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Thread #5070   Message #999425
Posted By: GUEST
09-Aug-03 - 12:50 PM
Thread Name: Origins:A-Rovin/Maid from Amsterdam/Amsterdam Maid
Subject: Lyr Add: GENTLY JOHNNY MY JINGALO
The version of "Gently Johnny my Jingalo" in the DT has been
rewritten. Here is the version that Cecil Sharp actually collected
(from William Tucker in 1907).

GENTLY JOHNNY MY JINGALO


I put my hand all on her toe
Fair maid is a lily O
I put my hand all on her toe
She says to me do you want to go?

CHORUS: Come to me quietly
Do not do no injury
Gently Johnny my jingalo.

I put my hand all on her knee
She says to me do you want to see?

I put my hand all on her thigh
She says to me do you want to try?

I put my hand all on her billy
She says to me do you want to fill'ee?

I put my hand all on her breast
She says to me do you want a kiss?

I put my hand all on her head
She says you want my maidenhead.