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One fine summer's evening as I went a-walking,
Down by Nancy market I chanced for to go,
I spied a fair damsel which pleasèd my fancy,
I'll tell you about her so far as I know.
And saying whack fall the day, right fall the dall laddie,
I'll tell you about her as far as I know.
I said, "Lovely creature, oh, where are you going,
And who are your parents? - I'm anxious to know."
"My father's a blacksmith in the city of Glasgow,
And I am his daughter young Jessie Munro."
And saying whack fall the day, right fall the dall laddie,
I'll tell you about her as far as I know.
I said, "Lovely Jessie, my heart you have stolen,
Your two pretty eyes they are black as a sloe,
It's into your arms I fain would be rolling
And lie in the bosom of Jessie Munro."
And saying whack fall the day, right fall the dall laddie,
I'll tell you about her as far as I know.
She said, "Dearest Johnny, go on with your flattering,
For into your buildings I never will go,
Your chin it do chatter, likewise your tongue flatter,
Some handsomer laddie's for Jessie Munro."
And saying whack fall the day, right fall the dall laddie,
I'll tell you about her as far as I know.
I said, "Lovely Jessie, I'll now stop my flattering,
And into my buildings alone I will go,
My chin it do chatter, likewise my tongue flatter,
You can go to the devil, young Jessie Munro!"
And saying whack fall the day, right fall the dall laddie,
I'll tell you about her as far as I know.
