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544. Song—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.






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