And now dis prophesy is come to pass,
Lilli, &c.
For Talbot's de dog, and Ja**s is de ass.
Lilli, &c. 50
FOOTNOTES:
[872] [Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. ii. p. 569.]
[873] Ver. 7. Ho by my shoul, al. ed.
[874] Ver. 43. What follows is not in some copies.
XXIV.
THE BRAES OF YARROW,
In Imitation of the Ancient Scots Manner,
Was written by William Hamilton, of Bangour, Esq; who died March 25, 1734, aged 50. It is printed from an elegant edition of his Poems, published at Edinburgh, 1760, 12mo. This song was written in imitation of an old Scottish ballad on a similar subject, with the same burden to each stanza.