The Shilling
Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection (#572B - Source William Spence, 1909?)


I love my shilling, my jolly jolly shilling
I love my shilling as I love my life
A penny I'll spend and another I'll lend
And it's tenpence I'll carry home to my wife.

No merry merry maid shall deceive me
No gill stoups nor pint stoups to grieve me
Sally is the girl that will keep me
When I go rowling home.
Row-row-row-rowling ho-o-ome
Row row row rowling ho-o
Sally is the girl that'll keep me
When I go rowling home.

I love my tenpence, my jolly jolly tenpence
I love my tenpence as I love my life
And a penny I'll spend and another I'll lend
And it's eightpence I'll carry home to my wife.

I love my twopence, my jolly jolly twopence
I love my twopence as I love my life
And a penny I'll spend and a penny I'll lend
And it's nothing I'll carry home to my wife.

WILLIAM SPENCE — Collector: Greig