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184 NOTES.
SONG XL
Cafees !9f Crol30Di?t
This is anotlier production of the same year, and likewise of a
nobleman, having been written by Lord Newbottle in 1688, as
the MS. bears. The author was eldest son to William, first mar-
quis of Lothian ; and notwithstanding this satire on the revolu-
tionists, he closed with that great measure. Here are two noble
authors whom Walpole knew nothing of. The following are some
of the heroes mentioned in this song. — Ghinnie ; Lord Melville,
called Chinuie from the length of his features. — Rethy ; Lord
Raith. — Little Pitcunhie ; Melville's third son. — Leven tlie hero ;
who whipt Lady Mortonhall with his whip. He is the Lord
Huffie of Dr Pitcairn's " Assembly;" where he is introduced beat-
ing fiddlers and horse-hirers. — Cherrytrees Davie ; Mr D. Wil-
liamson, who did lie with Lord Burke's daughter. — Greenock,
Dichsnn, Houston ; taxmen of the customs. They were, Sir
J. Hall, Sir J. Dickson, and Mr R. Young. — Borland ; this is
Captain Drummond, a great turn-coat rogue, who kept the stores
in the castle. — Grave Burnet; old Grribo. — Mary, Willie, and
Annie ; prince and princess of Orange, and princess of Denmark.
— Argyle ; he was killed (received his death's wound, at least) in
a brothel near Newcastle. — So says an old commentator on my
Lord Newbottle's elegant and ivitty song !
SONG XII.
"CtietE came a ^fitiliiEt out o' fiiz.
It is impossible to discover with certainty who is meant by this
fiddler that came out of Fife. I at first imagined it to have been
Clavers, who, though he did not come from Fife, yet came from
that quarter ; and the " gooly knife," and
" Learning the Whigs a morrice dance
That theylov'd wonder dearly, 0,"