JOHNNY LAD



Oh ken ye my love Johnny

He's down on yonder lea,

And he's looking and he's joking

And he's aye watching me,



He's pullin' and he's teasin'

But his meanin's not so bad

If it's ever goin' to be

Tell me noo, Johnny lad.



Tell me noo my Johnny laddie

Tell me noo my Johnny lad

If it's ever goin' to be

Tell me noo, Johnny lad.



Oh's Johnny blithe and bonny,

He's the pride of all yon lea

And I love him best of any

Though he's aye teasin' me



Though he teases me and squeezes me

And tickles me like mad,

Nane comes near me that can cheer me

Like my ane Johnny lad.



Aye it's you, my Johnny laddie

Aye it's you my Johnny lad

Nane can tease me and can please me

Like my own Johnny lad.



Oh, Johnny's not a gentlemen

Nor yet is he a laird,

But I would follow Johnny

Although he was a caird.



Oh Johnny is a a bonnie lad

He was ainst a lad of mine,

And I've never had a better lad

Though I've had twenty-nine.



And with you, my Johnny laddie

And with you my Johnny lad,

And I'll dance the buckles off my shoon

With you, Johnny lad.



Recorded by MacColl & Seeger, Ian Campbell Folk Group

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