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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. n. OCT. 29, 1904.

Following this song (p. 43) is another, called 'The Turnip Song, a Georgick.' It contains nine verses, with the chorus (slightly varied by beginning with "That" or "Where"),

Then a Hoeing he may go, may go, may go, And his Turnips he may hoe.

Of all the Roots of H r

The Turnip is the best,

'Tis his Sallad when 'tis raw,

And his Sweetmeat when 'tis drest.

A potatoe to dear Joy, And a Leek to Taffy give,

But to our Friend H r

A Turnip while you live.

No root so fit for barren

H r can be found,

For the Turnip will grow best When 'tis sown in poorest ground. But if it be transplanted 'Twill shortly have an end, And the higher still it grows It must the sooner bend.

The shallow and the soft In greatness do excell, But if rooted deep 'tis rank And will ne're digest so well. The Turnip ne're should swell Like the Turbant of a Turk, * For 'tis best when 'tis no greater Than the White Rose of York. These Turnips have a K g, If we may creditt Fame, His Sceptre is his Hoe And C d is his name.

Their seed tho' small increases If the Land doth it befriend, And when they grow too numerous 'Tis time they shou'd be thin'd. May the Turnip make a season For a better plant to grow,

Lest ye H r root prove

The Root of all our woe.

CECIL DEEDES. Chichester.

I think the following poem is the one sought for by ASTARTE :

THE Sow's TAIL TO GEORDIE. It's Geordie 's now come hereabout, O wae light on his sulky snout ! A pawky sow has found him out, And turned her tail to Geordie.

The sow's tail is till him yet,

A sow's birse will kill him yet.

The sow's tail is till him yet,

The sow's tail to Geordie. It 's Geordie he came up the town, Wi a bunch o' turnips on his crown : "Aha !" quo' she, "I'll pull them down, And turn my tail to Geordie."

The sow's tail is till him yet, &c.

An allusion to the king's two favourite valets, Mustapha and Mahomet, captives of one of his Turkish campaigns. See 'D.N.B.,' xxi. 150

It 's Geordie he got up to dance And wi' the sow to take a prance, And aye she just her hurdies flaunce, And turned her tail to Geordie.

The sow's tail is till him yet, &c.

It 's Geordie he gaed out to hang,

The sow came round him wi' a bang :

" Aha ! " quo' she, " there 's something wrang ;

I'll turn my tail to Geordie."

The sow's tail is till him yet, &c.

The sow and Geordie ran a race, But Geordie fell and brak' his face : " Aha ! " quo' she, " I 've won the race, And turned my tail to Geordie." The sow's tail is till him yet, &c.

It 's Geordie he sat down to dine, And who came in but Madam Swine ? "Grumph ! Grumph ! " quo' she, "I'm come in

time, I '11 sit and dine with Geordie."

The sow's tail is till him yet, &c.

It 's Geordie he lay down to die ;

The sow was there as weel as he :

" Umph ! Umph ! " quo' she, " he 's no for me,"

And turned her tail to Geordie.

The sow's tail is till him yet, &c.

It 's Geordie he got up to pray,

She mumpit round and ran away ;

"Umph! Umph!" quo' she, "he's done for

aye," And turned her tail to Geordie.

The sow's tail is till him yet, &c.

I am sorry I am unable to trace the name of the author. JOHN SYDNEY HAM.

HOLME PIERREPONT PARISH LIBRARY (10 th S. ii. 149, 295). I am much obliged to MRS. J. SMITH for the copy of the inscription. It is to be noticed that the monument was erected by the third son, Gervase, and not by the Royalist Marquis of Dorchester, who, in 1649, went to London to live in retirement and study physic. This Gervase must, I suppose, be the same as the Francis men- tioned in the 'D.N.B.' as being the third son of Robert Pierrepont. If so, he is stated to have been a colonel in the Parliamentary army, representing Nottingham in the later years of the Long Parliament, and dying in 1659.

Is it possible that there is no monument at Holme Pierrepont to the eldest son, Henry Pierrepont, Marquis of Dorchester ? He died at his house in Charterhouse Yard on 8 De- cember, 1680, and after lying in state his remains were removed to be interred at the ancient seat of his family. MRS. SMITH would confer a further obligation if she would send a copy of any inscription refer- ring to him. W. R. B. PRIDEAUX.

GEORGE STEINMAN STEINMAN (10 th S. ii. 88, 314). Thanks to D. K. T.'s kind reply, I was