{"id":20123,"date":"2023-05-01T09:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T09:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=20123"},"modified":"2023-05-14T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T09:00:13","slug":"my-bonnie-bonnie-jean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/my-bonnie-bonnie-jean\/","title":{"rendered":"My bonnie bonnie Jean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>(She comes frae Scotland where the Bluebell grows)
I love my Jean<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1915<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Harry Lauder<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN22778<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Harry Lauder<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Knights, James; England: Suffolk; 1975 -80
Fradley, George; England: Derbyshire; 1984<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Francis and Day's 36th Annual<\/strong>\n\nIn a nice wee hoosie on the banks o' Loch Lomond\nLives the bonnie lass that I love best.\nThere no mistake aboot her, I could never live withoot her\nFor there's no ither like her in the West.\nShe lives wi' her grannie, her dear auld grannie,\nAnd very fond o' her she seems to be.\nI ken how Grannie loves her, cause ev'rybody loves her,\nBut no one loves her half as much as me.\n\nI love ma Jean, my bonnie, bonnie Jean.\nShe's very fascinating an' she's only seventeen,\nHer hair is nice an' crimpy; her cheeks are like the rose,\nAn' she comes frae bonnie Scotland where the bluebell grows.<\/em>\n\nThe first time I met her she was for a pail o' water.\nShe was waitin' on it fillin' at the spring.\nAs she was standin' waitin', I said, \"No use hesitatin'!\"\nSo I ask'd her if she'd like to wear a ring.\nShe said that I was cheeky, I was sly and I was sleeky.\nShe said she thought I'd rather much to say\nBut I said, \"Ye're such a beauty that I'll have to do ma duty.\"\nSo I kissed her 'cause there's danger in delay.\n\nWhen her and me go courtin' doon the garden in the gloamin'\nUnderneath the auld oak tree three times a week\nI just slip my arm 'roon her and wi' kisses nearly droon her\nThen she lets me warm my chin 'gainst her cheek \nShe's such a dear wee dearie, sae kind and cheery\nAnd on her face there's aye a sunny smile\nShe's what you'd ca' perfection, so I've made a fine selection; \nJust to see how I would walk ten thousand miles\n\nI think I'll ask her grannie if she'll let me marry Jean,\nI never would offend her because many a bob I lend her\nAnd I often gie her toddy in her tea\nHer grannie likes a drappy and it makes her happy\nShe says it helps to drive away her care\nSo when her grannie's noddy, noddy drinking toddy\nJean and me just occupy the chair.\n\n[Spoken Patter after last verse]\nI said to her grannie the other nicht, I said, \"Grannie, there's an epidemic going about the noo.\" She said,\"What is it?\" I said, \"It's marriagitis.\" \"Well,\" she said: \"That Itis<\/em> business is very dangerous; don't contract it.\" I said,\"I have\" And I said, \"Grannie, Jean told me to tell ye, she has it too.\" She said, \"Ye wee rascal ye'er in love.\" I said, \"Guilty.\" I said,\"Grannie, if yeer chair could speak it could tell ye a tale, but, (I said) Grannie, I'll tell ye myself\" So I slipped my arms roon auld Grannies neck and sang this into her ear ....\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A song written, composed and sung by the prominent Scots comedian Harry Lauder<\/a>. It was later collected from traditional singers in England, but interestingly, so far not from Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not to be confused with several songs with similar titles, including My Bonnie Jean<\/em> <\/a>a late 19th century song apparently performed in the Halls by  EW Mackney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A cylinder recording by Harry Lauder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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