The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4112   Message #21940
Posted By: Bruce O.
21-Feb-98 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: Song Add: Cricket, no Seagulls
Subject: RE: Song Add: Cricket, no Seagulls
Another Scottish piece from the Bannatyne MS, 1568 is:

The sowtar Inveyand aganis the telyeor Sayis

Quhen I come by yon telyeoris stall
I saw ane Lowiss creipand vp his wall
snop q the telyeor snap q the scheris
Cokkis bownis q the lowiss I haif lost myne Eiris
[Cokkis bowniss = God's bones, a mild oath like 'Berlady' = by our lady (Virgin Mary)] Broadsides on the battle of the taylor and mouse, in chronological order, are; ZN2570, ZN2168, and ZN2449. The ditty of the six-legged creature is ZN654, with drollery versions noted in the broadside index.