Jumpin' John / The Lad They Ca' Jumpin John

Robert Burns, 1788

Her daddie forbad, her minnie forbad Forbidden she wadna be: She wadna trow't the browst she brew'd, Wad taste sae bitterlie. Chorus: |: The lang lad they ca'Jumpin John Beguil'd the bonie lassie. :| 2. 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. Chorus: