sometimes misattributed to Victor Neuberg (1873 - 1940)
Johnnie wi' the Tye
Language: English
Johnnie cam' to our toun, To our toun, to our toun, Johnnie cam' to our toun, The body wi' the tye; And O as he kittl'd me, Kittl'd me, kittl'd me! O, as he kittl'd me - But I forgot to cry. He gaed thro' the fields wi' me, The fields wi' me, the fields wi' me, He gaed thro' the fields wi' me And doun among the rye; Then O as he kittl'd me, Kittl'd me, kittl'd me! O, as he kittl'd me - But I forgot to cry.
Authorship
- sometimes misattributed to Victor Neuberg (1873 - 1940) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Johnnie wi' the Tye", 1922, published 1923, from Lillygay, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 90