The Lad They Ca’Jumpin John
Her daddie forbad, her minnie forbadForbidden she wadna be:She wadna trow’t the browst she brew’d,Wad taste sae bitterlie.
Chorus.—The lang lad they ca’Jumpin JohnBeguil’d the bonie lassie,The lang lad they ca’Jumpin JohnBeguil’d the bonie lassie.
A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf,And thretty gude shillin’s and three;A vera gude tocher, a cotter-man’s dochter,The lass wi’ the bonie black e’e.The lang lad, &c.