Jumpin John

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The lang lad they ca' jumpin John Beguil'd the bonie lassie, The lang lad they ca' jumpin John Beguil'd the bonie lassie. Her Daddie forbad, her Minnie forbad; Forbidden she wadna be: She wadna trow't, the browst she brew'd Wad taste sae bitterlie. A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf, And thretty gude shillins and three; A vera gude tocher, a cotter-man's dochter, The lass wi' the bonie black e'e. The lang lad they ca' jumpin John Beguil'd the bonie lassie, The lang lad they ca' jumpin John Beguil'd the bonie lassie.