Three old Scottish songs (1)/Jockey and Jenny

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Old Scottish Songs.

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JOCKEY AND JENNY.

‘Twas on the month of May, jo,
⁠When Jockey first I spy‘d,
He look‘d as fair as day too,
⁠Gud gin I‘d been his bride:
With cole black eyne, and milk-white hand,
⁠Ise ne'er yet saw the like,
I wish I had gin aw my land,
⁠Ise ne'er had seen the dike.

He fix'd his eyne upon me,
⁠With aw the signs of love,
Ise thought they would gang thro‘ me,
⁠So fiercely they did move.
He tuk me in his eager arms,
⁠Ise made but faint denials,
Ise then, alas, found aw his charms,
⁠Woe worth such fatal tryals.

The bonny lad at last, jo,
⁠Was forc'd to gang away,

But Ise had eane stuck fast tho',
⁠Full nine months from that day.
And now poor Jenny's maiden-head,
⁠Shame on't, they find is lost,
The little brat has aw betray'd,
⁠Was ever lass thus cross'd?

One day young Jenny with her son,
⁠She to the fields did go,
Unto some pleasant valley, where
⁠Sweet smelling flowers did grow:
She sat herself down on the ground,
⁠With tears under a tree,
Crying, Jockey has me betray'd,
⁠And will not marry me.

Now Jockey was a miller's son,
⁠Of Edinborough town,
And as she sat lamenting there,
⁠With tears upon the ground;
She saw Jockey upon a horse,
⁠Come riding on the way,
And on his flute, this muckle lad,
⁠Melodiously did play.

So soon as she beheld his face,
⁠She straitway did arise,

To go and meet this bonny lad;
⁠The tears stood in her eyes;
But when she came to him, she cry‘d,
⁠You've got my maiden-head,
This brat has brought my shame to light,
⁠When will you with me wed?

With that Jockey he did alight,
⁠And with a sweet embrace,
He said to her, my dearest dear,
⁠To-morrow in this place,
If you'll be sure to meet me here,
⁠We to the kirk will hie,
And there, my dear, the marriage-knot
⁠In love we then will tie.

Then with a kiss they both did part,
⁠And met again next day,
They both were marry‘d after that,
⁠And home they went their way.
Unto a house, whereas that day
⁠In joy and mirth was spent,
Thus Jenny she was made a wife,
⁠Unto her heart's content.

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