The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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JUMPIN JOHN |
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JUMPIN JOHN
Chorus
The lang lad they ca' Jumpin JohnBeguil'd the bonie lassie!
The lang lad they ca' Jumpin John
Beguil'd the bonie lassie!
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Her daddie forbad, her minnie forbad;Forbidden she wadna be:
She wadna trow't, the browst she brew'd
Wad taste sae bitterlie!
II
A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf,And thretty guid shillins and three:
A vera guid tocher! a cotter-man's dochter,
The lass with the bonie black e'e!
Chorus
The lang lad they ca' Jumpin JohnBeguil'd the bonie lassie!
The lang lad they ca' Jumpin John
Beguil'd the bonie lassie!
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