Her daddie forbad, her minnie forbadForbidden she wadna be:She wadna trow’t the browst she brew’d,Wad taste sae bitterlie.
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The lang lad they ca’Jumpin JohnBeguil’d the bonie lassie,The lang lad they ca’Jumpin JohnBeguil’d the bonie lassie.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,The lass wi’ the bonie black e’e.
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The lang lad they ca’Jumpin JohnBeguil’d the bonie lassie,The lang lad they ca’Jumpin JohnBeguil’d the bonie lassie.