Cold and raw the North did blow
- DMI number:
- 11416
- First Line:
- Cold and raw the North did blow
- Last Line:
- And vowed she did not intend it
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Octet ababcdcd and Ballad
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes[Scotchman Country damsel] and The monarchy (heads of state)[James I]
- Author:
- Thomas D'Urfey
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant of 'The Farmer's Daughter'. New Poems (1690, ESTC R17889): 132-134.
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [3rd ed] [ESTC N939]
- Page No(s):
- pp.211-215
- Poem Title:
- XVIII. The Northern Ditty: Or, The Scotchman outwitted by the Country Damsel. To a new Scotch Tune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. [T117410]
- Page No(s):
- pp.211-215
- Poem Title:
- XXVIII. The Northern Ditty: Or, The Scotchman outwitted by the Country Damsel. To a new Scotch Tune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant... [2nd ed] [ESTC N938]
- Page No(s):
- pp.211-215
- Poem Title:
- XXVIII. The Northern Ditty: Or, The Scotchman outwitted by the Country Damsel. To a new Scoth [sic] Tune.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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