Poor Jennie sits a-weeping,
A-weeping, a-weeping,
Poor Jennie sits a-weeping

On a bright, sunny day.
(Children form a ring and dance around,
with 'Jennie' sitting or kneeling in the center.)

Stand up and choose your partner,
Your partner, your partner,
Stand up and choose your partner,

On a bright, sunny day.
('Jennie' rises and chooses a partner,
both dance, and the game then resumes.

At the end of the song, 'Jennie' joins
the circle, and the partner she chose
becomes the new 'Jennie' in the center

of the ring.)
ALTERNATE VERSES:
Poor Jennie lays a-sleeping...

Wake up and choose your partner...
('Jennie' lays down in the center
of the ring and pretends to be asleep.

On second verse, 'Jennie' wakes up and
stretches, then selects her partner,
and both dance in the center.)

Poor Jennie is a-sweeping...
Now stop and choose your partner...
('Jennie' stands in the center of

the ring and pretends to sweep the
floor. On second verse, she stops
sweeping, then selects her partner,

and both dance in the center.)
Oh, Jennie is a-leaping...
Now stop and choose your partner...

('Jennie' stands in the center of
the ring, leaping. On second verse,
she stops, selects a partner, and

both leap in the center.)