E. SONGS BY KNOWN AUTHORS CVII HALLOW FAIR [ROBERT FERGUSSON] TUNE: Ffy, let us a' to the brydal &c. THERE'S fouth of braw Jockies and Jennys plenty dressed coiled hair pony There was Geordy, that well lood1 his lassie, And hugg'd it and said: "Trouth, they're saucy, Sing farell, &c. colt hireling cattle III There was Wattie, the muirland ladie, To drive in the sheep and the knoutt. powdered With hair pouther'd, hatt and a feather, IV bellowed But Bruckie play'd boo to Baussie, And aff scoured the coutt like the win': Poor Wattie he fell in the causie, causeway bones bruised; And birs'd a' the bains in his skin, His pistolls fell out of the hulsters, smirched laughed And were a' bedaubed wi' dirt, 5 The foks they came round him in clusters, Sing farrell, &c. 30 35 1 lov'd S, M 2 weel S, M 3 The horse-furniture at the crupper and the nose and head [Grosart]. to the S folks S 40 45 V But coutt wad let naebody stir1 him, skittish made; stand off snorting VI Now it was late in the ev'ning, 50 There was Lillie and Tibbie and Sibbie, Sing farell, &c. folding. time satisfied; yearning plenty spindle staring; windows 56 VII God guide's! saw you ever the like o' it? It glowrs as't wad fain be at us, 1 steer S, M holds 2 come S, M stupid fool heap "Awa, daft gouk," crys Wattie, See there is Bill, Jock and auld Hackie, 60 present slyly village VIII Quoth Maggie: "Come buy us our fairing!" "I think thou're the flower of the claughing, Sae proud was he o' his Maggie, Tho' she did baith scalie and squint.2 Sing farell, &c. 65 70 1 e'er S 2 scalie and squint are synonymous, but are often used as one epithet. 12 16 CVIII TWEEDSIDE1 [LORD YESTER] WHEN Meiggy and me were acquaint I carried my noddle fu' hie: Nae lintwhite on a' the gay plain, I whistled, I piped and I sang, I woo'd, but I came nae great speed, And lay my banes over the Tweed. 3 To Meiggy my love I did tell, Sa't tears did my passion express, And the women loo sic a man less. Her pride had my ruin decreed, And lay my banes far frae the Tweed. 1 Original of Tweedside MS Meggy S Meggy S, Meigy MS cauld S. head linnet goldfinch must such |