Love

Jenny Dang the Weaver

by Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart. 1775–1822

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, vol. 2 (1855–57)

Love

At Willie's weddin' o' the green,
The lasses, bonnie witches,
Were busked out in aprons clean,
And snaw-white Sunday mutches;
Auld Mysie bade the lads tak' tent,
But Jock wad na believe her;
But soon the fool his folly kent,
For Jenny dang the weaver.

In ilka country dance and reel
Wi' her he wad be babbin';
When she sat down, then he sat down,
And till her wad be gabbin';
Where'er she gaed, or butt or ben,
The coof wad never leave her,
Aye cacklin' like a clockin' hen,
But Jenny dang the weaver.

Quoth he, My lass, to speak my mind,
In troth I needna swither,
Ye 've bonnie e'en, and, gif ye 're kind,
I needna court anither!
He humm'd and haw'd, the lass cried "pheugh,"
And bade the coof no deave her,
Syne crack'd her thumb, and lap and leugh,
And dang the silly weaver.

MLA

Boswell, Alexander, Bart. “Jenny Dang the Weaver.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/boswell/1/.

Chicago

Boswell, Alexander, Bart. “Jenny Dang the Weaver.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/boswell/1/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart.