The Roxburghe ballads . [This woodcut belongs VOL. VII. 210 [Roxburgh© Collection, III. 855 ; Pepys, IY. 290; C. 22. c. 2, fol. 73.] Eogcrs Ocligbt; ©r, tije WitsUCottntrg (Efjtistruncf anfi ©osstptncj. To an Excellent New Tune, or Cold and Raw. Licensed according to WHen Sol had l[oosed] his weary Teams, and tnmd his Steeds a Grazing-,Ten fathom deep in Neptunes streams, he his Thetis lay embracing ; *The Stars tript in the Firmament, like school-boys on a Play-day ;The Country Lasses a Mumming went, like Milk-maids on a May-day. 8 Then a-pace grew on the grey-eyd Morn, when the Herds
The Roxburghe ballads . [This woodcut belongs VOL. VII. 210 [Roxburgh© Collection, III. 855 ; Pepys, IY. 290; C. 22. c. 2, fol. 73.] Eogcrs Ocligbt; ©r, tije WitsUCottntrg (Efjtistruncf anfi ©osstptncj. To an Excellent New Tune, or Cold and Raw. Licensed according to WHen Sol had l[oosed] his weary Teams, and tnmd his Steeds a Grazing-,Ten fathom deep in Neptunes streams, he his Thetis lay embracing ; *The Stars tript in the Firmament, like school-boys on a Play-day ;The Country Lasses a Mumming went, like Milk-maids on a May-day. 8 Then a-pace grew on the grey-eyd Morn, when the Herdsmans Flocks were lowing;And amongst the Poultry in the barn, the Flow-mans Cocks were crowing ;Whilst Roger he dreamt of Golden Joys, was wakd by a Revel-rout, Sir,But Cicely she tells him he needs must rise, for his Jtiggy was crying out, Sir. Note.— Cold and raw the North did blaw, begins The Northern Ditty ;or, The Scotsman outwitted by a Country Damsel (Roxb. Coll., II. 374), anotherballad written by Tom DUrfey before 1688. With the additional second, third,and fourth parts, it follows on pp. 233 to 237. For notes of the tune, Stingo or Oilof Barley, see Popular Music, pp. 309, 313. The true tune was The Hempdresser.(Burns wrote to itThe Deil came fidling throu
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