Noo Jock, my Man

DESCRIPTION: "Noo Jock, my man, sit doun by me, and harken to your mither!" She is old, and wants to see him married before she dies. She says to marry for money, to stay out of trouble, to shave his beard, "For it's nae joke, it's nae joke, the takin' o' the wife"
AUTHOR: Words: John Barr
EARLIEST DATE: 1861 (Barr, Poems and Songs, according to Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
KEYWORDS: mother children marriage hair
FOUND IN: New Zealand
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 29, "Noo Jock, my Man" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [74 words]: According to Gordon McLauchlan, editor-in-chief, New Zealand Encyclopedia, David Bateman Limited, 1984, p. 46, "BARR, John (1809-89) was born in Paisley, Scotland and emigrated to N[ew] Z[ealand] in 1852, settling in Dunedin. He became a well-known poet and songwriter, contributing to the Otago Witness and Saturday Advertiser. His Poems and Songs was published in 1861 and revised and reissued in 1874. He inaugurated the Burns Club. - RBW
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