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Thread #98750 Message #1967381
Posted By: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
14-Feb-07 - 10:15 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Lyrics involving aprons
Subject: RE: Origins: Lyrics involving aprons
A couple of Eighteenth-Century Scots ones come to mind; one is "The rowin' o't in her apron", another "Jenny dang the Wabster" ("Jenny beguiled the Weaver", as the polite would have it):
As I cam in by Fisherrow, Musselburgh wis near me, I threw aff my mussel-pokes And coorted wi' my dearie,
Up stairs, doon stairs, timmer stairs fear me, I thocht it lang tae lie my lane, And I sae near my dearie,
Oh, had her apron bidden doun The Kirk wad ne'er hae kent it, But since the word's gane thro' the toun, My dear, I canna mend it;
Up stairs, &c.
Significance fully to be understood in the context of katlaughing posting of 6th February.