An’ to’t they gaed wi’ tooth an’ nail,

An’ wives whase rotten tusks did fail

Wi’ bread an’ cheese,

They birl’d fu’ fast at butter’d ale,

To gie them ease.

They ca’ upon me, then dadda,

Come, tune your fiddle, play us a

Jigg or hornpipe, nae mair SOL FA,

My bonny cock;

The kirk an’ you maun pluck a craw