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Ye
sympathetic Scotchmen, come listen to my song,
It's of a fellow-countryman who suffered dreadful wrong;
He was a
valiant Scotchman, in Paisley he was born,
And a
credit to his country was bold Jimmy the greenhorn.
To
make an immense fortune, by not too heavy toil,
He crossed
the briny ocean and trod on Yankee soil;
And in the
lager-beer saloons, where fleecy lambs are shorn,
He gained
the glorious title of bold Jimmy the greenhorn.
Getting
tired of boarding-houses, one of the plagues of life,
Bold
Jimmy took the notion to take himself a wife ;
So
sparking he went with a "gal," a Yankee bred and born,
And soon
engaged to marry her, did Jimmy the Greenhorn.
In
vain his mates did caution him, and told with bated breath
How Yankee
girls “bossed “ the men, and worked them sore to death;
For loud he
swore, in angry tones, the woman ne’er was born
Would wear
the pant or “boss” the house of Jimmy the greenhorn.
But few months had passed over till his mates could see
Their countryman from Paisley, once jolly, bold, and free,
Tread softly, as if on each toe he had an awful corn,
While the smile was agony to see of Jimmy the greenhorn.
In the morning it was," Jimmy, git up and light
the stove,.
And git the breakfast ready, I feel too sick to
move;
Now do be slick about it, aint you awful this morn-
I do declare I wish I ne'er had married a
greenhorn."
When he came home at evening she "bossed"
him like a Turk,
'Twas, " Jimmy, shine my gaiters,"
and all such menial work.
And did he disobey her then, with proud and angry
scorn ?
Ah, no! for meek as any lamb was Jimmy the
greenhorn.
Some say before she broke him in the neighbours
often found
Large piles of broken broomsticks lying in the yard around;
Others say it is a secret that in Yankee gals is born,
But I guess one knew who never told-poor Jimmy the greenhorn.
Worn out and broken-hearted, poor Jimmy quit this
life,
A martyr to the iron will of a sick Yankee wife;
So boys, keep clear or Yankee gals, or you may tread a thorn
That in the end will wear you out, like Jimmy the greenhorn.