Annotation:Sandy and Jenny
SANDY AND JENNY. English, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Sandy and Jenny" [Roud No. 22818] is a song written "in the Scotish stile" by "Mr. Upton" set to music by James Sanderson (1769-1841) "as sung with great applause by Mrs. Cooke at Vauxhall" in the early 19th century. The ballad (or at least the title) is perhaps associated with a divertissiment called Sandy and Jenny, or Love in a Sack written as a farce by Benjamin Griffin (1680–1740), and dating to the early 18th century. The first two stanzas go:
"Come, come, bonnie lassie," cry'd Sandy, "awa,
While mither is spinning, and father's a-far;
The folk are at work, and the bairns are at play,
And we will be married, dear Jennie, to-day."
"Stay, stay, bonnie laddie," I answer'd with speed,
I winna, I munna, go with you indeed;
Besides, should I do so, what would the folk say?
O we canna marry, dear Sandy, to-day."
He gets his way in the end.
