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'''JOCKIE'S FU' (DRUNK) AND JENNIE'S FAIN (EAGER)'''. Scottish, Air (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The bawdy title, from the 18th century, appears in the ballad opera '''The Highland Fair''' (1731) and in David Young's '''McFarlane MS.''' (vol. 3, No. 36), 1740. | '''JOCKIE'S FU' (DRUNK) AND JENNIE'S FAIN (EAGER)'''. Scottish, Air (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The bawdy title, from the 18th century, appears in the ballad opera '''The Highland Fair''' (1731), in '''Craig's Select Tunes''' (1730) and in David Young's '''McFarlane MS.''' (vol. 3, No. 36), 1740. Words appear in Allen Ramsay's '''Tea Table Miscellany''', and begin: | ||
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<br> | ''Jockie's fow and Jennie's fain,''<br> | ||
''Jenny was nae ill to gain; ''<br> | |||
''She was couthy, he was kind, ''<br> | |||
''And thus the wooer tell'd his mind.''<br> | |||
''Jenny, I'll nae mair be nice, ''<br> | |||
''Gie me love at ony price;''<br> | |||
''I winna prig for red or whyt, ''<br> | |||
''Love alane can gie delight. ''<br> | |||
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Revision as of 04:23, 24 February 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JOCKIE'S FU' (DRUNK) AND JENNIE'S FAIN (EAGER). Scottish, Air (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The bawdy title, from the 18th century, appears in the ballad opera The Highland Fair (1731), in Craig's Select Tunes (1730) and in David Young's McFarlane MS. (vol. 3, No. 36), 1740. Words appear in Allen Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany, and begin:
Jockie's fow and Jennie's fain,
Jenny was nae ill to gain;
She was couthy, he was kind,
And thus the wooer tell'd his mind.
Jenny, I'll nae mair be nice,
Gie me love at ony price;
I winna prig for red or whyt,
Love alane can gie delight.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Johnson (The Scots Musical Museum, vol. 4), 1792; p. 395.
Recorded sources: