crowdie ever mair

    o that i had ne'er been married,

    i wad never had nae care,

    now i've gotten wife an' weans,

    an' they cry “crowdie” evermair.

    chorus—ance crowdie, twice crowdie,

    three times crowdie in a day

    gin ye crowdie ony mair,

    ye'll crowdie a' my meal away.

    waefu' want and hunger fley me,

    glowrin' by the hallan en';

    sair i fecht them at the door,

    but aye i'm eerie they come ben.

    ance crowdie, &c.