Dave

Here's where some of the verses appear:

Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia - 1609

Martin said to his man - Fill thou the cup and I the can
I see a sheepe shering come - And a cuckold blow his horne
I see a man in the moone - Clowting of St.Peter's shoone
I see a hare chase a hound - Twenty miles above the ground
I see a goose ring a hog - And a snayle that did bite a dog
I see a mouse catch the cat - And the cheese to eate the rat


Stevenson - Choice Scottish Ballads - 1823-1844

I saw the man in the moon - Driving tackets in his shoon
I saw a sparrow draw a harrow - Up the Bow and down the Narrow
I saw a wran kill a man - Wi' a braidsword in his han'
I saw a sheep shearing corn - Wi' a heuck about his horn
I saw a puggie wearing boots - And he had but shachled cutes
I saw a ram wade a dam - Wi' a mill-stane in his han'
I saw a louse chace a mouse - Out the door, and round the house
I saw a sow sewing silk - And the cat was kirning milk
I saw a dog show a horse - Wi' the hammer in his a--e
I saw an eel chase the deil - Round about the spinning wheel


Lots of verses have been improvised in modern times I think, though I thought I'd seen the milking a bull verse somewhere earlier. I'll see if I can find it.


Mick