"Some lay groning by the wals,
some in the streets down right,
The best of them did scarcely know
what they had done ore night.
"All you good wiues that brew good ale
God turne from you all teen,
But if you put too much water in
the devill put out your eyne.
[*] This ballad, which is circa 1640, was stolen wholesale by Robert Burns, as an examination of "John Barleycorn" will prove.