11 Jul 05 - 02:26 PM (#1520134) Subject: Lyr Req: Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie From: GUEST Hi, I've been looking for the words to "Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie," which I found most of in Ford's "Vagabond Songs & Ballads." But I only have a xerox of the pages, and the last verses seemed to be missing. On the internet I found some other verses, including the following: A fig, I say, for jacking grown, Or priest or elder in the toun I'll tak' the warld, rough and roun' Wi' bonnie Johnnie Lowrie Does anyone know what the phrase "jacking grown" refers to, or is it perhaps a corruption of the original words? If anyone has a copy of "Vagagonds" and can check, I'd be very grateful! tx, k. |
11 Jul 05 - 02:58 PM (#1520152) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie From: John MacKenzie This any help Of a'the lads in Tinwald toun The lovely fair, the black or broun There never was sae droll a loon As bonnie Johnnie Lowrie My dad a peck o'lint did sow I gaed top see how it did grow When wha come skipping owre the knowe But bonnie Johnnie Lowrie Terry owden dowden day The queerest loon in laich or brae Is bonnie Johnnie Lowrie I wandred oot to weed the same My laddie ken'd I was frae hame To follow me ha wasna lame My bonnie Johnnie Lowrie I took the flax unto the mill My jewel follow'd after still And coming hame I gat a gill Frae bonnie Johnnie Lowrie Terry owden dowden day ... At last, a'e night, into the park I met with him when it was dark And, oh, the kissin' that I gat Frae bonnie Johnnie Lowrie But Johnnie's true, he did me wed Yestreen before the priest we gaed I carena noo for man or lad Sin' I hae Johnnie Lowrie Terry owden dowden day ... A fig, say I, for jacking grown Or priest or elder in the toun I'll tak' the warld, rough and roun' Wi' bonnie Johnnie Lowrie Giok |
11 Jul 05 - 03:13 PM (#1520159) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie From: John MacKenzie If you go to part8 0f this interesting document, here you'll find the expression 'jaw jacking' as a term for yarning, groun' is ground, so it could be a place where people met for a chat. Giok |
11 Jul 05 - 07:16 PM (#1520384) Subject: Lyr & Tune Add: Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie From: masato sakurai The words are "jacking gown," whose meaning I don't know. From Robert Ford's Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland [first series] (1899, pp. 236-38): BONNIE JOHNNIE LOWRIE A related version titled "Johney Lowre" ("Of all the lads in Glasgow town ...") is at Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads. johney lowre [title] |
11 Jul 05 - 10:09 PM (#1520455) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie From: masato sakurai From the above broadside: What care I for silk or gown, |
12 Jul 05 - 12:02 PM (#1520538) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie From: John MacKenzie Could have been What care I for jacket, gown Priest or elder in the town Remember that the pronounciations would be goon and toon respectively, a jacket would have been jaickit. Giok |
12 Jul 05 - 05:00 PM (#1520798) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonnie Johnnie Lowrie From: friskett Many thanks to all for this helpful input! k. |