Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

544 . Song—Crowdie ever mair

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.

Chorus.—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.