what can a youngssie do wi' an auld man

what can a youngssie, what shall a youngssie,

what can a youngssie do wi' an auld man?

bad luck on the penny that tempted my minnie

to sell her puir jenny for siller an'n'.

bad luck on the penny that tempted my minnie

to sell her puir jenny for siller an'n'!

he's always pleenin' frae mornin' to e'enin',

he hoasts and he hirples the weary dayng;

he's doylt and he's dozin, his blude it is frozen,—

o, dreary's the night wi' a crazy auld man!

he's doylt and he's dozin, his blude it is frozen,

o, dreary's the night wi' a crazy auld man.