Preserve us Johnny! you've tranlooms mony;I thought I saw them a' wi' my een;But tho’ ye skin them up su’ bonnie,ye re no rich as ye wad seem:The loom, for guid-sake, ride nae mair on her,ye’ll break her back, she's false at the bame:Amang the traddles ye’ll light wi’ dishonour,ye’re no sae rich as ye wad seem.
Your headles are auld, your kavels are rotten,your shuttle's a lazy jade, I ween;Your traddles but aruie, twa o’ them broken:Ye're no sae rich as ye wad seem.I douna think on cawing your pirns,you’ll ay be girnin’, and ay at hame;I doubt you’ve stoun your team o’ yarn:ye’re no so rich as ye wad seem.
For a’ your mug and stinking sowen,I rather wad hae a cegfu' o' ream:Commend me to a lad that has a’ growing:ye re no so rich as ye wad seem.I saw the pot ye got from Holland,reaming wi wash a-hint your loom,To lay the touzie hair on the plaiden:ye’re no sae rich as ye wad seem.
A spurtle Johnny, is easy gotten,(illegible text) be slick may do that's clean:But (illegible text) the meal to mak the brose?ye’re no so rich as ye wad seem.Your huggar an’ sa’t is black and reeket,wad poison a sow, it’s far frae clean;An' wha wad marry a man for a jacket?ye're no sae rich as ye wad seem.
Ye brag me wi’ the ha'f o’ your herrin,but I cou’d eat a hale one mysel:I doubt your livin' will be but sharin’,ye’re no sae rich as ye wad seem.About your baffen I’ll say but little;but what s (illegible text) the kist fain wad ken:I doubt, I doubt it's as dry’ a whistle;ye’re no sae rich as ye wad seem.
But tho’ your purse be blank an' hollow,it’s hard to say yet what may be done:But after a’ ye’re a canty fellow,>tho no sae rich as ye wad seem.Sae tak your plaid about you, Johnny,and come your wa up-by st e'en;l like a lad that's brisk and bonny,tho’ no sae rich as he wad seem.
