Adventures of John o' Badenyon, in pursuit of happiness/The Matrimonial Song

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THE MATRIMONIAL SONG.

O that I had ne’er been married!
⁠I wad never had nae care:
But now I’ve gotten wife and bairns,
⁠and they cry crowdie evermair.

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 fight them at the door,
⁠but aye I’m eerie they come ben.

⁠⁠Ance crowdie, &c.