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THE CHERRIE AND THE SLAVE.
i.
BOUT ane bank, quhair birds on bewes
ten thousand times ^air notes renewes
ilk houre into the day,
The Merle, the1 Maveis, may 2 be seine,
the Progney and the Philomeine, 5
Qjuhi\]a caussit me to stay.
I laye and leind3 me to ane busse,
to heir thir 4 birdis beir;
Thair noyce are 5 so melodiousse,
throwe natour of J>e ^eir : 10
Some singing, some springing
with wingis into ]?e skye;
So nymlie and trimlie,6
thir birds thay flew me by.
2.
I sawe the Hurchone and the Haire, 15
quha fed amang the flowers faire,
that7 hopping to and fro :
I sawe the Cunnin and the Cat,
quhais downes with the dewe was wat,
"With other8 beastis mo. 20
The Hairt, the Hynd, the Dae, the Rae,
the Fulmarte, and the Fox,
Were skippand 9 all from bray to bray,
Amang the watter brox;
. Some feiding, some dreiding, 25
In caice of suddane snairis;
Some tripping, some skipping,10
thay huntit all in pairis.
1 &.
5 mirth was.
8 Monie.
2 micht. 3 leynit. 4 the.
6 trimlie and nimlie. 7 Wer.
9 skowping. 10 With skipping and tripping.
THE CHERRIE AND THE SLAVE.
i.
BOUT ane bank, quhair birds on bewes
ten thousand times ^air notes renewes
ilk houre into the day,
The Merle, the1 Maveis, may 2 be seine,
the Progney and the Philomeine, 5
Qjuhi\]a caussit me to stay.
I laye and leind3 me to ane busse,
to heir thir 4 birdis beir;
Thair noyce are 5 so melodiousse,
throwe natour of J>e ^eir : 10
Some singing, some springing
with wingis into ]?e skye;
So nymlie and trimlie,6
thir birds thay flew me by.
2.
I sawe the Hurchone and the Haire, 15
quha fed amang the flowers faire,
that7 hopping to and fro :
I sawe the Cunnin and the Cat,
quhais downes with the dewe was wat,
"With other8 beastis mo. 20
The Hairt, the Hynd, the Dae, the Rae,
the Fulmarte, and the Fox,
Were skippand 9 all from bray to bray,
Amang the watter brox;
. Some feiding, some dreiding, 25
In caice of suddane snairis;
Some tripping, some skipping,10
thay huntit all in pairis.
1 &.
5 mirth was.
8 Monie.
2 micht. 3 leynit. 4 the.
6 trimlie and nimlie. 7 Wer.
9 skowping. 10 With skipping and tripping.
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| Description | And other pieces from Laing MS. No. 447. Supplementary volume. Edited with introduction, appendices, notes and glossary by George Stevenson. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1910. |
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