Tak your auld cloak about ye (2)/Jockie to the Fair

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JOCKIE TO THE FAIR.

'Twas on the morn of sweet May-day,
When nature painted all things gay,
Taught birds to sing, and lambs to play,
And gild the meadows fair;
Young Jockie, with the early dawn,
Arose, and tipped it o'er the lawn,
His Sunday's coat the youth put on,
For Jenny had vow'd away to run,
With Jockite to the fair.
for Jenny lead vow'd, &c.

The cheerful parish bells had rang;
With eager steps he trudg'd along,
While flow'ry garlands round him hung,
Which shepherds us'd to wear:
He tap't the window, Haste my dear,
⟨Jenny⟩, impatient, cried Who's there?
Tis I, my love, and no one near,
⟨Step⟩ gently down, ye've nought to fear,
With Jockie to the fair.
Step gently down, &c.

⟨My⟩ dad and mam are fast asleep,
⟨My⟩ brother's up, and with the sheep,
⟨And⟩ will you still your promise keep,
Which I have heard you swear?
⟨And⟩ will you ever constant prove?
⟨I⟩ will, by all the powers above!
⟨And⟩ ne'er deceive my charming dove;
⟨Dispel⟩ those doubts, and haste, my love
With Jockie to the fair.
Dispel these doubts, &c.

⟨Behold⟩ the ring, the shepherd cried,
⟨Will⟩ Jenny be my charming bride,
⟨Let⟩ Cupid be our happy guide,
And Hymen meet us there.
⟨When⟩ Jockie did his vows renew,
⟨He⟩ would be constant, would be true,
⟨His⟩ word he pledg’d, away they flew
⟨O'er⟩ cowslips tipt with balmy dew,
With Jockie to the fair.
O'er cowslips tipt, &c.

⟨In⟩ raptures meet the joyful throng
⟨Their⟩ gay companions blythe & young,
⟨Each⟩ joins the dance each joins the song
To hail the happy pair.
⟨In⟩ turns there's none so fond as they,
⟨They⟩ bless the kind propitious day,
⟨The⟩ smiling morn of blooming May,
⟨When⟩ lovely Jenny ran away
With Jockie to the fair.
When lovely Jenny, &c.