Wat o’ the Cleuch came here to fight,

But his whittle was blunt, and his nag took fright,

And the braggart he did what I dare not tell,

But changed his cheer at the back of the fell.

Wat o’ the Cleuch! Wat o’ the Cleuch!

O for a croudy to Wat o’ the Cleuch!

Wat o’ the Cleuch kneel’d down to pray,

He wist not what to do or to say;

But he pray’d for beef, and he pray’d for bree,

A two-hand spoon and a haggies to pree.