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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.

Text 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: 88

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