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John Anderson My Jo

by Anonymous (English and Scottish Ballads) traditional; texts recorded c. 15th–18th century

From Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765)

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WOMAN.

John Anderson my jo, cum in as ye gae bye,
And ye sall get a sheips heid weel baken in a pye;
Weel baken in a pye, and the haggis in a pat:
John Anderson my jo, cum in, and ye's get that.

MAN.

And how doe ye, Cummer? and how hae ye threven?
And how mony bairns hae ye? WOM. Cummer, I hae seven.
MAN. Are they to your awin gude man? WOM. Na, Cummer, na;
For five of tham were gotten, quhan he was awa.

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