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