Will you stop your tickling, Jock    (intro) (cylinder version 1908)

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1. Oh! I'm, courting a farmer's dochter,

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she's one of the nicest ever seen.

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Her cheeks they are a rosy red,

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and her age is just sweet seventeen.

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When I throw my arms around her neck and try to steal a kiss,

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oh, she'll wriggle and giggle and twist and twiggle,

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and then you'll hear her shouting this :

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Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!

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Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.

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I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, look at all the folk,

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stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock!

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2. Oh! I took her to the seaside once, just to let her see the sea,

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I did enjoy mysel' that day, and I can tell you, so did she !

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On the train as we went thro' the tunnels in the dark,

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oh, and ev'ry time I wink'd at her, the passengers heard her remark.

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Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!

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Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.

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I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, you maybe tear my frock,

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stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock!

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3. Oh! I went to the farm one Sunday, she invited me to a tea,

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her faither and her mither were both at the kirk,

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and of course that was a'richt with me.

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What a lovely feed we had, of ham and eggs and bun!

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Oh, and after that we had some treacle, roly poly just for fun.

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Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!

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Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.

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I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, look at all the folk,

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stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock!

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4. Oh! I'm thinking o' getting married, and that, I think, will be no harm.

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Oh! because I think she's just the sort

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of lass to keep me nice and warm.

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I think she has a lot o' brass, but that I'll find out soon,

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oh, and if she has, we'll go a terrible journey on our honeymoon.

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Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!

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Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.

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I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, you maybe tear my frock,

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stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock!

+ instrumental = CHORUS

(orig. = no capo; cylinder version = capo 2nd) (Sir Harry Lauder)