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| WHAT can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie, | |
| What can a young lassie do wi’ an auld man? | |
| Bad luck on the penny that tempted my minnie | |
| To sell her puir Jenny for siller an’ lan’. | |
| Bad luck on the penny that tempted my minnie | 5 |
| To sell her puir Jenny for siller an’ lan’! | |
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| He’s always compleenin’ frae mornin’ to e’enin’, | |
| He hoasts and he hirples the weary day lang; | |
| He’s doylt and he’s dozin, his blude it is frozen,— | |
| O dreary’s the night wi’ a crazy auld man! | 10 |
| He’s doylt and he’s dozin, his blude it is frozen, | |
| O dreary’s the night wi’ a crazy auld man. | |
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| He hums and he hankers, he frets and he cankers, | |
| I never can please him do a’ that I can; | |
| He’s peevish an’ jealous o’ a’ the young fellows,— | 15 |
| O dool on the day I met wi’ an auld man! | |
| He’s peevish an’ jealous o’ a’ the young fellows, | |
| O dool on the day I met wi’ an auld man. | |
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| My auld auntie Katie upon me taks pity, | |
| I’ll do my endeavour to follow her plan; | 20 |
| I’ll cross him an’ wrack him, until I heartbreak him | |
| And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan, | |
| I’ll cross him an’ wrack him, until I heartbreak him, | |
| And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan. | |
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