat—I mean, adds he, the oldfets of thefe airs, as the laft air, which I take to beone of our oldeft fongs, isfo modernized as fcarceto have a trace of its ancient fimplicity. Thefimple original air is ftill fung by nurfes in thecountry, as a lullaby to ftill their babes to two laft of thefe melodies, of which obferves, the artlefs fimplicity of bothwords and mufic bears teftimony of their origi-nality and antiquity, are here inferted as proofsof the doclxine he has advanced, from copiesobligingly communicated by himfelf. She. .S- mmm^m^m Oh lad-ie, I man loo thee. O lafs-ie,. ioo na me. ie, I man loo thee» With refped to the melodies feletted by Mr. Tytler,in fupport of his hypothefis, their antiquity is fo very farfrom being undoubted, that it feems altogether imaginaryand chimerical. We by no means deny that the Scots eitherhad or have ancient tunes or fongs; we only (to adopt thewords of bifhop Stillingfleet) <£ defire to be better acquaintedwith them. Vol. I. h Ixxxvi HISTORICAL ESSAY He. O laff-ie, loo na me : For the lafl-ie wi tie gi^pii m^E^5 yel-low cot-tie has floun a-wa the heart frae IS s O, &c. (80) SiSiiiSipiHi O hap me wi thy pet-ty-coat, my ain kind i be —zr—a±@-i ^ thing. O hap me wi thy pet-ty-coat, my ain kind —3—^—1 ~ thing. The wind blaws lo jd, my claithings thin: (80) In the collection of old inedited Scotifh ballads, men-tioned in a preceding page, are preferved the original melodiesto which they were fung by the lady from whofe mouththey were taken down. Thefe, however, appear to have littleyefemblanc
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