Camric Sark- Ignotus (Scot) 1807 Scots Magazine
[My title. The Scots Magazine, Volume 69, dated 1807, this no doubt dates back to the 1700s. The author, Ignotus, "had it from a person who heard it repeated to him when a youth by his grandfather; who also was acquainted with it in his early years." The text and his comments are here:
https://books.google.com/books?id=ceE5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA527&dq=%22As+I+gaed+up+to+yonder+hill%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif7v7GvsLZAhV
R. Matteson 2018]
Camric Sark- from Ignotus in Scots Magazine, Vol. 69, 1807.
[He:]
As I gaed up to yonder hill,
(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
I met my mistress her name it was Nell,
" And lass gin ye be a true lover o' mine.
"Ye'll mak' to me a camric sark,
"(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"Without either seam or needlewark,
"And that an' ye be a true lover o' mine.
"Ye'll wash it out at yonder well,
"(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"Whar water ne'er ran, nor rain ne'er fall,
"And that an' ye be a true lover o' mine.
[She:]
"Now, Sir, since you speir't me questions three,
(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"I hope you will answer as mony for me,
"And that an' ye be a true lover o' mine.
"Ye'll plough to me an acre o' land.
"(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"Atwixt the sea beet, and the sea sand,
"And that an' ye be a true lover o' mine.
"Ye'll till it a' wi' yon cocklehorn,
"(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"And sow it all o'er wi' a handfu' o' corn,
"And that an' ye be a true lover o' mine.
"Ye'll cut it a' down wi' a dacker o' leather,
"(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"And lead it a' in on a peacock's feather,
"And that an' ye be a true lover o' mine.
"Ye'll thrash it a' wi' a cobbler's awl,
"(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"And put it a' up in a mouse's hole,
"And that an' ye be a true lover o' mine.
"And, Sir, when ye hae' done your work,
"(Saffron, sage, rue, myrrh,and thyme,)
"Come to me and get your camric sark
"And syne ye shall be a true lover o' mine."