The New Scotch-Jigg:
OR,
The Bonny Cravat.
Johnny wooed Jenny to tye his Cravat;
But Jenny perceiving what he would be at,
With delayes put him off, till she found out his mind;
And then afterwards she proved more kind:
At length, both Parties were well agreed,
And went to the Kirk to be Wed with all speed.
Tune of, Jenny come tye my, etc.
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AS Johnny met Jenny a going to play,
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Quoth Johnny to Jenny, I prithee love stay:
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Since thou art my honey, my joy, and delight,
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I'le love thee all day. & I'le please thee at night.
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Jenny come tye my, Jenny come tye my,
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Jenny come tye my bonny Cravat.
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I have tyed it behind, and I've tyed it before,
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I've ty'd it so often, I'le tye it no more.
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O say not so Jenny, nor do me not scorn,
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For better poor Johnny had never been born:
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O kill not my Heart with being unkind,
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I'le ever endeavour to pleasure thy mind.
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Jenny come tye my, etc.
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But Johnny I ken it, altho to my grief,
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When you stole my heart away like a sly thief
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You promis'd me Marriage, with many things mo[r]e
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Which yet is not wiped out off the old score,
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Jenny come tye my, etc.
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O Jenny, let none of this trouble thy mind,
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For now thou shalt see, I'le be loving and kind:
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A little forgetful I was, I confess,
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But all shall be mended that now is amiss.
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Jenny come tye my, Jenny come tye my,
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Jenny come tye my bonny Cravat.
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I have tyed it behind, and I've tyed it before,
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I've ty'd it so often, I'le tye it no more.
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ILe buy thee a Gown, and a Scarf, & a Hood:
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If thou wilt believe me, I'le ever be good:
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For Rings, & for Ribbonds, ne'r matter for that,
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If thou art but willing to tye my Cravat.
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Jenny come tye my, Jenny come tye my,
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Jenny come tye my bonny Cravat.
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I have tyed it behind, and I've tyed it before
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I've ty'd it so often, I'le tye it no more.
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All this you did promise me often before,
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If I would but tye it one time, or two more;
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But yet you were never so good as your word,
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Therefore for to tye it I cannot afford.
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Jenny come tye my, etc.
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My Jenny if thou wilt be ruled by me,
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It shall not be long ere we wedded will be:
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For I have got Mony, & House, & good Land,
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Which all shall be ready at Jenny's Command.
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Jenny come tye my, etc.
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Besides, on the Common I have got a Cow
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To give us some Milk, and bonny black Yow;
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I likewise at Heam have a Dog and a Cat,
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Then prithee good Jenny come tye my Cravat.
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Jenny come tye my, etc.
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Your House, I believe, is not often repair'd;
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And as for your Land, it lies in the Church-yard:
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Your Money, if any such thing you may have,
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With it keep you honest, & prove not a Knave.
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Jenny come tye my, etc.
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Your Cow on the Common that grazes you say,
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May wheadle another your will to obey:
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Then prithee make much of your dog & your Cat,
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For I am not willing to tye your Cravat.
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Jenny come tye my, etc.
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O Jenny, why art thou so hard of belief?
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I fear thou art minded to kill me with grief:
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Before thee I'le open my Heart to the life,
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I tell thee I mean for to make thee my Wife.
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Jenny come tye my, Jenny come tye my,
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Jenny come tye my bonny Cravat.
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I have tyed it behind, and Ive tyed it before,
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Ive ty'd it so often, I'le tye it no more.
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Then do not thou flout me, but freely comply,
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Nothing thall be wanting for Jenny and I:
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Then give me my Jenny, thy heart & thy hand,
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For I will be ever at Jenny's command.
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Jenny come tye, etc.
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O Johnny! I fear thou dost flatter me now,
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Or else I could love thee, I swear and I vow:
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But with fair delusions I may be undone,
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Therefore from thy Jenny good Johnny begone.
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Jenny come tye, etc.
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A Maid by her choice she may soon be destroy'd,
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And left in the lurch, when she hath bin injoy'd:
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But if you be honest, declare it in brief,
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And let me not languish in sorrow and grief.
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Jenny come tye, etc.
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My Jenny, then prithe take one word for all,
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I never will leave thee whatever befall:
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In Sickness and Health I will for thee provide,
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And at the next Kirk, I will make thee my bride.
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Jenny come tye, etc.
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Then Johnny I love thee as dear as my Life,
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And I am contented for to be thy Wife:
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And we will be marryed to both our content,
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I hope we shall never have cause to repent.
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Jenny come tye my, Jenny come tye my,
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Jenny come tye my bonny Cravat.
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I have ty'd it behind, and I've ty'd it before,
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And now I will tye it a hundred times more.
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