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 haln en';
sair i fecht them at the door,
but aye i'm eerie they e ben.
ance crowdie, &c.