EBBA 37663
British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
| 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. | |
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| Date Published | 1678-1688 ? |
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| Imprint | London, Printed for W. Thackeray, T. Passenger, and W. Whitwood. |
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| Collection | British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads |
| Location | British Library |
| Shelfmark | C.22.f.6.(155.) |
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| Title | 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 Imprint | Tune of, Jenny come tye my, &c. |
| First Lines | AS Johnny met Jenny a going to play, / Quoth Johnny to Jenny, I prithee love stay: |
| Refrain | Jenny come tye my, Jenny come tye my, / Jenny come tye my bonny Cravat. / I have tyed it behind, and I've tyed it before, / I've ty'd it so often, I'le tye it no more. |
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