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JOCK AND JOCK'S MAN—JOGGLE ALONG 285
Jock and Jock's Man
A juvenile sport in which the bon camarada is to repeat all the pranks which the leader can perform.—Brockett's North Country Words.
See " Follow my Gable," " Follow my Leader."
Jockie Blind-man
Scotch name for " Blind Man's Buff."—Jamieson. See " Blind Man's Buff."
Joggle along
I. Come all you young men
In your youthful ways, And sow your wild oats
In your youthful days. Then you'll be happy, Then you'll be happy,
As you grow old. For the day's far spent,
And the night's coming on, So give us your arm, and
We'll joggle along.
—Penzance, Cornwall (Mrs. Mabbott).
II. Come all ye young men, with your wicked ways, Sow all your wild oats in your youthful days, That we may live happy, that we may live happy, That we may live happy when we grow old. The day is far spent, the night's coming on, Give us your arm, and we'll joggle along, That we may live happy, &c, &c.
—Cornwall (Folk-lore Journal, v. 57).
(b) There must be an odd number of players at this game. They form into couples, each standing behind the other, making a ring, the girls inside, one boy standing alone in the middle. As they go round they sing the verse. At the end each boy leaves hold of his partner's arm and catches the arm of the girl in front, the one who is standing in the centre trying in |
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