Harry Lauder

Stop Your Tickling Jock

Harry Lauder


Tom: G

G                                                      A        D
Oh! I'm, courting a farmer's dochter,  she's one of the nicest ever seen.
      G                                           D         G
Her cheeks they are a rosy red,  and her age is just sweet seventeen.
       C            G                         A        D
When I throw my arms around her neck and try to steal a kiss,
                  G
oh, she'll wriggle and giggle and twist and twiggle,
     G            D           G
and then you'll hear her shouting this :
 

[Chorus]
        G        D       G                   D          G
Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!
G                Em                  A         D
Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.
   G                                 A         D
I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, look at all the folk,
   G                                      G      D         G
stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock!
 

[Verse]
     G                                      A          D
Oh! I took her to the seaside once, just to let her see the sea,
     G                                       D         G
I did enjoy mysel' that day, and I can tell you, so did she !
   C                  G              A         D
On the train as we went thro' the tunnels in the dark,
     G                                      D             G
oh, and ev'ry time I wink'd at her, the passengers heard her remark.
 

[Chorus]
      G         D           G            D           G
Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!
  G              Em             A               D
Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.
    G                               A        D
I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, look at all the folk,
   G                                      G         D      G
stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock! 


 [Verse]
     G                                   A          D
Oh! I went to the farm one Sunday, she invited me to a tea,
          G
her faither and her mither were both at the kirk,
                     D         G
and of course that was a'richt with me.
     C                 G          A       D
What a lovely feed we had, of ham and eggs and bun!
     G                                   G       D       G
Oh, and after that we had some treacle, roly poly just for fun.
 

[Chorus]
      G         D           G            D           G
Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!
  G              Em             A               D
Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.
    G                               A        D
I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, look at all the folk,
   G                                      G         D      G
stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock!


 [Verse]
      G                                           A           D
Oh! I'm thinking o' getting married, and that, I think, will be no harm.
      G                                        D              G
Oh! because I think she's just the sort   of lass to keep me nice and warm.
       C              G             A            D
I think she has a lot o' brass, but that I'll find out soon,
       G                               G         D        G
oh, and if she has, we'll go a terrible journey on our honeymoon.
 

[Chorus]
      G         D           G            D           G
Will you stop yer tickling, Jock!  Oh, stop yer tickling, Jock!
  G              Em             A               D
Dinna mak' me laugh so hearty, or you'll mak me choke.
    G                               A        D
I wish you'd stop yer nonsense, look at all the folk,
   G                                      G         D      G
stop yer tic-kle-ing, tic-kle-ic-kle-ing, stop yer tickling, Jock!