Volume I, song 061, page 62 - 'Jocky said to Jeany' - Scanned from the 1853 edition of the 'Scots Musical Museum', James Johnson and Robert Burns (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1853)

Verse 1: 'Jocky said to Jeany, Jeany wilt thou do't? Ne'er a fit, quo' Jeany, for my tocher-good, For my tocher good I winna marry thee. E'ens ye like, quo' Jocky, ye may let me be.' 'Tocher' and 'quo' are Scots words for dowry and quoth or said. The 'Scots Musical Museum' is the most important of the numerous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century collections of Scottish song. When the engraver James Johnson started work on the second volume of his collection in 1787, he enlisted Robert Burns as contributor and editor. Burns enthusiastically collected songs from various sources, often expanding or revising them, whilst including much of his own work. The resulting combination of innovation and antiquarianism gives the work a feel of living tradition. The tune for these words goes by the same name alhthough it is believed to have been of a much older origin. As a result the author was unknown and remains so today. There is also believed to be an older version of the verses which was of a more comic nature but these were not recorded at the time and so have not been passed down. These verses, however, were published by both Ramsay (1724-7) and Thomson (1725) but with slightly different titles.

Collection

Scots Musical Museum

Inventory Number

4503256

Title

Volume I, song 061, page 62 - 'Jocky said to Jeany' - Scanned from the 1853 edition of the 'Scots Musical Museum', James Johnson and Robert Burns (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1853)

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- 130 x 211 mm