row-de-dow

As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.

Waverley 2004

These fussy old footlers whose 'air stands on hend at a row-de-dow joke,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 Various

Jow went the town bell, and row-de-dow gaed the drums, and all in a minute was confusion and uproar in ilka street.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow, as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.

The Waverley 1877

I had just papped in -- it might be about nine o'clock -- after being gey hard drilled, and sore between the shoulders, with keeping my head back and playing the dumb-bells; when, lo and behold! instead of getting my needful rest in my own bed, with my wife and wean, jow went the bell, and row-de-dow gaed the drums, and all in a minute was confusion and uproar.

The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824

I had just papped in -- it might be about nine o'clock -- after being gey hard drilled, and sore between the shoulders, with keeping my head back and playing the dumb-bells; when, lo and behold! instead of getting my needful rest in my own bed, with my wife and wean, jow went the bell, and row-de-dow gaed the drums, and all in a minute was confusion and uproar.

The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824

As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow, as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.

Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheepskin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-de-dow as a harmless substitute for the sacred music which his instrument or skill were unable to achieve.

Waverley Walter Scott 1801