The northern ditty: or, The Scotch-man out-witted by the country damsel. To an excellent new Scotch tune, of Cold and raw the north did blow, &c. A song much in request at Court. This may be printed, R.P. D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. 1692 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B02826 Wing D2757 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.8[374] 99887839 ocm99887839 183501 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B02826) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 183501) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A5:2[292]) The northern ditty: or, The Scotch-man out-witted by the country damsel. To an excellent new Scotch tune, of Cold and raw the north did blow, &c. A song much in request at Court. This may be printed, R.P. D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts). Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back., [London] : [1692?] Attributed to Thomas D'Urfey by Wing. Verse: "Cold and raw the north did blow ..." Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Trimmed. Reproduction of original in the British Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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To an excellent New Scotch Tune , of Cold and Raw the North did blow , &c. A Song much in Request at Court. This may be Printed , R. P. COld and Raw the North did blow bleak in the morning early ; All the Trees were hid with Snow , cover'd with Winters yearly : As I came riding o'er the Slough , I met with a Farmers Daughter ; Rosie Cheeks , and bonny Brow , g●●d Faith made my mouth to water . Down I vail'd my Bonnet low , meaning to show my breeding , She return'd a grateful bow , her Visage far exceeding ; I ask'd here where she went so soon , and long'd to begin a Parley ; She told me to the next Market-Town , a purpose to sell her Barley . In this Purse , sweet Soul , said I , twenty pound lies fairly , Seek no farther one to buy , for I 'se take all thy Barley : Twenty more shall purchase delight , thy Person I love so dearly , It thou wilt lig by me all night , and gang home in the morning early . If Forty pound would buy the Globe , this thing I 'de not do Sir , Or were my Friends as poor as Job , I 'd never raise 'em so Sir : For shou'd you prove to night my Friend , we'se get a young Kid together , And you 'd be gone e'er nine Months end , and where shall I find the Father ? Pray what would my Parents say , if I should be so silly , To give my Maidenhead away , and lose my true Love Billy ? Oh , this would bring me to Disgrace , and therefore I say you nay , Sir ; And if that you would me Embrace , first Marry , and then you may Sir. I told her I had Wedded been , fourteen years and longer , Else I 'd chuse her for my Queen , and tye the Knot yet stronger . She bid me then no farther come , but manage my Wedlock fairly , And keep my Purse for poor Spouse at home , for some other should have her Barley . Then as swift as any Roe , she rode away and left me ; After her I could not go , of Joy she quite bereft me : Thus I my self did disappoint , for she did leave me fairly , My words knock'd all things out of joint , I lost both the maid and barley . Printed for P. Brooksby , J. Deacon , J. Blare . J. Back .