Classic Poem

The bairns gat out wi' an unco shout,
The deuks dang o'er my daddie, O,
The fien-ma-care, quo' the feirrie auld wife,
He was but a paidlin body, O.—
He paidles out, an' he paidles in,
An' he paidles late and early, O;
This seven lang year I hae lien by his side,
An he is but a fusionless carlie, O.—

O had your tongue, my feirrie auld wife,
O had your tongue, now Nansie, O:
I've seen the day, and sae hae ye,
Ye wad na been sae donsie, O.—
I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose,
And cuddled me late and early, O;
But downa do's come o'er me now,
And, Oh, I find it sairly, O!