The bairns gatout wi’anuncoshout,
The deuks dango’er my daddie, O!
The fien-ma-care, quo’the feirrie auld wife,
He was but a paidlin’ body, O!
He paidles out, and he paidles in,
rn’ he paidles late and early, O!
This seven langyears I hae lienbyhis side,
An’he is but a fusionlesscarlie, O.
O haud your tongue, my feirrieauldwife,
O haudyour tongue, now Nansie, O:
I’ve seen the day, and sae haeye,
Ye wadnabensaedonsie, O.
I’ve seen the day ye butter’d my brose,
And cuddl’d me late and early, O;
Butdowna-do’s come o’er me now,
And oh, I find it sairly, O!