The Lad They Ca’Jumpin John

Her daddie forbad, her minnieforbad
Forbidden she wadna be:
She wadnatrow’t the browst she brew’d,
Wadtaste saebitterlie.

Chorus.-The lang lad they ca’Jumpin John
Beguil’d the bonie lassie,
The lang lad they ca’Jumpin John
Beguil’d the bonie lassie.

A cow and a cauf, a yoweand a hauf,
And threttygude shillin’s and three;
A veragudetocher, a cotter-man’s dochter,
The lass wi’the bonieblack e’e.
The langlad, &c.