O That I Had Ne'er Been Married

written in 1795

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.