The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

by Alice Bertha Gomme

—Hanwell, Middlesex, 1878 (A. B. Gomme).

VII.

We’ve come to see poor Jenny Jones, poor Jenny Jones, poor Jenny Jones,
We’ve come to see poor Jenny Jones, how is she to-day?

Poor Jenny is washing, washing, washing,
Poor Jenny is washing, washing hard to-day.

What time can we see her?
At one o’clock.(Clock strikes one.)

We’ve come to see poor Jenny Jones, poor Jenny Jones, poor Jenny Jones,
We’ve come to see poor Jenny Jones, how is she to-day?

Poor Jenny is starching, starching, starching,
Poor Jenny is starching, you can’t see her to-day.

When can we see her?
At two o’clock.(Clock strikes two.)

We’ve come to see poor Jenny Jones, poor Jenny Jones, poor Jenny Jones,
We’ve come to see poor Jenny Jones, how is she to-day?

Poor Jenny is folding, folding, folding,
Poor Jenny is folding, you can’t see her to-day.