Brand new Shepherd sate your off, The reasonable Maid she received nigh He pull’d away his Bagpipes wond’rous nice, And you can play’d Melodiously; The guy play’d their unique particularly a tune, Which he made which fair Maid Play, O! the latest Musick out of thy Bagpipes nice, Makes all my personal Anxiety to Ring.

O! Shepherd, O! Shepherd, quoth she, In case your time carry out however, permit they; I hope now get involved in it me personally o’er again, Having worry I should forget it, The guy play’d they once again, As he had complete in advance of, And you can offered it fair Housemaid much joy, They pleas’d their about.

My personal Dearest Swain quoth she, An excellent Thousand minutes adieu; And you will, when I possibility to eradicate my Means, To acquire it, I shall come to you.

Cf. Simpson, BBBM, p. 4 “Ah Horrible bloody fate” [4/4]; Moving Learn tune “Merry Milkmaids” [6/4]; Pamelia #75 [4/4]; SMM #373. A shorter song along side same traces are “The brand new Maid away from Tottenham” in Choyce Drollery , 1656 and you may variant type so you can “London area is actually an excellent Area” inside the Pills to Purge Depression , IV, 1719. Much the same are “This new Hazlebury Girl” when you look at the Cecil Sharp’s MSS and you may “This new Pros and cons” in Purslow’s Marrow Bones . Read more