A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
294 Tliair kirtillis war of Lynkome licht^ * Weil prest with mony plaitis^ Thay war sa nys& quhen men thame nicht;, * Thay squelit lyke ony gaitis, Sa loud. At Christis Kirk, &c. ': Of all thir madynis, myld as meid, Wes nane sa jympt as Gillie, As ony rose hir rude wes reid,
295 Sa schcanlefully his schdrt goun* set him^ His lymis wer lyk twa rokkis, * At Christis Kirk, &c. . Scho said. Tarn Lutar Aves thair menstral meit, O Lord, as he could lanss ^ I He playit sa schrill, and sang sa sweit-^ Quhile Tousy tuke a transs, * Auld Lightfute thair he did foi'leit,. ^ And counterfuttet Franss ; ^ He used himself as man discreit. And up tuke Moreiss danss ^ At Christis Kirk, &c. Full loud. Then Steven cam steppand in with stendis, Na rynk mycht him arreist Platefute he bobit up with bendis,. For Maid he made requiest : He lap quhill he lay on his lendis, ^ But rysand he wes priest. 1 A short cloak or gown was the dress of the time, and continued so till the Restoration in 1660 2 Distaffs ; or, according to another Scotish phrase, he was spindle-shanked 3 Skip 4 A hop or skip 5 Forsake, or desert 6 Aped to dance after the French mode 7 Morrice or Moorish dances, rather of slow solemn movement, performed usually by gypsies after the Moorish manner. —For an account of the actors in those dances, see Stee- VENs's Shakespeare, vok xi. p. 434. 8vo edit. Lond. 1803. E. 8 i. e. He leapt and capered so high, that he fell at his length ; —
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- Page 278 and 279: 260 SIR JAMES THE ROSS. ^rVVVVX-V^-
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- Page 286 and 287: 2GS THE WEE WEE MAN. A. FRAGMENT.
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- Page 308 and 309: 290 CHRISTIS KIRK OF THE GRENE. [Th
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- Page 340 and 341: 322 THE WIFE OF AUCHTERMUCHTY. [The
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294<br />
Tliair kirtillis war <strong>of</strong> Lynkome licht^ *<br />
Weil prest with mony plaitis^<br />
Thay war sa nys& quhen men thame nicht;, *<br />
Thay squelit lyke ony gaitis,<br />
Sa loud.<br />
At Christis Kirk, &c.<br />
':<br />
Of all thir madynis, myld as meid,<br />
Wes nane sa jympt as Gillie,<br />
As ony rose hir rude wes reid,
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