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Dance Jenny, Come down to Jock 3237

Also known as “Hey! Jenny, Come Down To Jock” (unofficial).

Jig · 24 bars · 2 couples · Longwise - 4

Devised by
Unknown
Intensity
88 44 88 = 83% (1 turn), 57% (whole dance)
Formations
Steps
  • Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
Published in
Recommended Music
Extra Info

Former RSCDS Archivist Marilyn Healy says:

The RSCDS 1985 edition called [the dance] Hey! Jenny, Come Down to Jock, whereas …


Former RSCDS Archivist Marilyn Healy says:

The RSCDS 1985 edition called [the dance] Hey! Jenny, Come Down to Jock, whereas the 2001 revised edition called it Jenny, Come Down to Jock. (The tune is given as Hey! Jenny, Come Down to Jock in both versions). The source we give for it is Allan’s Ballroom Guide (c.1880) and it is also in David Anderson’s Ball-Room Guide (approx. same time) and both call it Jenny, Come down to Jock (We have Allan and David Anderson pocket books in the archive.)

In current RSCDS publications the dance is called “Jenny, …” (without the “Hey!”).

Jenny Come Down To Jock

Jocky he came here to woo,
   On a feast day, when we were fu’;
And Jenny pat on her best array,
   When she heard that Jocky was come that way.

Jenny she gaed up the stair,
   Sae privily to change her smock;
And ay sae loud as her mither did rair,
   Hey, Jenny, come down to Jock.

Jenny she came down the stair,
   And she came bobbin and bekin ben;
Her stays they were lac’d and her waist it was jimp,
   And a bra’ new-made manco gown.

Jocky took her by the hand,
   O, Jenny, can ye fancy me?
My father is dead and has left me some land,
   And bra’ houses twa or three.

And I will gie them a’ to thee.
   A haith, quo Jenny, I fear you mock:
Then foul fa’ me gin I scorn thee;
   If ye’ll be my Jenny, I’ll be your Jock.

Jenny lookit, and syne she leugh,
   Ye first maun get my mither’s consent;
A weel, goodwife, and what say ye.
   Quo’ she, Jock, I’m weel content.

Jenny to her mither did say,
   O mither, fetch us some gude meat;
A piece of the butter was kirn’d the day,
   That Jocky and I thegither may eat.

Jocky unto Jenny did say,
   Jenny, my dear, I want nae meat;
It was nae for meat that I came here,
   But a’ for the love of you, Jenny, my dear.

Then Jocky and Jenny were led to their bed,
   And Jocky he lay neist the stock;
And five or six times ere break of day,
   He ask’d at Jenny how she lik’d Jock.

Quo’ Jenny, Dear Jock, you gie me content,
   I bless my mither for gieing consent;
And on the next morning before the first cock
   Our Jenny did cry, I dearly love Jock.

Jenny she gaed up the gait,
   Wi’ a green gown as side as her smock;
And ay sae loud as her mither did rair,
   Yow, sirs! has nae Jenny got Jock.

This old ballad was based on an only slightly older one called “Rob’s Jock” which was published in 1568 by George Bannatyne.

Jenny, Come down to Jock 2/4L · J24
1–
1c+2c A&R ; circle4 half round to the left
9–
1M+2W turn RH 1½ to own places ; 1W+2M repeat
17–
1c+2c Poussette
Jenny, Come down to Jock 2/4L · J24
1-8
1s+2s Adv+Ret & circle 4H round 1/2 way to left
9-16
1M turns 2L RH back to places, 1L turns 2M repeat
17-24
1s+2s dance Poussette. 2 1

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NameDateOwnerLast changed
RSCDS Book 3 Ward Fleri Jan. 14, 2021, 2:48 a.m.
Dances Taught at Pinewoods 2022 Lydia Hedge July 29, 2022, 1:43 a.m.

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