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326 POPULAR RHYMES OF SCOTLAND.
The brown biill o' Baverton
Gaed owre the hill o' Haverton,
And dashed its head atween twa stanes,
And brought white milk hame.
— Corn sent to the mill and ground.
A ha'penny here, and a ha'penny there,
Fourpence ha'penny and a ha'penny mair ;
A ha'penny wat, and a ha'penny diy,
Foui-pence ha'penny and a ha'penny forby ;
How much is that ?
— A shilling".
The robbers came to our house,
When we were a' m :
The house lap out at the windows,
And we were a' ta'en.
— Fish caught in a net.
There was a prophet on this earth,
His age no man could tell ;
He was at his greatest height,
Before ere Adam fell.
His wives are very numerous.
Yet he maintaineth none ;
And at the day of reckoning
He bids them all begone.
He wears his boots when he should sleep,
His spurs are ever new ;
There's no a shoemaker on a' the earth.
Can fit him for a shoe.
— A cock.
Ha ! master above a master,
Rise from your fortune — •
Step to your shiutilews —
The gray cat o' grapus
Is up the steps o' fundus
Wi' montapus on her tail —
If there come na help out o' founto-clear.
We're gane, and a' that's here.
Explanation — Master of the whole house, rise from your
bed ; step to your breeches ; the gray cat is up the stair
with fire on her tail : if there comes not help out of the
well, we are gone, and all that are here.
The brown biill o' Baverton
Gaed owre the hill o' Haverton,
And dashed its head atween twa stanes,
And brought white milk hame.
— Corn sent to the mill and ground.
A ha'penny here, and a ha'penny there,
Fourpence ha'penny and a ha'penny mair ;
A ha'penny wat, and a ha'penny diy,
Foui-pence ha'penny and a ha'penny forby ;
How much is that ?
— A shilling".
The robbers came to our house,
When we were a' m :
The house lap out at the windows,
And we were a' ta'en.
— Fish caught in a net.
There was a prophet on this earth,
His age no man could tell ;
He was at his greatest height,
Before ere Adam fell.
His wives are very numerous.
Yet he maintaineth none ;
And at the day of reckoning
He bids them all begone.
He wears his boots when he should sleep,
His spurs are ever new ;
There's no a shoemaker on a' the earth.
Can fit him for a shoe.
— A cock.
Ha ! master above a master,
Rise from your fortune — •
Step to your shiutilews —
The gray cat o' grapus
Is up the steps o' fundus
Wi' montapus on her tail —
If there come na help out o' founto-clear.
We're gane, and a' that's here.
Explanation — Master of the whole house, rise from your
bed ; step to your breeches ; the gray cat is up the stair
with fire on her tail : if there comes not help out of the
well, we are gone, and all that are here.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular rhymes of Scotland > (336) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81378626 |
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| Description | Original poems / by Robert Chambers. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.f.9 |
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