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The MAID going to sell her BARLEY.
CAuld and raw the North did blaw,
bleak in the morning early;
A' the fields were hid with snaw,
cover'd with Winter yearly;
As I was riding o'er the Slough,
I met with a farmer's daughter,
With rosey cheeks and bonny brow;
good faith my mouth did water.
Down I veil'd my bonnet low,
meaning to shew my breeding;
She return'd a graceful bow,
her visage far exceeding.
I ask'd her where she was going so soon,
and long'd to hold a parley;
She told me to the next market town,
on purpose to sell her barley.
In this purse, sweet soul, said I,
twenty pounds lie fairly,
Seek no further one to buy,
for I'll take all thy barley:
Twenty pounds more shall purchase delight,
thy person I love so dearly,
If thou will lie with me all night,
and gang hame in the morning early.
