When we were first acquaint,

I'd siller in my pockets, John,

Which noo, ye ken, I want;

I spent it all in treating, John,

Because I loved you so;

But mark ye, how you've treated me,

John Alcohol, my foe.

John Alcohol, my foe, John,

We've been ower lang together,

Sae ye maun tak' ae road, John,