Scrap

The following Scrap relative to Golf occurs in a very rare work entitled Westminster Drollery, 12mo, 1671, p. 28.

A Song called—

"And to each pretty lass
We will give a green gown."

Thus all our life long we are frolick and gay,
And instead of Court revels we merrily play
At Trap, at Rules, and at Barly-break run,
At Goff and at Foot-Ball; and when we have done
These innocent sports, we'll laugh and lie down,
And to each pretty lass
We will give a green gown.

N.B.—The above was copied from a book containing many curious Scraps relating to Golfing, Archery, and Curling, belonging to James Maidment, Esq., advocate.