Here's the lyrics to it:
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, ye're no sae kind's ye shaud hae been
Gin yer voice A hadna kennt A cudna either trow ma een
Sae weel's ye micht hae touselt me an sweetlie preeyit my mowe bedeen
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, yer no sae kind's ye shauld hae been.
Ma faither he wis at th ploo, ma mither she wis at th mill
Ma Billie he wis at th moss, an no ane near wir sport tae spill
Th feint a body was therein, thare wis nae fear o bein seen
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, yer no sae kind's ye shauld hae been.
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, ye're no sae kind's ye shaud hae been
Gin yer voice A hadna kennt A cudna either trow ma een
Sae weel's ye micht hae touselt me an sweetlie preeyit my mowe
bedeen
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, yer no sae kind's ye shauld hae been.
Wad onie lad wha luvt her weel hae left his bonnie lass her lane
Tae sigh an greet ilk langsome hour an think her sweetest meenits gane
Och had ye been a wooer leal we wad hae met wi hairts mair keen
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad yer no sae kind's ye should hae been.
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, ye're no sae kind's ye shaud hae been
Gin yer voice A hadna kennt A cudna either trow ma een
Sae weel's ye micht hae touselt me an sweetlie preeyit my mowe
bedeen
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, yer no sae kind's ye shauld hae been.
But A maun get anither jo, wha's luv gangs nivver oot o sicht
An nivver lats th moment pass whaun tae a lass he kin be kind
Sae gang yer wa's tae blinkin Bess, nae mair fer Johnny shall she
greet
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad yer no sae kind's ye shauld hae been.
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, ye're no sae kind's ye shaud hae been
Gin yer voice A hadna kennt A cudna either trow ma een
Sae weel's ye micht hae touselt me an sweetlie preeyit my mowe
bedeen
Hey hoch ma Johnnie lad, yer no sae kind's ye shauld hae been.
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The Rev. Dr. Ian Adkins
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From: Bruce Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Scots-L] Hey Hoch Johnny Lad!
Toby A. Rider wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what the title to the tune "Hey Hoch Johnny Lad!"
> means? Also any background into this great strathspey?
> In Scotland do you usually hear it played in high bass
tuning, as it
is
> usually heard played over here? Thanks.
>
> Toby A. Rider
"Hech how, Johnie lad" is the opening line of a song, with tune in SMM
#357.
John Glen (Early Scottish Melodies, for SMM #357) pointed out
"The Lasses of the Ferry" in Stewart's Reels as the same tune as
"Hech how, Johnie Lad" as well as "The Lads of Saltcots". I
haven't seen a copy of Stewart's Reels (1761-3). Here is a
version slightly earlier than the copy of the latter that Glen
cited.
X:1
T:The Lads of Saltcots
S:Rutherford's 24 CD's for 1758
Q:80
L:1/4
M:C|
K:A
A3/2 c/ B/A/B/c/|A/F/E/F/ B/4B/4B/B|A3/2c/ B/A/B/c/|\
A/F/E/F/ A/4A/4A/A::(e/f/4g/4 a/)c/ ~B/A/(B/c/)|\
e/f/4g/4 a/c/ B/4B/4B/B|(e/f/4g/4 a/)c/ ~B/A/B/c/|\
A/F/E/F/ A/4A/4A/A:|]
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