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ANTENUPTIAL

JOHN SINGS OF JEAN

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Air—“Bonnie wee thing.”

Bonnie Jeanie!
Artless Jeanie!
Rosy, cosy Jeanie!
Wert thou mine!
How wad I adore you!
What could I do for you!
Think on what I swore you—
See if I repine!
Try to vex me,
Pester or perplex me—
A' your little sex may,
To bother ane o' mine!
Wreck me—break me—
Lick me—kick me—
Only let me think, the
Wee bit foot was thine.

JEAN SINGS OF JOHN

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(In lines varied from old Scottish Ballads.)

When bonnie young Johnnie went over the sea,
He said there was naething he liket like me.
He sang an' he whistled while haddin' the pleugh,
Though of gowd an' of gear he hadna eneugh.

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But noo he has gotten a hat an' a feather—
An' its hey! brave Johnnie, lad! cock up your beaver.
His kin are for ane o' a higher degree,
What has he to do wi' the like o' me?
Although I am bonnie, I amna for Johnnie,
An' werena my heart light I wad dee.
(Dreams.)
Lang hae we parted been,
Johnnie my dearie;
Noo we hae met again,
Laddie, lie near me!
Near me! (Suddenly wakening.)
Dear me!

Did ony ane hear me?
Could Johnnie been listenin'?
Dear me!—Oh dear me!