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Janet jo's dead and gane, Dead and gane, dead and gane; Janet jo's dead and gane, She'll never come hame !
—Chambers' Popular Rhymes, pp. 140-41.
II. I'm come to court Janet jo, Janet jo, Janet jo, Come to court Janet jo,
How is she the day ?
She's butt the house washing, washing, washing She's butt the house washing,
You can't see her to-day.
Fare ye well, ladies, ladies, ladies, Fare ye well, ladies,
For I must away.
—West Scotland (Folk-lore Record, iv. 474)-
III. We've come to court Jinny jo, Jinny jo, Jinny jo, We've come to court Jinny jo, Is she within ?
Jinny jo's washing clothes, Washing clothes, washing clothes, Jinny jo's washing clothes, You can't see her to-day.
So fare ye well, ladies, O ladies, O ladies, So fare ye well, ladies And gentlemen too.
[These verses are repeated for—
(1) drying clothes,
(2) starching,
(3) ironing,
(4) ill,
(5) dymg- |
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