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262 JENNY JONES |
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Then—] Jinny jo's lying dead,
Lying dead, lying dead, Jinny jo's lying dead, You can't see her to-day.
So turn again, ladies, Ladies, ladies, ladies, So turn again, ladies, And gentlemen too.
What shall we dress her in ? Dress her in, dress her in ? What shall we dress her in ? Shall it be red ?
Red's for the soldiers, The soldiers, the soldiers, Red's for the soldiers, And that will not do.
[Various other colours are suggested in the same way, but are found unsuitable—black because " black's for the mourners," green because " green's for the croppies," and so on till at last white is named.]
White's for the dead people, Dead people, the dead people, White's for the dea'd people, And that will just do.
—Belfast (Notes and Queries, 7th series, xii. 492, W. H. Patterson).
IV. I came to see Jenny jo, Jenny jo, Jenny jo, I came to see Jenny jo, is she within ?
Jenny jo's washing clothes, washing clothes, washing-clothes, Jenny jo's washing clothes, and ye can't see her to-day.
Oh but I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Oh but I'm sorry, I can't see her to-day.
Farewell ladies, O ladies, O ladies, Farewell ladies, and gentlemen too. |
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