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JENNY'S BAWBEE

Found in 1806.abc from the John Chambers' music books abc collection

X: 38
T: JENNY'S BAWBEE
O: 1806
B: "Caledonian Musical Repository", 1806, p.86-89
F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87661539
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
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(B/c/) | d> e d c B G G (A/B/) |
w: I* met four chaps yon birks a-mang, Wi'*
c E (A/B/) (A/G/) F D D (B/c/) | d> e d c
w: hang-ing lugs* and* fa-ces lang; I* spier'd  at nei-bour
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B G G> B | E E {G}F D G2 |]
w: Baul-dy Strang, What are they these we see?
(G/A/) | B G c A B G G (A/B/) |
w: Quoth* he, Ilk cream-fac'd paw-ky chiel' Thinks*
c E (A/B/) (A/G/) F D D (G/A/) | B G c A
w: him-sel cun-*nin* as the de'il, And* here they cam a-
B G {B c}d2 | E E (FD) G3 z |]
w: wa to steal Jen-ny's baw-*bee.
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W:2.The first, a captain to his trade,
W:  Wi' ill-lin'd scull, and back weel clad,
W:  March'd round the barn, and by the shed,
W:      And papped on his knee:
W:  Quoth he, "My goddess, nymph, and queen,
W:  " Your beauty's dazzl'd baith my een!"
W:  But de'il a beauty he had seen
W:      But Jenny's bawbee.
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W:
W:3 A Norland laird neist trotted up,
W:  Wi' bassen'd naig and siller whup;
W:  Cried, "Here's my beast, lad, haud the grup,
W:      " Or tie him to a tree.
W:  " What's gowd to me, I've walth o' Ian'--
W:  " Bestow on ane o' worth your han'."
W:  He thought to pay what he was awn
W:      Wi' Jenny's bawbee.
W:
W:4.A lawyer neist, wi' bleth'rin gab,
W:  Wi' speeches wove like ony wab;
W:  O' ilk ane's corn he took a dab,
W:      And a' for a fee:
W:  Accounts he ow'd through a' the town,
W:  And tradesmens tongues nae mair could drown;
W:  But now he thought to clout his gown
W:      Wi' Jenny's bawbee.
W:
W:5.Quite spruce, just frae the washin tubs,
W:  A fool cam neist, but life has rubs;
W:  Foul were the roads, and fu' the dubs,
W:      And sair besmear'd was he:
W:  He danc'd up, squintin through a glass,
W:  And grinn'd, "I'faith, a bonny lass."
W:  He thought to win, wi' front o' brass,
W:      Jenny's bawbee.
W:
W:6.She bade the laird gae kaim his wig,
W:  The sodger not to strut sae big,
W:  The lawyer not to be a prig;
W:      The fool he cried, "Tee-hee!
W:  " I kend that I could never fail:"
W:  But she prinn'd the dishclout to his tail,
W:  And cool'd him wi' a water-pail,
W:      And kept her bawbee.
W:
W:7.Then Johnny cam, a lad o' sense,
W:  Although he had na mony pence;
W:  He took young Jenny to the spence,
W:      Wi' her to crack a wee.
W:  Now Johnny was a clever chiel',
W:  And here his suit he press'd sae weel,
W:  That Jenny's heart grew saft as jeel,
W:      And she birl'd her bawbee.

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