(Ian McCalman)People came from Dalkeith, Liberton and Gilmerton
Frae Colinton and Roslin and Penicuik too
They travelled in their carriages leading to some marriages
And when A come to think of it A think A saw you
Jenny was a maiden from a village in Midlothian
She would carry gentlemen across the stream
She put 'em on her shoulder for to wade across the water
And they had tae pay her halfway there or she would drop 'em in
She carried any maiden or a mannie that is laiden
Wi' his instruments o' tradin' just as long as she wis paid
And when the flow was heavy then she added tae her levy
And the people shouted, Ready, steady, Jenny Lasswade
(as sung by The McCalmans)