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Jeannie's Bosom

Traditional

“Jeannie's Bosom” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 203 1843 · historical text
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This text comes from The Book of Scottish Song, edited by Alexander Whitelaw, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Louis, what reck I by thee,

Or Geordie on his ocean?—

Dyvour, beggar loons to me—

I reign in Jeannie's bosom.

Let her crown my love her law,

An' in her breast enthrone me:

King and nations—swith, awa'!

Relf randies, I disown ye!

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Traditional words. Historical text published in The Book of Scottish Song (1843); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “Jeannie's Bosom”

Every contribution in this 1843 anthology predates modern copyright terms by more than a century; any contributor died at least 130 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide (life+70 terms expired no later than 2020).

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