s, my dearie
there was a wife wonn'd in co, s;
she brew'd gude ale fentlemen;
sing auld cowl y ye down by me,
s, my dearie, ruffum.
the gudewife's dochter fell in a fever, s;
the priest o' the parish he fell in anither;
sing auld cowl y ye down by me,
s, my dearie, ruffum.
they id the twa i' the bed thegither, s;
that the heat o' the tane might cool the tither;
sing auld cowl, y ye down by me,
s, my dearie, ruffum.