Volume I, song 029, page 30 - 'Blythe Jocky Young and Gay' - Scanned from the 1853 edition of the 'Scots Musical Museum', James Johnson and Robert Burns (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1853)

Verse I: 'Blythe Jocky young and gay, is all my heart's delight, He's all my talk by day, and all my dreams by night. If from the lad, I be, 'Tis winter then with me, But when he tarries here, 'tis summer all the year.' The 'Scots Musical Museum' is the most important of the numerous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century collections of Scottish song. When the engraver James Johnson started work on the second volume of his collection in 1787, he enlisted Robert Burns as contributor and editor. Burns enthusiastically collected songs from various sources, often expanding or revising them, whilst including much of his own work. The resulting combination of innovation and antiquarianism gives the work a feel of living tradition. The origins of many of the songs and melodies included in the 'Museum' were traced by such notable figures as Burns himself, his friend Robert Riddell of Glenriddell and John Glen. Unfortunately, there is no such information recorded for this particular song. It tells a story of courtly love from the woman's perspective.

Collection

Scots Musical Museum

Inventory Number

4503225

Title

Volume I, song 029, page 30 - 'Blythe Jocky Young and Gay' - Scanned from the 1853 edition of the 'Scots Musical Museum', James Johnson and Robert Burns (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1853)

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- 130 x 211 mm