[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...
[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...
[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...
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PATEESON S FELLY GAES FOREMOST.<br />
source we learn that she sometimes paid a theatrical visit to her native<br />
town. One individual there, who knew her well, states that he has heard<br />
her sing in the " Cr<strong>of</strong>t Lodge." <strong>The</strong> song she generally sung, <strong>and</strong> for<br />
which she was most famed, was " Green grow the rashes." TKe same<br />
person afterwards became a soldier ; <strong>and</strong>, being in Irel<strong>and</strong> with his regiment,<br />
happened to see Jeanie performing in the town <strong>of</strong> Letterkenny.<br />
introduced himself to her acquaintance, <strong>and</strong> had the honour <strong>of</strong> her company<br />
over a social glass. This occurred in 1801. She was then apparently<br />
in good health, gay <strong>and</strong> sprightly as when in her native country<br />
but, alas! before he left Letterkenny—<strong>and</strong> he was only about two months<br />
in it—she was " mouldering in silent dust." She must therefore have<br />
died rather suddenly, in or near that town, in the year above mentioned.<br />
—COHTEMPOKARIES OF BuRNS.<br />
He<br />
<strong>The</strong> black <strong>and</strong> the brown<br />
Gang nearest the town,<br />
John Paterson's filly gaes foremost.<br />
<strong>The</strong> black <strong>and</strong> the grey<br />
Gang a' their ain way,<br />
John Paterson's filly gaes foremost.<br />
<strong>The</strong> black <strong>and</strong> the din<br />
<strong>The</strong>y fell a' ahin,<br />
John Paterson's filly gaes foremost.<br />
<strong>The</strong> black <strong>and</strong> the yellow<br />
Gae up like a swallow,<br />
John Paterson's fiUy gaes foremost.<br />
This apparently unmeaning ditty, taken from recitation, is wed to a spirited<br />
<strong>and</strong> rather pleasant rant in imitation <strong>of</strong> the galloping <strong>of</strong> a horse. It is said