ANCIENT POEMS. HE pauky auld Carle came ovir the lee TH Wi' mony good-eens and days to mee, Will ze lodge a filly poor man? O wow! quo he, were I as free, And O! quo he, ann ze were as black, And awa wi' me thou fould gang. Between the twa was made a plot; 61 5 P And faft to the bent are they gane. To fpeir for the filly poor man. She gaed to the bed, whair the beggar lay, She clapt her hands, cryd, Julefu' day! For fome of our geir will be gane. Since naithings awa, as we can learn, 30 35 40 The kirns to kirn, and milk to earn, Gae butt the houfe, lafs, and waken my bairn, ANCIENT POE M S. The wearyfou gaberlunzie man. 63 She could na gang, nor yet could the fit, 55 Mean time far hind out owre the lee, Fou fnug in a glen, where nane could fee, Cut frae a new cheefe a whang. The priving was gude, it pleas'd them baith, Quo fhe, to leave thee, I will be laith, My winfome gaberlunzie man. O kend my minny I were wi' zou, Sic a poor man fheld nevir trow, Aftir the gaberlunzie-mon. My dear, quo he, zee're zet owre zonge; And hae na learnt the beggars tonge, To follow me frae toun to toun, And carrie the gaberlunzie on. Wi' kauk and keel, Ill win zour bread, 60 65 70 75 The The gaberlunzie to carrie----o. A criple or blind they will cau me: While we fall fing and be merrie----0. 80 XI. ON THOMAS LORD CROMWELL. We It is ever the fate of a difgraced minister to be forfaken by his friends, and infulted by his enemies, always reckoning among the latter the giddy inconftant multitude. bave bere a turn at fallen greatness from fome angry partifan of declining popery, who could never forgive the downfall of their Diana, and lofs of their craft. The ballad feems to have been composed between the time of Cromqucll's commitment to the tower, June 11. 1540, and that of his being beheaded July 28. following. A fhort interFal! but Henry's passion for Catharine Howard would admit of no delay. Notwithstanding our libeller, Cromwell had many excellent qualities; his great fault was too much bfequioufnefs to the arbitrary wILL of his master; but let it be confidered that this mafter had raised him from obfcurity, and that the high-born nobility had fhewn him the way in every kind of mean and fer-vile compliance. The original copy printed at London in 1540, is intitled, "A nerve ballade “made of Thomas Crumwel, called TROLLE ON AWAY.” To it is prefixed this diflich by way of burthen, Trolle on away, trolle on awaye. Synge heave and howe rombelowe trolle on away. BOTH |