The Book of Scottish Song/O that I had ne'er married
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O that I had ne’er married.
[The first verse and chorus of this is a fragment of an old song to the tune of "Crowdie." The second verse was added by Burns.]
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.
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.