Jumpin John
The lang lad they ca' jumpin John
Beguil'd the bonie lassie,
The lang lad they ca' jumpin John
Beguil'd the bonie lassie.
Her Daddie forbad, her Minnie forbad;
Forbidden she wadna be:
She wadna trow't, the browst she brew'd
Wad taste sae bitterlie.
A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf,
And thretty gude shillins and three;
A vera gude tocher, a cotter-man's dochter,
The lass wi' the bonie black e'e.
The lang lad they ca' jumpin John
Beguil'd the bonie lassie,
The lang lad they ca' jumpin John
Beguil'd the bonie lassie.
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