The Lad They CaJumpin John
the d they ca'jumpin john
her daddie forbad, her minnie forbad
forbidden she wadna be:
she wadna trow't the browst she brew'd,
wad taste sae bitterlie.
chorus.—the ng d they ca'jumpin john
beguil'd the bonie ssie,
the ng d they ca'jumpin john
beguil'd the bonie ssie.
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 ss wi' the bonie bck e'e.
the ng d, &c.