Volume 5 — The SCOTCH Wedding Between Jockey and Jenny.

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THEN Jockey wou’d a Wooing away, On our Feast-day when he was foo; Then Jenny put on her best Array, When she thought Jockey would come to Woo. If I thought Jockey were come to Town, It wad be for the leve of me; Then wad I put on beth Hat and Goown, Because I’d seem worstsome in his Eye. Then Jenny prick’d up a brant breeght broow, She was as breeght as onny clock; As Moggy always used to do, For fear her Sweet-heart shou’d her mock. Then Jenny shoo tripped up the Stairs, And secretly to shift her Smock; But leard how loud her mother swears, O hast away Jenny, and come to Jock. Then Jenny came tripping down the Stairs, Oh Leard so nimbly tripped she; But oh how Jockey began to stare, When he beheld hur fair Beauty! Then Jenny made a Curtshy low, Until the Stairs did touch her Dock; But Leard how loud her Mother did lough, When shoo Jenny was come to Jock. Then Jockey tuke Jenny by the Nease, Saying my dear Lovey canst thou loof me? My Father is Dead and has left me Land, Some fair ould Houses twa or three. Thou shalt be the Lady o’er them aw, I doot, quod Jenny you do me mock; Ad ta my saw, quoth Jockey, then, I come to woo thee Jenny, quoth Jock.

This to be said after the SONG.

Sea then they gang’d to the Kirk to be wad; noow they den’t use to wad in Scotchland as they wad in England, for they gang to the Kirk, and they take the Donkin by the Rocket, and say, good morn Sir Donkin, says Sir Donkin, ah Jockey sen ater me, wit ta ha Jenny to thy wadded Wife? ay by her Lady quoth Jockey and thanka twa, we aw my Heart; ah Jenny sen ater me, wit ta ha Jockey to thy wadded Loon, to have and to hold for aver and aver, forsaking aw other Loons, lubberloons, black Lips, blue Nases, an aw Swiggbell’d caves? ah, an these twa be’nt as weel wadded as e’er I wadded twa in Scotchland, the Deel and St. Andrew part ye.