Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh Town (H. Playford's dancing master)
'Twas within a furlong of Edinborough Town, In the Rosy time of year, when the Grass was down, Bonny Jockey Blith and Gay, Said to Jenny making Hay, Let's sit a little (Dear) and prattle, 'Tis a sultry Day: He long had Courted the Black-Brow'd Maid, But Jockey was a Wag and would ne'er consent to Wed; Which made her pish and phoo, And cry out it will not do, I cannot, cannot, cannot, wonnot, monnot Buckle too.
He told her Marriage was grown a meer Joke, And that no one Wedded now, But the Scoundrel Folk; Yet, my dear, thou shouldest prevail, But I know not what I ail, I shall dream of Clogs, and silly Dogs, With Bottles at their Tail; But I'll give thee Gloves, and a Bongrace to wear, And a pretty Filly-Foal, To ride out and take the Air; If thou ne'er will pish or phoo, and cry it ne'er shall do, I cannot, cannot, cannot, wonnot, monnot Buckle too.
That you'll give me Trinkets, cry'd she, I believe, But ah! what in return must your poor Jenny give; When my Maiden Treasure's gone, I must gang to London Town, And Roar, and Rant, and Patch and Paint, And Kiss for half a Crown: Each Drunken Bully oblige for Pay, And earn an hated Living in an odious Fulsom way; No, no, it ne'er shall do, for a Wife I'll be to you, Or I cannot, cannot, cannot, wonnot, monnot Buckle too.