Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo
Traditional
- Music written by
- [Traditional]
- Lyrics written by
- Cecil Sharp, [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1916
- Language
- English
- Comments
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A song describing the seduction of a woman, from the perspective of the jingalo (a term for a gypsy, derived from the corruption of the Italian "zingaro").
The publication date above is Sharp's "One Hundred English Folksongs". He is listed here as a co-lyricist because he bowdlerised some of the traditional lines which he notes "were rather coarse". - Licensing
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