The fient ma care, quo' the feirie auld wife, devil may, lusty
He was but a paidlin body, O! tottering creature
He paidles out, and he paidles in,
An' he paidles late and early, O;
This seven lang years I hae lien by his side,
An' he is but a fusionless carlie, O. pithless old fellow
O, haud your tongue, my feirie auld wife, hold
O, haud your tongue now, Nansie, O:
I've seen the day, and sae hae ye,
Ye wad na been sae donsie, O; would not have, testy