thed 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.—thengd they ca'jumpin john

beguil'd the boniessie,

thengd they ca'jumpin john

beguil'd the boniessie.

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,

thess wi' the bonie ck e'e.

thengd, c.