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 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.