[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Oh, do you know my Johnny, he is down in yonder lea?
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He's sneakin' 'round and creepin' and he's, aye, watchin' me
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He's pullin' and he's teasin' but his meanin's not so bad
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If it's ever going to be, tell me now, Johnny lad
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Tell me now, my Johnny laddie, tell me now, my Johnny lad
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If it's ever going to be, tell me now, Johnny lad
[Verse]
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When the sheep are in the fold and the cows are in the byre
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And other lads and lasses sittin' 'round a-roarin' fire
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There's me, a silly lassie, just as like as if I's mad
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Through the nooks and barley stooks, teasin' you, Johnny lad
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Teasin' you, my Johnny laddie, teasin' you, my Johnny lad
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Through the nooks and barley stooks, teasin' you, Johnny lad
[Verse]
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Oh, Johnny's blythe and bonnie, he's the pride o' yonder lea
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And I love him best of any, though he's, aye, teasin' me
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Though he teases me and squeezes me and tickles me like mad
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None comes near me that can cheer me, like my own Johnny lad
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And it's you, my Johnny laddie, aye, it's you, my Johnny lad
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None comes near me that can cheer me, like my own Johnny lad
[Verse]
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Oh, my Johnny's not a gentleman, nor yet is he a laird
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But I would follow Johnny lad, although he was a caird
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Oh, Johnny is a bonnie lad, he was once a lad of mine
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And I've never had a better lad, though I've had twenty-nine
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And with you, my Johnny laddie, and with you, my Johnny lad
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Oh, I'll dance the buckles of my shoes with you, Johnny lad
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And with you, my Johnny laddie, and with you, my Johnny lad
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Oh, I'll dance the buckles of my shoes with you, Johnny lad