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 theye ben.

  ance crowdie, &c.