by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
My jo Janet
Language: English
"Sweet Sir, for your courtesie, "When ye come by the Bass, then, "For the love ye bear to me, "Buy me a keeking glass, then." "Keek into the draw-well, "Janet, Janet; "And there ye'll see your bonny sel', "My jo, Janet." "Keeking in the draw-well clear, "What if I should fa' in, Sir? "Syne a' my kin will say an' swear, "I drowned mysel' for sin, Sir!" "Haud the better be the brae, "Janet, Janet; "Haud the better be the brae, "My jo, Janet." "Kind Sir, for your courtesie, "When ye gae to the cross, then, "For the love ye bear to me, "Buy me a pacing-horse, then." "Pace upo' your spinning-wheel, "Janet, Janet; "Pace upo' your spinning-wheel, "My jo, Janet." "My spinning wheel is auld and stiff, "The rock o't winna stand, Sir; "To keep the temper-pin in tiff, "Employs aft my hand, Sir." "Mak' the best o't that ye can, "Janet, Janet; "But like it never wale a man, "My jo, Janet."
GLOSSARY
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Keeking = looking;
Jo = sweetheart;
Syne = then;
Temper-pin = wooden screw. It is used to control tension on a spinning wheel;
Wale = choose.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "My jo Janet", JHW. XXXII/5 no. 410, Hob. XXXIa no. 258. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-11
Line count: 31
Word count: 164