The Canary/O that I had ne'er been married
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O that I had ne'er been married.
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.
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 fight them at the door,
But aye I'm eerie they come ben.
Ance crowdie, &c.
Glowrin by the hallan en';
⟨Sair⟩ I fight them at the door,
But aye I'm eerie they come ben.
Ance crowdie, &c.