Steeleye Span - Cam Ye O'er Frae France Lyrics

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(Hogg's "Jacobite reliques")

Cam ye o'er frae France?

Cam ye doon by Lunnon?

Saw ye Geordie Whelps

And his bonnie woman?

Oh weren't ye at the place

Called the Kittle Housie?

Saw ye Geordie's grace

A-ridin' on a goosie?

Geordie he's a man

There is little doot o't

And he's done a' he can

All can dae wi'oot it

Doon there cam' a blade

Linkin' like ma lordie

He wad drive a trade

At the loom o' Geordie.

Though the claith were bad

Blythly may we niffer

Gin we git oor wab

It makes little differ

We hae tint oor plaid

Bonnet belt and swordie

Ha's and mailin's braid

But we hae oor Geordie.

Jocky's gone to France

And Montgomery's lady

There will learn to dance;

Madam are ye ready?

They'll be back belyve

Belted brisk and lordly

Brawly may they thrive

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To dance a jig wi' Geordie!

Hey for Sandy Don

Hey for Cockalorum

Hey for Bobbin' John

And his Hielan' quorum!

Mony a sword and lance

Swings at Hielan hurdie;

How they'll skip and dance

O'er the bum o' Geordie!

Note: When George I imported his seraglio of impoverished gentlewomen

From Germany he provided the Jacobite songwriters with material for

Some of their most ribald verses. Madame Kilmansegge Countess of Platen

Is referred to exclusively as "The Sow" in the songs while the King's

Favorite mistress the lean and haggard Madame Schulemburg (afterwards

Named Duchess of Kendall) was given the name of "The Goose". She is the

"goosie" referred to in this song. The "blade" is the Count Koningsmark.

"Bobbing John refers to John Earl of Mar who was at the time recruiting

Highlanders for the Hanoverian cause. "Geordie Whelps" is of course

George I himself. MJ

Lunnon=London

Kittle Housie=Brothel

Linkin=Tripping along

Claith=Cloth

Niffer=Haggle

Gin=If

Wab=Web (or length) of cloth

Tint=Lost

Ha's and Mailins=Houses and Farmlands

Gane=Gone

Belyve=Quickly

Brawly=Well

Hurdie=Buttock

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