“Oh, the wind is in the west,
And the cuckoo’s in his nest,
So you cannot have a lodging here!”
and finally:—
“Oh, the devil is in the man,
That he cannot understan’
That he cannot have a lodging here!”
The half play half game of “Jenny-Jan” is common in the West of England and in Scotland, alike.
A young man enters the room, when a woman acting the mother asks:—
“Come to see Jenny, Jan? Jenny, Jan? Jenny Jan?
Come to see Jenny?”
He.“Can I see her now?”