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'''JOCKY AND JENNY.''' English, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song was printed in John Hinton's periodical '''Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure''' (December, 1750, p. 269). sourced to "The British Muse: Containing Original Poems, Songs, Dances, &c."  It was described as "a new song" and "A dialogue sung by Mr. Lowe and Miss Falkner," popular mid-18th century singers the Theatres Royal and the London pleasure gardens. Each stanza alternates between the male and female singers, and begins:
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''Stern winter has left us, the trees are in bloom, ''<Br>
''And cow-slips and vi'lets the meadows perfume;''<Br>
''While kids are disporting, and birds fill the spray,''<Br>
''I wait for my Jocky to hail the new May;''<Br>
''I wait for my Jocky to hail the new May.''<Br>
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''Among the young lilies, my Jenny, I've stray'd,''<br>
''Pinks, daisies, woodbines, I bring to my maid;''<br>
''Here's thyme sweetly smelling, and lavender gay,''<br>
''A posy to form for my Queen of the May.''<br>
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