o haud your tongue, my feirrie auld wife,

o haud your tongue, now nansie, o:

i've seen the day, and sae hae ye,

ye wad na ben sae donsie, o.

i've seen the day ye butter'd my brose,

and cuddl'd mete and early, o;

but downa-do's e o'er me now,

and oh, i find it sairly, o!