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Pleasant and Diver tive. 149
Thus they continu'd both in Fear,
Until the next Market Day drew near ;
Well, quoth the good Wife, well I wot,
Go fetch me thy Doublet and thy Coat.
Thy Hose, thy Shoon and Cap also,
And I like a Man to the Market will go ;
Then up she got her all in hast,
With all her Bread upon her Beast :
And when she came to the Hill side,
There she saw two Devils abide,
A little Devil and another,
Lay playing under the Hill side together.
Oh ! quoth the Devil, without any fain,
Yonder comes the Baker again ;
Beest thou well Baker, or beest thou woe,
I mean to geld thee before thou dost go :
These were the Words the Woman did say,
Good Sir, I was gelded but Yesterday ;
Oh ! quoth the Devil, that I will see,
And he pluckt her Cioaths above her Knee.
And looking upwards from the Ground,
There he spied a grievous Wound :
Oh ! (quoth the Devil) what might he be ?
For he was not cunning that gelded thee,
For when he had cut away the Stones clean,
He should have sowed up the Hole again ;
He called the little Devil to him anon,
And bid him look to that same Man.
Whilst he went into some private place,
To fetch some Salve in a little space ;
The great Devil was gone but a little way,
But upon her Belly there crept a Flea :
The little Devil he soon espy'd that,
He up with his Paw and gave her a pat :
With that the Woman began to start,
And out she thrust a most horrible Fart.
Whoop !
Thus they continu'd both in Fear,
Until the next Market Day drew near ;
Well, quoth the good Wife, well I wot,
Go fetch me thy Doublet and thy Coat.
Thy Hose, thy Shoon and Cap also,
And I like a Man to the Market will go ;
Then up she got her all in hast,
With all her Bread upon her Beast :
And when she came to the Hill side,
There she saw two Devils abide,
A little Devil and another,
Lay playing under the Hill side together.
Oh ! quoth the Devil, without any fain,
Yonder comes the Baker again ;
Beest thou well Baker, or beest thou woe,
I mean to geld thee before thou dost go :
These were the Words the Woman did say,
Good Sir, I was gelded but Yesterday ;
Oh ! quoth the Devil, that I will see,
And he pluckt her Cioaths above her Knee.
And looking upwards from the Ground,
There he spied a grievous Wound :
Oh ! (quoth the Devil) what might he be ?
For he was not cunning that gelded thee,
For when he had cut away the Stones clean,
He should have sowed up the Hole again ;
He called the little Devil to him anon,
And bid him look to that same Man.
Whilst he went into some private place,
To fetch some Salve in a little space ;
The great Devil was gone but a little way,
But upon her Belly there crept a Flea :
The little Devil he soon espy'd that,
He up with his Paw and gave her a pat :
With that the Woman began to start,
And out she thrust a most horrible Fart.
Whoop !
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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