Wee Jean MacGregor

AKA Wee Jean McGregor
First Published 1909
Writer/composer Harry Lauder Roud RN38372

Music Hall Performers Harry Lauder
Folk performances Collected from the singing of:
Garven, Thomas; Scotland : Ayrshire; 1962

I'm in love with a bonnie wee lass
Wee Jean McGregor, oh
I love her 'cos she's lots of brass
Wee Jean McGregor, oh
I met her one night at the Spree
She was sitting next to me
I said, 'I love you and you love me
Wee Jean McGregor, oh.'

I soon started making love
To Wee Jean McGregor, oh
I told her that she was a wee dove
Wee Jean McGregor, oh
She said, 'Do you think I am?'
I said, 'Yes, I think you am
I could eat you like a scone and jam
Wee Jean McGregor, oh.'

Ay, and we began to spoon
Me and Jean McGregor, oh
In a cosy corner of our own
Me and Jean McGregor, 0h
I said, 'Jean will you be mine?'
I kissed her and she said it was fine
So I kissed her again for Auld Lang Syne
Wee Jean McGregor, oh.

The next day we went for a sail
Me and Jean McGregor, oh
And it blew a terrible gale
On Wee Jean McGregor, oh
She said, 'Sandy, will we sink?'
I said, 'Oh no I don't think.
If we do we'll both get a drink
Me and you McGregor, oh.'

She said, 'Sandy, oh I'm sick
Wee Jean McGregor, oh
I said, 'Dear, and I'm sick too.
Me and you McGregor, oh.'
She was bad she was bye peg (?)
I could scarcely stand on my legs
We fed the fishes on ham and eggs
Me and Jean McGregor, oh.
 

Fragments of this Harry Lauder song were collected from the singing of Thomas Harven by Hamish Henderson in 1962. You can hear the recording on the excellent Tobar an Dualchais / Kist o Riches website.

Harry Lauder sings Wee Jean MacGregor, downloaded from archive.com

Sources:

  • Entries in the Roud Indexes at the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library: https://archives.vwml.org/search/all:single[folksong-broadside-books]/0_50/all/score_desc/extended-roudNo_tr%3A38372
  • Kilgarrif Sing Us
  • Lyrics: monologues.co.uk
  • Sheet Music: not accessed