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O That I Had Ne'er Been Married
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 .
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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.
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Works written in 1795—The works of Robert Burns
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