The earliest reference to this tune I have found is in the poem 'The taill of the Cadger, the wolff and the foxe' by Robert Henryson, which probably dates from around 1477;

'The wolff wes war and gadaerit spedlie
The cadger sang 'hunits up, up, upon hie'

Robin's tune book contained a tune called Pigges of Rumsey. The title at least must be connected to these tunes. Peggy Ramsay must have been quite a woman. Burns wrote the following version of her song:
'N'er sae murky blew the night that drifted o'er the hill
but bonnie Peg-a-Ramsay gat grist to her mill"

see also Twelfth Night Act II sc. iii.71

Included in a list of tunes in the fiddler's repertoire in 1586 along with "Rogero", "La Lubber" (Lillibulero?Lullaby?) and "Robyn Hoode".
"In King Charles' time there has binn nothing but Trenchmore and the Cushion Dance"
(John Selden, 1640). For the Cushion Dance see MWT. Further versions to be added here soon.

two verses from
The West-Country Jigg: Or, A Trenchmore Galliard

"Four and twenty Lasses went over Trenchmore Lee,
And all of them were Mow'd, unless it were two or three
Then up with Aley, Aley, up with jumping Joan,
In came wanton Willy, and then the game went on.
.....
Now with this jovial Wedding, I do conclude my Song,
And wish that Trenchmore Lasses, they may live merry and long:
Then up with Aley, Aley, up with the merry train:
We will all be merry, if e're we meet again.

For an enlightening consideration of the Irish origins of Trenchmore see Sean Donnelly's page at http://www.setdance.com/journal/trenchmore.html

This essay is a brilliant example of how a one-off event at court can introduce a tune or dance or even a whole new metaphor into the English tradition (if you think the theory about Trenchmore is correct, of course, which I'm inclined to do)
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This and the following two tunes are mentioned by Chappell as being pipe tunes. (Popular Music of Olden Times)

another verse from
The West-Country Jigg: Or, A Trenchmore Galliard
(probably Chappell's source)

"The piper he struck up, and merrily he did play,
The shaking of the sheets and eke the Irish hay:
Then up with Aley, Aley, up with Priss and Prue;
In came wanton Willy, amongst the Jovial crew."

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Named in 'A woman Killed with Kindness' (Heywood, 1603) in a list of 'downstairs' dances; others include "Sellinger's Round" (see MWT), "The Hay", "Put on your Smocke a Monday"

A parody of the words of this song appears in the 'Gude and Godlie Ballatis' printed in 1567, but which may date from earlier, so this is an old song.

HERD p206

JOHN, come kiss me now, now, now,
O JOHN, come kiss me now,
JOHN come kiss me by and by,
And maik nae mair ado

Some will court and compliment,
And make a great ado,
Some will make of their goodman,
And sae I will of you.

JOHN, come kiss etc

The Gude and Godlie Ballatis (1567); Saltire Society, 1957 edition #20
Johne, cum kis me now,
Johne, cum kis me now,
Johne, cum kis me by and by
And mak no moir adow.

The Lord thy God I am,
That John dois call ;
Johne reprentit man,
Be grace celestiall. etc

In his article on 'Music for A Handefull of pleasant delites (1584)', John Ward demonstrates how this tune is a re-working of the tune The Buffens  included in Arbeau's Orcheosographie. They are both 'variations' on the passamezzeo antico ground
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BBBM also has a second version which is incoherent.

see note to The Irish Hay
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'cinquepas' is mentioned in a list of dances in 'Much Ado About Nothing', Act II
Several early MSS have versions of these distinctive tunes, with variants of the title, including my favourite 'sinkpas'
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See notes above for Brangill de Poictou and John come kiss me now.
Robin 's tune book has two measures for the buffens, this fourth measure is strikingly similar to the 'Bransle d'Official' (aka 'Ding Dong merrily on High'. See MWT). I do not yet know of a third measure.
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see note to The Irish Hay

'The sprightly tune is the original melody of the old and very humorous ballad inserted in the Bannatyne MS, finished in the year 1568, entitled 'Rob's jock'...[this song] is more modern by at least half a century" (note to SMM #167. Add Ill. p 160)

This song and the one above are two of a considerable collection of wooing/wedding songs, many of which feature pipers, and between which there is a remarkable continuity of words. I hope to post an article describing these songs on this page when I've sorted it out!

In the meantime, words are available for
Herd's Country Wedding,
Fy let us a' to the Bridal
The Scottish Contract, or, A Marriage agreement betwixt wanton Willy and mincing Meggy.
Jockie sale have our jenny hope I (the full text of Wallis' poem, c. 1565)

and a bunch of related tunes are included in Wedding tunes

This seems to be the most likely tune to the song "Jockye shalle have our jenye hope I" which I quoted from in Robin's book. {However, see note to "Hey Jenny com down to Jock".)

The tune is included in the Blaikie MS, apparently date 1692, though this has been questioned, and may be of a later date. The only surviving version of the MS is now in the Wighton Collection in Dundee Public Library, but the viol tablature for this tune is corrupt and I have only been able to reconstruct it by referring to the song and to the later versions of the 'Hey Jenny Come Down' tunes. There is another version, entitled 'Jenny Come down to Jock in the Henry Atkinson manuscript, dated 1694, but this is equally unintelligble.

Bruce Olson's site has all the verses to this long poem, the first part of which discusses mostly the food which will need to be provided for the wedding feast. However, verses which I did not have when Robin went to press are as follows:

"Then Jocky, when dynner was done,
Begane hyme selffe to advance,
And sayd, "let pypar pype up sone, [soon
For, be our Lord, I wyll go dance.

Jocky took Jenny faste be the hand;
Then pypar lafte the trace;
He playd so myryly the cold not stand [they could
But the dansyd all apace.

The pyper pypte tyll his bally grypte,
And the rowte began to revell;
With that lowde myrth he browth many forth,
Then upstart carll and kevel.

"Now play us a horn pype," Jacky can say;
Then todle lowdle the pyper dyd playe.
Harry Sprig, Harry Spryg, Mawde my doughtare,
Thomas my sone, and Jone cum after.

Wylkyn and Malkyn and Marryon be nam,
Lettes all kepe the strock in the peane of shame.
Torn about, Robyn; let Besse stand asyde;
"Now smyt up, mynstrell," the women cryde.

The pyper playd with his fynggars and thommes;
Play thick and short, mynstrell; my mothar commis.

"I wyl dance,' said one "and I for the wars;
Dance we, dance we, dance we!"
"Heighe!" quoth Hogkyne,
"gyrd byth ars, Letts dance all for companye."

The full text is now available on this site: Jockie sale have our jenny hope I