A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc

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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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