THE BAIRNS gat out wi an unco shout,
The deuks dang oer 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,
An he paidles late and early, O!
This seven lang years I hae lien by his side,
An he is but a fusionless carlie, O.
O haud your tongue, my feirrie auld wife,
O haud your tongue, now Nansie, O:
Ive seen the day, and sae hae ye,
Ye wad na ben sae donsie, O.
Ive seen the day ye butterd my brose,
And cuddld me late and early, O;
But downa-dos come oer me now,
And oh, I find it sairly, O!
