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He sang wi' joy his former day,
He weeping wail'd his latter times;
But what he laid it was nae play,
I winna ventur't in my rhymes.
A lassie, &c.
He weeping wail'd his latter times;
But what he laid it was nae play,
I winna ventur't in my rhymes.
A lassie, &c.
O that I had ne'er been married.
O that I had ne'er been married,
I wad never had nae care;
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.
I wad never had nae care;
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.
Glowrin by the hallan en';
⟨Sair⟩ I fight them at the door,
But aye I'm eerie they come ben.
Ance crowdie, &c.
O gude Ale comes.
O gude ale comes, and gude ale goes,
Gude ale gars me sell my hose,
⟨Sell⟩ my hose, and pawn my shoon,
⟨Gude⟩ ale keeps my heart aboon.
Gude ale gars me sell my hose,
⟨Sell⟩ my hose, and pawn my shoon,
⟨Gude⟩ ale keeps my heart aboon.
