o can yebour lea?

chorus—o can yebour lea, young man,

o can yebour lea?

it fee nor bountith shall us twine

gin ye canbour lea.

i fee'd a man at michaelmas,

wi' airle pennies three;

but a' the faut i had to him,

he could nabour lea,

o can yebour lea, c.

o ppin's gude in febarwar,